Editing Alison Lapper (section)

{{Short description|English artist}}
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| name             = Alison Lapper
| honorific_suffix = MBE
| image            = Alison Lapper.jpg
| caption          = Alison Lapper in Brighton, December 2018 
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1965|04|07|df=y}} 
| birth_place      = [[Burton upon Trent]], Staffordshire
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| education        = [[Chailey Heritage School]] <br>[[Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People]] 
| alma_mater       = [[Heatherley School of Fine Art]] <br>[[University of Brighton School of Art]] 
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| children = Parys Lapper
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'''Alison Lapper''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 7 April 1965<ref name="Lapper-2005"/>) is a British artist. She is the subject of the sculpture '''''Alison Lapper Pregnant''''', which was displayed on [[Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square|the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square]] from September 2005 until late 2007.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Helen |date=2024-01-27 |title=Alison Lapper: ‘I thought I’d never paint again after Parys died’ |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/alison-lapper-interview-artist-lost-in-parys/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jeffries |first=Stuart |last2=Jeffries |first2=Interviews by Stuart |date=2024-02-05 |title=‘Statues are of dead blokes. This is a living woman kicking arse’: how we made the fourth plinth’s Alison Lapper Pregnant |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/feb/05/statues-are-of-dead-blokes-this-is-a-living-woman-kicking-arse-how-we-made-the-fourth-plinths-alison-lapper-pregnant |access-date=2024-06-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> She and her late son Parys featured in the BBC docuseries ''[[Child of Our Time]]''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Melissa |last=Thompson |title='He's sulky and Xbox-obsessed and I'm so relieved': Paralympics icon Alison Lapper happy her son is typical teenager |work=Daily Mirror|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/alison-lapper-happy-son-parys-1734221 |date=28 February 2013 |access-date=3 September 2019 }}</ref>