(1944 - 2023)
Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Phyllida Barlow studied at Chelsea College of Art and then at the Slade School of Art in the 1960s. She later taught at both schools and was Professor of Fine Art and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the latter until 2009. She became a Royal Academician in 2011 and in 2015 was awarded a CBE for her services to the arts. Her work has featured in numerous solo exhibitions, including most recently at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada; City Hall Park, New York; and Chillida Leku, Hernani, Spain (all in 2023); the Sprengel Museum in Germany (2022), Tate Modern (2021) and The Royal Academy of Arts (2019). She represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2017, and in 2021 was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She died in 2023.
