Rachel Whiteread

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Rachel Whiteread

British artist

Written by Kathleen Kuiper

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In full:: Dame Rachel Whiteread

Born:: April 20, 1963, London, England (age 61)

Awards And Honors:: Turner Prize (1993)

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Rachel Whiteread (born April 20, 1963, London, England) is a British artist known for her monumental sculptures that represent what is usually considered to be negative space. She won the Turner Prize in 1993, becoming the honour’s first woman recipient, and represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1997. Whiteread, whose mother was also an artist, grew up in Ilford and Essex. She knew from an early age that she wanted to make art, and she attended Brighton Polytechnic (1982–85), where she studied painting, and the Slade School of Fine Art (1985–87), where she studied sculpture. For her first ...(100 of 531 words)

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