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Richard Wentworth was born in 1947 in Samoa. He worked as an assistant to Henry Moore in 1967 and went on to gain his MA from the Royal College of Art in 1970. He taught at Goldsmith’s College between 1971-1987, and was awarded the Berlin DAAD Fellowship 1993/94. His work has been exhibited in institutions worldwide including the Hayward Gallery, London; Serpentine Gallery, London; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris. In 1998 Richard Wentworth curated Thinking Aloud for the South Bank Centre and in 2000 he completed Gallery Square, a major commission for The New Art Gallery Walsall. Richard Wentworth lives and works in London. He is currently the Master of Ruskin College, Oxford University. For Art and Sacred Places Wentworth worked with Winchester Cathedral - see Art 2000 Programme. |
