“Maybe it's my Catholic upbringing - I grew up thinking that Armageddon was just around the corner - now I know it is, with global warming and all. I can keep it at bay by doing the work. It's a sort of reverse sympathetic magic. I'm always doing it so it doesn't happen to me.”

English visual artist

Cornelia Ann Parker is an English visual artist best known for sculpture and installation art. Her work has made her a notable figure in contemporary art. She is especially associated with large-scale pieces that rethink familiar objects and materials through sculpture and installation. That focus has brought her a wide public profile and made her a recognisable name in modern British art.