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Barney spent his youth partially in Idaho , where he regularly played Football in his high school team, and partially in New York City with his mother, who introduced him to art and museums. This intermingling of sports and art would inspire his later work as an artist. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1989 . He also worked briefly as a Model .

The film series 2004 .

Matthew Barney won the Europa 2000 prize at the 45th Venice Biennale in 1993 . In 1996 , he was the first recipient of the Hugo Boss Prize , awarded by the Guggenheim Museum . His work also graces the album cover of Arto Lindsay 's recording ''Prize'' (1999).

He has just released Drawing Restraint 9 , a collaboration between himself and Björk .

He and his partner, the Icelandic singer Björk , have one daughter named Isadora who was born October 3, 2002 .


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