Rachel Whiteread

Dame

Rachel Whiteread

DBE
Dame; Rachel Whiteread; DBE
	Rachel Whiteread, 2018
Born	20 April 1963; Ilford, Essex, England
Nationality	English
Education	Brighton Polytechnic, Brighton; Cyprus College of Art, Lemba; Slade School of Fine Art, London;
Known for	Sculpture, Installation art
Notable work	Ghost (1990); House (1993); Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial (2000); Untitled Monument (Fourth plinth) (2001); Embankment (2005–2006);
Movement	Young British Artists
Awards	Turner Prize (1993); K Foundation art award (1994);
Patron(s)	Environmental Justice Foundation

Dame Rachel Whiteread DBE (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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