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Gillian Wearing
Gillian Wearing CBE, RA (born 1963) is an English conceptual artist, one of the Young British Artists, and winner of the 1997 Turner Prize. In 2007 Wearing was elected as lifetime member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Her statue of the suffragist Millicent Fawcett stands in London's Parliament Square.
Early life.
Wearing was born in 1963 in Birmingham, England. She attended Dartmouth High School in Great Barr, Birmingham. She moved to Chelsea, London to study art at
Royal Academicians," and may use the letters "RA" after their name to indicate this.
- Gary Hume elected 24 May 2001
- Fiona Rae elected 28 May 2002
- Tracey Emin elected 27 March 2007
- Jenny Saville elected July 2007
- Gillian Wearing elected 11 December 2007
- Michael Landy elected 29 May 2008
- Tacita Dean elected 9 December 2008
The YBAs since 1997 Doctorates.
In 2004, Gillian Wearing received an Honorary Doctorate from the University for the Creative Arts; in 2007