Andy Goldsworthy

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Ephemeral work made outside, for and about a day, lies at the core of my art and its making must be kept private.

My sculpture can last for days or a few seconds — what is important to me is the experience of making. I leave all my work outside and often return to watch it decay.

Biography

Artistic style

Awards

• 1979 – North West Arts Award
• 1980 – Yorkshire Arts Award
• 1981 – Northern Arts Award
• 1982 – Northern Arts Award
• 1986 – Northern Arts Bursary
• 1987 – Scottish Arts Council
  Scottish Arts Council
  
  The Scottish Arts Council is a Scottish public body that distributes funding from the Scottish Executive Education Department, and is the leading national organisation for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland....
   Award
• 1989 – Northern Electricity Arts Award
• 2000 – Appointed officer of the Order of the British Empire
  Order of the British Empire
  
  The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
   (OBE)

Publications

• Republished as ******

Major exhibitions and installations

Image	Dates	Title	Location
	1996–2003	Sheepfolds	Cumbria Cumbria Cumbria is a non-metropolitan county in the North West England of England. Cumbria came into existence as a county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972.... , England England native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms... , UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
	22 May – 15 November 2000	Andy Goldsworthy at Storm King Art Center (featuring the installation Storm King Wall)	Storm King Art Center Storm King Art Center The Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York is an open air museum which has extended the concept of a "sculpture garden" to become a "sculpture landscape." Founded in 1960 by Ralph E.... Mountainville, Cornwall, New York Cornwall, New York Cornwall is a town in Orange County, New York, New York, United States. It is located on the western shore of the Hudson River. The estimated population in 2007 was 12,827.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
	August 2001	Stone River	Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States.... Stanford, California California California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
	2002	Andy Goldsworthy Arch at Goodwood	Cass Sculpture Foundation Goodwood Goodwood Goodwood may refer to:... , West Sussex West Sussex West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial counties of England until 1974 and the coming into force of the Local Government... , England England native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms... , UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
	2002	Chalk Stones Trail	South Downs near West Dean, West Sussex West Dean, West Sussex West Dean is a village and civil parish in the Chichester in West Sussex, England located 7.5 kilometres north of Chichester on the A286 road just west of Singleton,_West_Sussex....
	4 May – 31 October 2004	Andy Goldsworthy on the Roof (featuring the installation Stone Houses)	Iris and B. Gerald Cantor B. Gerald Cantor B. Gerald Cantor was the founder and chairman of securities firm Cantor Fitzgerald and an important philanthropist supporting the visual arts institutions in the United States....  Roof Garden, Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile, New York City in New York City, USA.... New York City New York City The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population.... , New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
	2005	Andy Goldsworthy: Early Works A national touring exhibition from the Haywood Gallery	England England native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms... , United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
	2005	Drawn Stone	M. H. de Young Memorial Museum M. H. de Young Memorial Museum The M.H. de Young Museum is a fine arts museum located in San Francisco, California Golden Gate Park. It is named for early San Francisco newspaperman M.... San Francisco, California California California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
	22 January – 15 May 2005	The Andy Goldsworthy Project (including the installation Roof)	National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art is a national art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was established in 1938 by the United States Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W.... National Mall National Mall The National Mall is an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C., the Capital of the United States. Officially termed by the National Park Service the National Mall & Memorial Parks, the term commonly includes the areas that are officially part of West Potomac Park and Constitution Gardens to the west, and often is taken to... , Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
	2006	Red sandstone wall at the Doerr-Hosier Center	Aspen Institute Aspen Institute The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1950 as the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies. Today, the organization is dedicated to "fostering enlightened leadership, the appreciation of timeless ideas and values, and open-minded dialogue on contemporary issues." The institute and its international partners se... Aspen, Colorado Aspen, Colorado The City of Aspen is a Colorado municipalities#Home_Rule_Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, Colorado, United States.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
	31 March 2007 – 6 January 2008	Andy Goldsworthy	Yorkshire Sculpture Park Yorkshire Sculpture Park The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an open-air art organisation, showing work by UK and international artists, including notably Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.... West Bretton West Bretton West Bretton is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, 7 miles from Wakefield city centre and just off junction 38 of the M1 motorway.... , Wakefield Wakefield Wakefield lies at the heart of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder, it had a population of 76,886 in 2001.... , West Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population.... , England England native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms... , UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....

Personal life

Quotations

• "I find some of my new works disturbing, just as I find nature as a whole disturbing. The landscape is often perceived as pastoral, pretty, beautiful – something to be enjoyed as a backdrop to your weekend before going back to the nitty-gritty of urban life. But anybody who works the land knows it's not like that. Nature can be harsh – difficult and brutal, as well as beautiful. You couldn't walk five minutes from here without coming across something that is dead or decaying."
• "One of the beauties of art is that it reflects an artist's entire life. What I've learned over the past 30 years is really beginning to inform what I make. I hope that process continues until I die."

See also

• Environmental art
  Environmental art
  
  The term Environmental Art is used in two different senses.The term can be used generally to refer to art dealing with ecological issues and/or the natural , such as the formal, the political, the historical, or the social context....
  
• Environmental sculpture
  Environmental sculpture
  
  The term environmental sculpture is variously defined. A development of the art of the 20th century, Natural environment sculpture usually creates or alters the environment for the viewer, as opposed to presenting itself figurally or monumentally before the viewer....
  
• Greenmuseum.org
  Greenmuseum.org
  
  Greenmuseum.org is a nonprofit online museum of environmental art. Since its launch in 2001, greenmuseum.org has established itself as a leading source for information about this global art movement, which includes eco-art , land art, art in nature and related terms....
  
• Land art
  Land art
  
  Land art, Earthworks, or Earth art is an art movement which emerged in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, in which landscape and the work of art are inextricably linked....
  
• Rock balancing
  Rock balancing
  
  Rock balancing is an art, discipline, and/or hobby depending upon the intent of the practitioner....
  

Further reading

External links

• Common Ground
  Common Ground (charity)
  
  Common Ground is a United Kingdom charity and lobby group. Founded in 1982 by Sue Clifford and Angela King , Common Ground aims to promote "Spirit of place" ....
  , a UK charity and lobby group promoting local distinctiveness

• . A collaborative effort involving Goldsworthy, The Crichton Foundation, and the University of Glasgow
  University of Glasgow
  
  The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451, in Glasgow, Scotland, and, along with its contemporary institution, the University of St Andrews, it formed the Kingdom of Scotland's equivalent to Oxbridge....
  's Crichton Campus and Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII). The DVD documents, visually and textually, the first ten years of Goldsworthy's ephemeral outdoor practice. It replicates Goldsworthy's "Slide Cabinet Index", and includes previously unpublished material from "Goldsworthy's Sketchbook Diaries".
• "" (1999). Photograph from the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  
  The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a major modern art museum and San Francisco, California landmark.It opened in 1935 under founding director Dr....
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• "" (2000), photographed in Charterhouse Square
  Charterhouse Square
  
  Charterhouse Square is a historic square in Smithfield, London, between Charterhouse Street and Clerkenwell Road. It lies in the extreme south of the London Borough of Islington, just north of the City of London, ....
   and Smithfield Market in Smithfield, London
  Smithfield, London
  
  Smithfield is an area in the north-west part of the City of London, mostly known for its centuries-old meat market and its bloody history of executions of heretics and political opponents....
  , UK
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
  . Photographs from the Conway Collection, Courtauld Institute of Art
  Courtauld Institute of Art
  
  The Courtauld Institute of Art is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art. The Courtauld is one of the premier centres for the teaching of art history in the world; it was the only History of Art department in the UK to be awarded a top 5* grade in the most recent Research Assessm...
  , London
  London
  
  London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
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• "" (2002), Des Moines Art Center
  Des Moines Art Center
  
  The Des Moines Art Center is an art museum with an extensive collection of paintings, sculpture, modern art and mixed media. A large exhibition hall rotates through several themes during the year, most of which are featured from one to three months at a time....
  , Des Moines, Iowa
  Des Moines, Iowa
  
  Des Moines , is the Capital and the most populous city in the United States U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County, Iowa....
  , US
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
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