English sculptor who mostly deals with the human body as a theme and using his own body for life-size metal sculptures | 1950 born in London | 1968-71 studies archaeology, anthropology and art history at “Trinity College, Cambridge University” | 1971-74 studies Buddhism in India and Sri Lanka | 1974-77 studies art at “Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design”, London” | 1977-79 “Slade School of Art at University College London” | 2013 honoured by Praemium Imperialeby the Imperial House of Japan | 2022 intends to apply for German citizenship, to which he is entitled through his German mother – after describing Brexit as a “practical disaster” and “betrayal”.
