Sculptor and artist Richard Goldsworthy (b. 1995, UK) graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2019. Richard was awarded the RSA Barns-Graham Travel Award, which he utilized for a study trip to South Korea. He has exhibited regularly since graduating in both group and solo exhibitions, winning the WASPS award at the RSA 195th Annual Show. Since July 2021, he now lives and works at Marchmont Creative Spaces, Berwickshire. Recently, Richard is thrilled to have been selected to participate in Collect 2024 with Craft Scotland.
Upcoming Exhibitions:
Exhibitions:
Sep 2024 The Grain, Upright Gallery, Edinburgh (Solo Show)
Sep 2024 ASH RISE Touring Group show across 3 venues, Scotland
Aug 2024 Now&Then: Dalkeith Palace, VAS, Scotland
July 2024 Summer Contemporary, Britten Pears Arts, Suffolk
July 2024 Under One Roof, Slancha, Stallan Brand, Glasgow
July 2024 After Icarus, VAS and Scottish Ornithological Club, Aberlady
June 2024 Weekend Object Showcase, Slancha, Custom Lane, Edinbrugh
May 2024 Maker in Residence, Material Source, Glasgow
May 2024 198th Annual Exhibition Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
May 2024 Inception IV Art Exhibition Dalkeith Palace, Edinburgh
Mar 2024 Stand 19 Borders Art Fair, Kelso Scotland
Feb 2024 Collect Art Fair Craft Scotland, Somerset House, London
Feb 2024 VAS Centenary show Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Feb 2024 Evoke / Provoke Tatha Gallery, Dundee
May 2023 VAS West Exbibtion The Briggait, Glasgow
May 2023 Inception III Art Exhibition Dalkeith Palace, Edinburgh
May 2023 197th Annual Exhibition Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Mar 2023 Stand 26 Borders Art Fair, Kelso Scotland
Feb 2023 Contemporary The Scottish Gallery, Edinbrugh
Jan 2023 Into the Distance Royal Scottish Academy, Edinbrugh
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
Residencies
May 2021 Studio Cottage, Marchmont House, Berwickshire
April 2018 Micro residency at Hospitalfields, Arbroath
Awards
Feb 2024 Upright Gallery Award (VAS Centenary Show)
July 2023 Longlisted for the VAO
June 2023 Ash Rise, Scottish Furniture Makers Association
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’
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