Creator Bio
Andy Goldsworthy
b. 1956
English sculptor and photographer Andy Goldsworthy lives in Scotland. He creates permanent and ephemeral structures in the outdoors with materials such as stones, leaves, and ice. One of the most prominent exemplars of Land Art, Goldsworthy is the subject of a documentary film, Rivers and Tides (2001). He has mounted projects in the Canadian Arctic; Cumbria, England; and Japan. He has also created temporary installations at the J. Paul Getty Museum (1997); the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2004), and the Tate, Liverpool (2004).