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Rachel Whiteread

English artist

United Kingdom · b. 1963

Born in Essex, Rachel Whiteread, 54, studied painting at Brighton Polytechnic. She went on to do an MA in sculpture at the Slade. In 1993, House, her life-size cast of the interior of a terrace house, was the first work by a woman to win the Turner prize. Her major public projects include the Holocaust Memorial (1995) in Vienna, Monument (2001) in Trafalgar Square and Cabin (2016) in New York. A retrospective of her work is at Tate Britain, London, until 21 January. She has two sons with the artist Marcus Taylor.

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Question When were you happiest? Time & hindsight read 575 other answers →

When my children arrived.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

Question If you could edit your past, what would you change? Failure & regret read 202 other answers →

I would have thought more about exercise and a healthy lifestyle in my 20s, 30s and 40s.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

Question Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought? Money & investment read 195 other answers →

A car, which is used like a van; I should have just bought the van.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

Question What does love feel like? Relationships read 211 other answers →

A warm, frayed, soft blanket.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

Question What has been your biggest disappointment? Failure & regret read 217 other answers →

Losing my parents when they were relatively young. My dad was 59 and my mum died at 72, 14 years ago.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

Question Which living person do you most admire, and why? Values & belief read 401 other answers →

People inspiring the new generation of politically active youngsters.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have done? Craft & work read 228 other answers →

Serving tea in an insurance office to people who seemed to despise me at the age of 16 was pretty unpleasant.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

Question What keeps you awake at night? Daily life read 193 other answers →

As I get older, sleeping gets harder. I exercise, I do mindfulness, I take drugs occasionally.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

Question What did you want to be when you were growing up? Identity & self read 190 other answers →

First something medical, then, without any doubt, an artist.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

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