Rebecca Jane Warren (born 1965) is a British visual artist and sculptor,"Rebecca Warren RA"
Royal Academy. Retrieved 22 August 2014. born in Pinhoe, Exeter. She is particularly well known for her works in clay and bronze and for her arranged vitrines."Rebecca Warren"
Serpentine Galleries. Retrieved 22 August 2014. The artist currently lives and works in London.

Early life

From 1989 to 1992, Warren studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths' College,

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receiving a BA (Hons)."Turner Prize 2006: artists, Rebecca Warren"
''Tate Etc.''. Retrieved 22 August 2014. She then attained a Masters in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art & Design, London (1992–93). From 1993 to 1994 she was an artist-in-residence at the Ruskin School,

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, Oxford.

Work

Until 1997 a large part of Warren's output was produced as a collaboration with artist Fergal Stapleton. Warren's early sculptures were made primarily using clay.Sooke, Alistair
"Rebecca Warren at the Serpentine Gallery"
''The Telegraph''. Retrieved 22 August 2014. These pieces often depicted the nude female form and tackled themes of sexuality by making reference to other historical works and artists. For instance, Warren's early works have referenced artists as diverse as

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, and

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. Warren's more recent works have included more sculptures made in metal media such as bronze and steel. In 2009, the artist exhibited her first work in welded steel at her exhibition entitled ''Feelings''. In 2009 the Serpentine Gallery exhibited the first major solo survey of her work. In 2010, The Renaissance Society, in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago, presented Warren's first solo exhibition in an American museum. Also in 2014, she was made a Professor of Painting and Sculpture at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Select solo exhibitions

*''The Boiler Room'', Saatchi Gallery (2003)"Rebecca Warren – Biography"
Matthew Marks Gallery. Retrieved 22 August 2014. *''Dark Passage'', Kunsthalle Zürich (2004) *''Rebecca Warren'', Serpentine Galleries (2009) *''Rebecca Warren'',

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and the Renaissance Society (2010)

Public collections

The artist's work can be found in a number of public collections, including: *

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Recognition

In 2006, Warren was nominated for the prestigious

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for her sculptural installations in solo shows at

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, New York, and Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, as well as her work in the Tate Triennial 2006. A representative of the Tate Gallery wrote, "Her works combine a wide range of sources with a strong formal awareness, injecting conventional materials with a sensual physicality to create something wholly new." The other artists nominated in 2006 were Tomma Abts, Mark Titchner, and

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. On 12 March 2014 Warren was elected a member of the

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. She was appointed

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(OBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to art.

References

External links

Maureen Paley: Rebecca WarrenMatthew Marks: Rebecca WarrenTurner Prize 2006, Tate press releasePhilip King on Rebecca Warren and Fergal Stapleton
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