Colette Whiten (born 1945, Birmingham, England) is a sculptor, and installation and performance artist who lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
Whiten's art included elements of performance in her sculptures by emphasizing the body processes involved in her work.
She built stocks and scaffolding-like structures of wood, concrete blocks, and rope,[4] each of which she designed with a particular male model in mind.
The first series focussed on the male newsmakers of the world, specifically political leaders, represented in a traditionally female craft.
[15] Whiten's sculpture La Scala, created in collaboration with Paul Kipps, is on outdoor public display in downtown Toronto.
[18] Upon graduation from the Ontario College of Art in 1972, Whiten received the Governor General's Academic Medal for her first cast piece exhibition.