Antony Mark David Gormley
Born: August 30 1950, London
Education: St Anthony's, Hampstead; Ampleforth College, Yorkshire; Trinity College, Cambridge; Central School of Art; Goldsmiths' College; Slade School of Fine Art.
Family: 1980 married Vicken Parsons (two sons Ivo and Guy; one daughter, Paloma).
Some works: 1980 Bed; '81 Three Ways; '82 Land Sea and Air II; '91 Field: '96 Allotment; '97 Another Place; '98 Angel of the North; 2000 Quantum Cloud; '02 Planets; '03 Domain Field; '03 Inside Australia.
Some awards: 1994 Turner Prize; '98 OBE; '99 South Bank Award; 2003 Royal academician.