Dumfriesshire artist Andrew Charles Goldsworthy is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Glasgow during the graduation ceremony at Crichton Campus on 17th July 2005 at 11am. Having created artworks in locations as diverse as the North Pole, Japan, Australia, Canada, Holland, the USA and Scotland, Andy Goldsworthy has achieved international acclaim.

Using twigs, leaves, stones, snow and ice, reeds and thorns as the basis of his works, Goldsworthy revels in the ephemeral and transient nature of materials. With no preconceived ideas of what he will create, his artworks are completely dictated by the offerings of the seasons. Photographic records are used to document the duration and changing aspects of the temporary projects, such as, grass stalks caught in a spider's web or stones sinking in the sand.

As a visiting professor of the University of Glasgow, Goldsworthy has also offered his collection of photographs, as a digital archive, to the university's Crichton Campus.

Goldsworthy has made works for leading galleries, including the new Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the British Museum and the Natural History Museum in London. There have also been fruitful collaborations through photography, film and performance with the Ballet Atlantique - R￩gine Chopinot. He has received many critical plaudits and was awarded an OBE in 2000.

Kate Richardson (K.richardson@admin.gla.ac.uk)

Photographers are welcome to attend the ceremony and are asked to meet 15 mins before the beginning of the event at the bottom of turret G.

For more information contact the University Press Office on 0141 330-35355 or email: pressoffice@gla.ac.uk

First published: 11 July 2005