Tracey Emin sitting in her studio

Love, desire, loss and grief.

A Personal Perspective.

Tracey Emin | Lougher Contemporary

b. 1963

Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin’s poetic, confessional practice spans film, painting, neon, embroidery, drawing, installation, and sculpture. A member of the infamous generational cohort known as the Young British Artists (YBAs), Emin has developed a unique conceptual mode of artmaking that embraces both tenderness and audacity. In era-defining works such as My Bed (1999) and Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 (1995), Emin mined her most intimate experiences for artistic inspiration. She received her MA from the Royal College of Art in 1989 and has exhibited at galleries and institutions around the world, including the Mori Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Stedelijk Museum. Her work belongs in the collections of the Tate and the Museum of Modern Art, and she has represented the United Kingdom at the Venice Biennale. Emin’s work has sold for millions on the secondary market, though typical auction results range from four to six figures.

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About the artist

YBA heavyweight and controversial, confessional, artist Tracey Emin is best known for her intimate sketches, sculptures and installations. Her practice spans painting, embroidery, film, drawing, sculpture and neon, yet remains grounded in themes of love, desire, pain, grief and the female experience.

Born in South London in 1963, Emin was brought up by her family in Margate, Kent. In 1987, Emin moved to London to study painting at the Royal College of Art. After graduating, Emin went through two abortions. This experience of pain, loss and loneliness proved fundamental in the development of her artistic vocabulary. Emin's works are instantly recognisable in their autobiographical and intimate quality and have won over the heart of even the most sceptics. In 1999, this raw approach to storytelling won her a nomination to the Turner Prize and, in 2007, it got her a coveted spot as a Royal Academician at the Royal Academy of Arts (RA).

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