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Richard Long
Shortlisted: 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989

Richard Long's art is about his relationship to the landscape. Since 1967 he has based his work on making walks in places ranging from the Highlands of Scotland to the Alps, the Andes, the Sahara and Lapland. Using maps, words and photographs he records things he has seen and evokes experiences he may have had on the walk, including those of time, space, movement, sight, sound and touch.

Chalk Line 1984 71 x 1028 cm © Courtesy of the artist and Haunch of Venison, London   Photo: Tate Photography (Shortlisted 1984)

Red Walk 1986 Printed text (red) 158 x 109 cm © Courtesy of the artist and Haunch of Venison Photo: Courtesy Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London (Shortlisted 1987)

White Water Line 1990 China clay and water solution Dimensions variable © Courtesy of the artist and Haunch of Venison, London Photo: Tate Photography (Shortlisted 1989)

Richard Long was born in Bristol, England in 1945. He studied at the West of England College of Art from 1962 to 1965 and graduated from St Martin's School of Art in 1968. He is the only artist to be shortlisted for the Prize four times. He was nominated in 1984, 1987, 1988 and he then won the award in 1989. In his winning year, Long was selected for the enduring influence and significance of his sculptures as shown in a Channel 4 film entitled Stones and Flies, as well as his Footprints in Avon Mud exhibition held the Theatre Royal in Bristol.

This information has been taken from The Turner Prize: Twenty Years, by Virginia Button, Tate Publishing, 2003.

View Richard Long in the Tate Collection