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Rachel Whiteread

born 1963

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Biography

Dame Rachel Whiteread (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 was one of the Young British Artists who 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 Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial in Vienna, resembling the shelves of a library with the pages turned outwards; and Untitled Monument, her resin sculpture for the empty fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.

She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2006 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to art.

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    Rachel Whiteread Untitled (Black Bath)

    1996
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    Rachel Whiteread LOndOn

    2011
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  • Rachel Whiteread A: Clapton Park Estate, Mandeville Street, London E5; Ambergate Court; Norbury Court, October 1993

    1996
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  • Rachel Whiteread A: Clapton Park Estate, Mandeville Street, London E5; Ambergate Court; Norbury Court; October 1993

    1996
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  • Rachel Whiteread A: Clapton Park Estate, Mandeville Street, London E5; Ambergate Court; Norbury Court; October 1993

    1996
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  • Rachel Whiteread A: Clapton Park Estate, Mandeville Street, London E5; Ambergate Court, Norbury Court; October 1993

    1996
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  • Rachel Whiteread B: Clapton Park Estate, Mandeville Street, London E5; Bakewell Court; Repton Court; March 1995

    1996
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  • Rachel Whiteread B: Clapton Park Estate, Mandeville Street, London E5; Bakewell Court; Repton Court; March 1995

    1996
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    Walks of art: Grace Dent on the YBAs and Shoreditch

  • How To

    How to Cast like Rachel Whiteread

  • Interview

    Rachel Whiteread in Conversation

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    Five Things to Know: Rachel Whiteread

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    Rachel Whiteread: The Gran Boathouse

    Lars Hvinden

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