Gillian White

Gillian Louise White (20 June 1939 – 31 January 2026) was a British-born Swiss sculptor who lived and worked in Leibstadt, Switzerland. She was renowned for her large-scale public works and art commissions for buildings. In 1969, shortly before relocating to Switzerland, Gillian White won her first competition with her sculpture "Gewässerschutzplastik" made of polyester for a public artwork in Olten.

Life and career White was born in Orpington, Kent on 20 June 1939. She attended the Elmhurst Ballet School which was then in Camberley. White 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. Lichtung ("Lighting") on the ; the Wave White Wedded Words 2 (2002/2003), with a title inspired by James Joyce, on the Kunstpfad am Mummelsee in Seebach in the Black Forest, Germany; a work in the sculpture garden of Vullierens Castle; 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.

Selected publications