Cornelia Parker
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Cornelia Parker, born 1956, is a sculptor and installation artist working in a wide variety of media, frequently featuring destructive amalgamations of household objects that have been layered, broken, or repurposed into new structures. Parker describes her work as both darkly humorous and ironic, and cites Marcel Duchamp as a source of inspiration.
Parker was born and raised in Cheshire, England, and pursued her education at the Gloucestershire College of Art and Design, later receiving her MFA from Reading University in 1982. Her work has been the focus of numerous solo exhibitions around the world, including at Serpentine Gallery in London, the ICA Boston, and the Galeria Civica de Arte Moderna in Turin, among others. She is the recipient of numerous awards, notably being shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1997.