Helaine Blumenfeld OBE grew up in New York and graduated from the University of Michigan. She studied Moral Philosophy at Columbia University, receiving a PhD in 1964. She married her
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Annie Attridge
Annie Attridge studied at the Royal Academy Schools, for her MA Fine Art, London and a BA in Fine Art Painting at University of Brighton. Since graduating in 2002, Attridge’s
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Rachel Ara worked for almost thirty years in Computing, also studying for a Foundation in Art and Design at the City Lit and then a BA Fine Art (Hons), Goldsmiths
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Tabatha Andrews makes sculpture, performance and installation exploring how materials and sound embody memory. She works across disciplines and in a wide variety of communities and contexts, often working collaboratively.
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Sophie Ryder is a sculptor who infuses playfulness in her works using wire-framed sculpture, sometimes on a monumental scale. Born in London to a French mother, as a child, she
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Anya Gallaccio (1963– ) is an installation artist. She was born in the Scottish town of Paisley, and grew up in southwest London. She attended Kingston Polytechnic in the mid-80s
Read moreRachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread (1963– ) is a sculptor best-known for her work House which won the Turner Prize in 1993. Born in Ilford in Essex, her mother was an artist and
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Sarah Lucas (1962– ) is a multidisciplinary visual artist and sculptor known for her humour, visual puns and uncompromising exploration of gender, sexuality and language. She was born in North
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Doris Salcedo (1958– ) is a sculptor, political activist, and visual artist. Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, her art is shaped by her life in Colombia and focuses largely
Read moreCornelia Parker
Cornelia Parker (1956–) is an English artist, best known for her bold sculptures and installation art. She was born in Cheshire to a German mother who was a nurse in
Read moreKatharina Fritsch
Katharina Fritsch (1956– ) is a sculptor famous for her use of monochromatic colour and a precise, almost industrial standard, of sculpture. Born in Essen, West Germany, her grand-father was
Read moreMona Hatoum
Mona Hatoum (1952– ) is a sculptor and installation and performance artist who was born in Beirut into an exiled Palestinian family. As exiles, they were not able to obtain
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