Simon Beck
Simon Beck (born 1958) is a British snow artist and a former cartographer. Referred to as the world's first snow artist, he is primarily known for his landscape drawings and sculptures created from snow and sand. His work appeared in new media after he completed installations at Banff National Park in Alberta and Powder Mountain, Utah.
Simon Beck
- Name
- Simon Beck
- Born
- 1958
- Birthplace
- London, UK
- Education
- University of Oxford
- Known for
- Snow drawings and sculptures
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- artist · cartographer
- Fields
- visual arts · art of sculpture · snow · sand
- Languages
- English
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Simon Beck (born 1958) is a British snow artist and a former cartographer. Referred to as the world's first snow artist, he is primarily known for his landscape drawings and sculptures created from snow and sand. His work appeared in new media after he completed installations at Banff National Park in Alberta and Powder Mountain, Utah.
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Simon Beck was an artist and cartographer, of British nationality. The artist was born in London.
Simon Beck worked in French Alps. Activity centred on art of sculpture, sand and snow. Languages used include English.
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He later participated in Minnesota's annual snow festival, "The Great Northern".
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• Name — Simon Beck • Born — 1958 • Birthplace — London, UK • Education — University of Oxford • Known for — Snow drawings and sculptures
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He was born in 1958 in London and later moved to the French Alps. He originally started his career in 2004. He obtained his civil engineering degree from Oxford University, and later worked as a cartographer, leaving cartography around 2009 and started to make large-scale snow drawings. He creates about thirty drawings every winter, primarily in the Alps. He creates artwork by walking over a mile on snowshoes which continues for around ten hours. Sometimes, he walks about 30 miles to complete a single work in snow and uses a compass to complete geometrical snow designs. He has created about 330 drawings of snow and 120 of sand as of 2020. Some of his artwork has been commissioned by organizations or art societies around the world. In 2016, a short documentary titled Simon Beck – Snowartist was created which revolves around his artwork. The film first appeared during a short film showcase of the National Geographic.
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Simon Beck is recorded with the occupation cartographer. Recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom.
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Simon Beck was born in 1958.
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- 1.Artist creates massive murals in snow all over the world using just his feet. ABC News.
- 2.Meet the Former Engineer Who Makes Mind-Blowing Land Art With Nothing But a Pair of Snow Shoes and Some Simple Math. artnet News. January 15, 2020.
- 3.Bellos, Alex. Simon Beck's astonishing landscape and snow art illustrates the cold beauty of mathematics – in pictures. the Guardian. November 6, 2014.
- 4.King, Barbara J. The Amazing Snow Art Of Simon Beck. NPR.org. 22 December 2013.
- 5.British Artist Gives A Beautiful Tribute To GOT, Creates A Huge Stark Sigil In The Snow. IndiaTimes. June 3, 2018.
- 6.Simon Beck: Creating art with a compass and snowshoes. BBC News. March 8, 2015.
- 7.Artist Simon Beck Uses Snow As Canvas For Massive Geometrical Designs In Silverthorne. January 16, 2020.
- 8.Artist Simon Beck Creates Massive Snow Drawings around the World. Artsy. 2010-01-01.
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