Simon Beck

Biography 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 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.