Rachel Whiteread

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,...