Antony Gormley
"We are not moving towards some kind of goal. We are at the goal, and it is changing with us. If art has any purpose, it is to open our eyes to that fact."
Gormley grew up in a household with a firm appreciation for art. From 1968 to 1971, he read Archaeology, Anthropology and the History of Art at Trinity College, Cambridge. After attending Saint Martin's School of Art and Goldsmiths in London from 1974, he then completed his studies with a postgraduate course in sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art between 1977 and 1979. His earliest works were made using natural materials such as stone and wood.
Gormley is best known for his work with the human form. He explores the relationship between the human body and space, often using his own body as a starting point for his sculptures and installations. His work investigates the individual's place within the broader human experience and the environment. He has also explored the notion of the body as a vessel or container for existence. He is known for public artworks such as Angel of the North and Another Place, which evoke a sense of the human presence in the landscape.
Gormley's work is held by museums and galleries across the world, including the Arts Council of England; Tate, London; British Museum, London; British Council, England; National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Wellcome Collection, London; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Middelheim Museum, Antwerp; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humblebaek; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg; SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen; M+, Hong Kong; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Uffizi Gallery, Florence; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar; State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; Malmo Konsthall, Malmo; Pinchuk Art Centre, Kyiv; MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
