Cornelia Parker
Sculptor
Sculptor and installation artist known for "Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View" from 1991, "Subconscious of a Monument," and other works. Her 1995 "The Maybe" was a performance piece featuring actress Tilda Swinton asleep inside a vitrine.
She studied at Gloucestershire College of Art and Design, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, and Reading University.
She was shortlisted for the prestigious Turner Prize in 1997.
She settled in London with her husband and daughter.
She and fellow sculptor Allen Jones were both born in England.