Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire, England in 1956 and is now based in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. He studied fine art at Bradford College of Art and received his BA at Preston Polytechnic. Mainly using found and natural materials, Goldworthy’s work focuses on site-specific pieces, ephemeral processes and materials. Photography plays an important role in capturing the different stages of creation and the final realisation of these works before they decay or fall apart. He has compared the rhythmic, repetitive nature of his work to the labour of farm work that he did as a teenager. He has had a number of solo exhibitions as well as a retrospective at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2007. He was A.D White Professor-at-Large in Sculpture at Cornell University, New York and was awarded an OBE in 2000.