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Rachel Whiteread

1963 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Rachel Whiteread is the 113th most popular artist, the 6,260th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,118th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Artist.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Rachel Whiteread ranks 113 out of 125. Before her are Bill Reid, Joan Mondale, Al Hirschfeld, Tyrus Wong, Shepard Fairey, and Tatsuki Fujimoto. After her are Oksana Shachko, Larry Rivers, Tania Bruguera, Neil Harbisson, Mounir Fatmi, and Kat Von D.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Rachel Whiteread ranks 731. Before her are Carrie Ng, Rolando Maran, Kim Shattuck, Stephen Elop, Betsy Russell, and Lars Bjønness. After her are Manuela Machado, Vitaly Mansky, Jozef Lohyňa, Markus Wasmeier, Marco Marin, and Stephan Lehmann.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rachel Whiteread ranks 6,262 out of 8,785. Before her are Simon Wells (1961), Eric Linklater (1899), Daphne Guinness (1967), Daley Thompson (1958), Martin Atkinson (1971), and Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800). After her are Nigel Olsson (1949), Carrie Johnson (1988), James Cleverly (1969), Ronald Keeble (1941), David Lammy (1972), and George Armstrong (1944).

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Among ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among artists born in United Kingdom, Rachel Whiteread ranks 10. Before her are William Etty (1787), Damien Hirst (1965), Mary Delany (1700), Eric Gill (1882), Cassandra Austen (1773), and John Butler Yeats (1839). After her are Grayson Perry (1960).

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