Gillian Louise White (born 20 June 1939) is an English sculptor based in Switzerland. She has specialised in large scale works for public spaces.

Biography

White was born in Orpington, Kent, and attended the

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which was then in

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. She studied at Saint Martin's School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design in London, and École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Her works on public display include ''Echodrome'', created with her husband Albert Siegenthaler (1938-1984), is on display on the campus of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; ''Lichtung'' ("Lighting") on the ; the ''Wave White Wedded Words 2'' (2002/2003), with a title inspired by James Joyce, on the

Kunstpfad am Mummelsee The Kunstpfad am Mummelsee (literally: "Art Trail at the Mummelsee") is a sculpture path around the Mummelsee, which is located in the municipality of Seebach near Achern in the northern Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg (Germany Germ ...

in Seebach in the Black Forest, Germany;See explanatory sign :File:Seebach - Schwarzwaldhochstraße (Mummelsee) - Kunstpfad - Wedded Words 2 01 ies.jpg a work in the sculpture garden of

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an untitled work (1993) in Winterthur; and works at the Villa Berberich in Bad Säckingen. In 2009 the held a retrospective exhibition of her work. Since 1972 she has lived and worked in Leibstadt, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Gillian 1939 births Living people 20th-century British sculptors 21st-century British sculptors 20th-century English women artists 21st-century English women artists Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design École des Beaux-Arts alumni Artists from Kent English women sculptors English sculptors People educated at the Elmhurst School for Dance People from Orpington