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Rachel Whiteread
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Rachel Whiteread

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Casting empty spaces into solid sculptures and becoming the first woman to win the Turner Prize.

Ghost · House

Born
20 April 1963
Birthplace
Ilford, England

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Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread turns the interiors of rooms, furniture and buildings into sculptures. Her casts make otherwise empty spaces tangible.

Early life

Ilford

Born in Essex and raised in London, with an artist mother and geography-teacher father.

Art school

Studied at Brighton Polytechnic and the Slade School of Fine Art.

Career

  1. 1988

    First solo show

    Exhibited casts of domestic objects at London’s Carlisle Gallery.

  2. 1993

    Public breakthrough

    House brought her sculpture into a fierce public debate; she won the Turner Prize.

  3. 2017

    Retrospective

    Tate Britain surveyed three decades of her sculpture.

Selected work

Ghost

A plaster cast of the inside of a living room.

House

Concrete preserves the interior of a condemned East London house.

Beyond work

Family

Her long-term partner, Marcus Taylor, is also a sculptor; they have two sons.

Public honour

Made a dame in 2019 for services to art.

Sources & photo creditLife, career and references ↗Artangel — House ↗

Photo: Christian Zürn. CC BY 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.