Antony Gormley

Biography

Antony Gormley was born in London and read archaeology, anthropology and art history at Trinity College, Cambridge (1968-1971). He studied at the Central School of Art, London (1974-1975); Goldsmith’s School of Art (1975-1977) and Slade School of Fine Art (1977-1979). He was awarded the Turner Prize in 1995.

Gormley’s work is concerned with the body as a place of memory and transformation, and a vehicle for the exploration of self and other in space. He works with a variety of materials including lead, terracotta, concrete, iron and steel. Since the late 1980s, Gormley has undertaken numerous public sculpture commissions and has work sited in Derry, Birmingham, Stavanger and Kassel amongst others. His prolific public commissions include what has now become a famous landmark in the north-east of England, The Angel of the North. The first major London exhibition of his work was on show at the Hayward Gallery in 2007.