Sculptor and artist Richard Goldsworthy (b. 1995, Macclesfield UK) graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with a BA (Hons) in Sculpture in 2019. During his studies, Richard was awarded the RSA Barns-Graham Travel Award which he used for a study trip to South Korea. Richard has exhibited regularly since graduating in both group and solo exhibitions. He won the WASPS award for ‘Darkness in the Light’ at the RSA 195th Annual Show. Since July 2021 he now lives and works at Marchmont Creative Spaces, Berwickshire.

Exhibitions
Jun 2022           Second Nature WASPS Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
May 2022         Inception II Art Exhibition Dalkeith Palace, Edinburgh
April 2022        196th Annual Exhibition Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Mar 2022          Stand 61 Borders Art Fair, Kelso Scotland
Feb 2022           Marchmont Artists Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
Dec 2021           Highlight Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh (solo show)
Apr 2021           In The Grain The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Apr 2021           195th Annual Exhibition Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Mar 2021          Latitudes Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
July 2020           Wood, Metal & Fire The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (solo show)
Nov 2019          Graduate in Focus Edinburgh Art Fair 2019, Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Nov 2019          Zeitgeist 108 Fine Art, Harrogate
2020-2021        Saatchi Art Online
Sept 2019         Four Minds Two Generations 31 Savile Row, Mayfair, London
June 2019         Degree Show Edinburgh College of Art
Mar 2019          Tacit Edinburgh College of Art
Feb 2019           Heartwood Edinburgh College of Art

Residencies
May 2021          Studio Cottage, Marchmont House, Berwickshire
April 2018         Micro residency at Hospitalfields, Arbroath

Awards
Apr 2021           WASPS Award for ‘Darkness in the Light’ (RSA 195th Annual Exhibition)
Nov 2020          Shortlisted for the Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open 2021
Sept 2019         Named one of Saatchi Art's ‘Rising Stars’
May 2019          Awarded the Royal Scottish Academy Barns-Graham Travel Award
April 2019         Shortlisted for the Astaire Prize

Collections
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh - ‘Palace Walls’
NHS Lothian Collection, Scotland - ‘Heartwood’

Commissions
Private client. Small scale sculpture in style of ‘Identity’ Mar 2021

Reviews
Duncan Macmillan,  ‘Review of Latitudes exhibition at the RSA’, The Scotsman, 29 January 2021
Susan Mansfield,      ‘Review of ECA degree show’, The List, 7 June 2019:
Front Page Feature, ‘Review of micro residency at Hospitalfields, Arbroath’, Your Arbroath, July 2018

Education
June 2019         2:1 BA Hons in Sculpture, Edinburgh College of Art