Rachel Whiteread Artist

Rachel Whiteread, CBE (born 20 April 1963) is an English artist who primarily produces sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. She was the first woman to win the annual Turner Prize in 1993.Whiteread is one of the Young British Artists, and exhibited at the Royal Academy's Sensation exhibition in 1997. Among her most renowned works are House, a large concrete cast of the inside of an entire Victorian house, the holocaust memorial sculpture in Judenplatz Vienna and her resin sculpture for the empty plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 20, 1963
Birth place
London

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Artist

Award
Turner Prize
Field of work
Installation art
Influenced by
Movement
Young British Artists
training at
London
Cyprus College of Art
Brighton
University of Brighton
Lempa Cyprus
Slade School of Fine Art

Rachel Whiteread on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://skulpturstopp.no/en/gran
  2. http://www.luhringaugustine.com/artists/rachel-whiteread
  3. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/oct/26/kateconnolly
  4. https://gagosian.vaesite.com/__data/69b81230978762f817c3528e0c0cf48b.pdf
  5. https://www.gagosian.com/artists/rachel-whiteread