ANDREW GOSS

 

Biography

 

Andrew Goss creates both jewelry and sculpture, working in metals – silver, bronze, brass – as well as concrete and plastic. He has been practicing his craft and his art for more than 35 years after graduating from the jewelry program at George Brown College in Toronto and studying at Hornsey College of Art in England. He lives and works in Owen Sound, Ontario, where he shares a studio with jewelry artist Sandra Noble Goss.

 

Goss' work concerns itself with pure and simple forms, as well as the exploration of material. He is known for his original concrete jewelry, challenging ideas about preciousness in the world of jewelry. His research into concrete resulted in the book Concrete handbook for Artists in 2002.

 

Images of his work have appeared in numerous books including 500 Rings and 500 Brooches. His work is in the Department of External Affairs (Canadian Embassy, Berlin), the Museum of Civilization, and UBS Bank (Canada) as well as numerous private jewelry collections. Goss was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy in 2005 (RCA), shared the John Mather Award (OCC) with Sandra Noble Goss, and has also received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.

 

2011