Tracey Emin was born in Croydon, in South London, in 1963, and raised in Margate, Kent. She studied fashion at the Medway College of Design (now the University for the Creative Arts) from 1980–82. At Medway, she met Billy Childish, who would become a huge inspiration for her work, and became closely associated with The Medway Poets. During this time, Emin became the administrator for Childish’s small printing press, Hangman Books.
In 1984 she went on to study printing at Maidstone Art College. In 1983, Emin opened a shop with fellow artist Sarah Lucas, called The Shop in Bethnal Green. The Shop sold works by Emin and Lucas, including original t-shirts and ashtrays featuring iconic artist Damien Hirst.
In November 1993, Emin held her first solo show at White Cube in London. She named her autobiographical exhibition “My Major Retrospective,” which largely consisted of personal photographs, photos of her own early paintings that she had destroyed, and a few emotionally charged items such as a packet of cigarettes her uncle was holding when he was decapitated in a car crash.
In 1994, Emin toured the United States, making stops en route with partner Carl Freedman to give readings from her autobiographical book Exploration of the Soul. In 1995, Emin produced her famous “tent” — Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995 — which was exhibited in Freedman’s curated show “Minky Manky” at the South London Gallery. This piece was later bought by Charles Saatchi and included in the acclaimed 1997 “Sensation” exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, going on to tour Berlin and New York.
Emin appeared on a Channel 4 television series in 1997 titled Is Painting Dead? that largely comprised a discussion over the Turner Prize. Two years later, in 1999, Emin was shortlisted for the Turner Prize herself and exhibited My Bed at the Tate Gallery. In the same year, she exhibited a number of monoprint drawings inspired by Princess Diana for an exhibition at The Blue Gallery, London.
Elton John and George Michael are both famed collectors of Emin’s work, with Michael holding the “A Tribute to Tracey Emin” exhibition in September 2007 at the Dallas-based Goss-Michael Foundation. A solo exhibition, “This is Another Place,” was held at the Modern Art Oxford from 2002–03, and in 2007, Emin was included in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The same year, Emin was made Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Arts. She has previously been invited to include works at the Royal Academy “Summer Exhibitions” dating back to 2001. Emin curated the 2008 “Summer Exhibition” and gave a public talk and interview with Matthew Collings, during which they mused on her role within the Royal Academy. Emin’s art has fetched astronomical amounts at auction, selling to Charles Saatchi, the 2011 Prime Minister (David Cameron), David Bowie and more for their private collections.
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$4,500
Tracey Emin - A Journey to Death UK poster (Hand Signed by Tracey Emin) Framed
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph poster Boldly signed in ink by Tracey Emin A collectors item when hand signed This exhibition was held in 2022 at he Carl Freedman Gallery in Tracey Emin's home tow...
Lithograph, Offset
$10,000
Tracey Emin Art Card I Forever Belong to You, Hand Signed by Tracey Emin, Framed
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Photograph on glossy paper Boldly signed and dated by Tracey Emin in gold sharpie (uniquely signed for the present owner so provenance is direct) This work has been elegantly floated...
Photographic Paper
It’s A Crime To Live With The Person You Don’t Love
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2021 Giclée print on 285gsm Hahnemühle Fine Art Pearl paper 29 x 42 cm Edition of 100 Hologram on the reverse of the print. Accompanied by the original Certificate of Authenticity ...
Paper, Giclée
$20,000
Always Me, limited edition handbag (Uniquely Hand signed & dated by Tracey Emin)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Always Me (Hand signed and dated by Tracey Emin), 2004-2016 Limited edition two-sided hand bag of printed cotton canvas, leather trimmings and wool felt patchwork. Uniquely hand signed and dated by Tracey Emin in black marker 10 × 18 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches Hand signed and dated in black marker by Tracey Emin; also bears plate signature Produced by Tracey Emin in collaboration with Longchamp If you're looking for a special Tracey Emin gift that few (if any) people you know would have, and that you are unlikely to find anywhere else in the world - this is it. Tracey Emin has been internationally acclaimed for her textile work, so it is not surprising that the company Longchamp would have commissioned her to design a bespoke handbag for them. This is the only Tracey Emin Longchamp...
Leather, Wool, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media
Baby Rabbit & Squirrel (2013) (signed)
By Tracey Emin
Located in Woodbury, CT
Polymer gravure etching, 2013, signed in pencil, dated, titled, numbered 44/50, on wove paper. sheet: 19.7 by 29.5cm.; 7¾ by 11⅝in.
Etching
$8,800
Docket and His Bird Collection plate (Hand signed and inscribed by Tracey Emin)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Extremely rare when hand signed; the regular limited edition was not signed. Tracey Emin Docket and His Bird Collection plate (uniquely hand signed and inscribed by Tracey Emin), 20...
Ceramic, Ink
Nativity iPad Drawing
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2013 Set of 6 giclée prints on paper Each 15 x 21 cm Edition of 200 Hand-signed and dated by Tracey Emin Mint condition as issued Published by Emin International Tracey Emin (born ...
Paper, Giclée
Nativity iPad Drawing (Complete Set of 6)
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2013 Set of 6 giclée prints on paper Each 15 x 21 cm Edition of 200 Hand-signed and dated by Tracey Emin Mint condition as issued Published by Emin International Tracey Emin (born ...
Paper, Giclée
Nativity iPad Drawing
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2013 Set of 6 giclée prints on paper Each 15 x 21 cm Edition of 200 Hand-signed and dated by Tracey Emin Mint condition as issued Published by Emin International Tracey Emin (born ...
Paper, Giclée
Monograph: Strangeland (Hand signed, dated and inscribed by Tracey Emin)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Strangeland (Hand signed, dated and inscribed by Tracey Emin), 2005 Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed, dated and inscribed for Ann by Tracey Emin) Hand sig...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
$7,500
Tracey Emin - Beautiful Girl II, Etching chine-collé on paper Signed/N Framed
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Beautiful Girl II, 2011 Etching, with chine-collé on 300 GSM Somerset paper, with full margins Signed and numbered 52/100 on the front in graphite pencil; also titled by ...
Etching
How To Live Together
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2022 Acrylic on canvas board 20 x 20 x 0.4 cm (canvas size) 39 x 39 cm (framed) Signed, titled, dated on the front Framed with museum glass Tracey Emin (born 1963) is best known f...
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,500
Tracey Emin "Angel without You" exhibition print (Hand Signed by Tracey Emin)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Museum of Contemporary Art Poster (Hand Signed) Offset Lithograph in Semi-Gloss Paper Signed boldly by Tracey Emin in white grease marker on the front (Uniquely signed) ...
Lithograph, Offset
$5,950
Tracey Emin Reach Out for Fruit Homemade inkjet print hand signed edition of 100
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Reach Out for Fruit, 2012 Home made inkjet print Pencil signed and dated 2012 on the front; bears the Emin International stamp on the back; edition of 100 16 1/2 × 11 1/2...
Pencil, Inkjet
$2,800
It's a Crime to Live with the Person You Don't Love with official COA + hologram
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin It's A CRIME to Live with The Person You don't LOVE, 2121 Giclée print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl 285gsm paper, accompanied by official COA with hologram 16 1/2 × 11 2/5...
Foil
$2,800
Tracey Emin, Limited Edition Docket the cat, Leather Purse, signed #40/100 w/bag
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Limited Edition Docket Purse, 2011 Leather purse with zipper with original price tag in Selfridges bag 3 3/5 × 3 3/5 × 3/10 inches Edition 40/100 Signed in plate, Bears T...
Leather, Mixed Media
Tracey Emin: I Lay Here For You (Hand signed and dated fine art monograph)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin: I Lay Here For You (Hand signed and dated book), 2022 Hardback monograph (hand signed and dated by Tracey Emin) on Munken Lynx Smooth Natural White 170 gsm with endpapers of Colorplan Candy Pink 135 gsm; matt laminate printed cover with black head and tail bands Hand signed and dated by Tracey Emin on the title page. 9 × 6 3/4 × 2/5 inches Unframed Hardback monograph with illustrated boards and no dust jacket as issued, hand signed by Tracey Emin. A beautifully designed publication I Lay Here For You, sumptuously illustrated and with a fascinating essay by Katy Hessell, author of The History of Art without Men. About the project: Tracey Emin’s first Scottish show since 2008, I Lay Here For You (28 May – 2 October) will offer an intimate encounter with love and hope set against the domestic architecture and informal woodland of Jupiter Artland. Imbued with connotations of both warmth and vulnerability, resonating with Tracey Emin’s belief of the ‘personal as political’ the exhibition will feature brand new work by the artist reflecting on the possibility of love after hardship. Tracey Emin’s participation in Jupiter Artland’s 2022 season begins with the unveiling I Lay Here For You, a six metre bronze sited personally by the artist in an old-growth beech grove. Larger than life, powerful and at ease, the sculpture presents a radically different view of woman’s place...
Ink, Mixed Media, Offset
The Kiss Was Beautiful
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2016 Offset lithographic poster 70 x 50cm Edition of 500 Hand signed by Emin Published by Emin International Tracey Emin (born 1963) is best known for her intimate, authentic, autob...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
Cunnilingus By Tracey Emin
By Tracey Emin
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Cunnilingus By Tracey Emin 2013 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered from an edition of 100 in pencil, published by Emin International Etching on Somerset paper 33.5 x 37cm (fram...
Etching
Over and Out Lithograph, Contemporary, Signed, Edition 37 of 50
By Tracey Emin
Located in Bristol, GB
Colour lithograph on Somerset velvet warm white 400gsm paper Edition 37 of 50 Signed, numbered , dated and titled on the front Mint
Lithograph
Monograph: My Life in a Column (book hand signed and dated by Tracey Emin)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin My Life in a Column (hand signed and dated by Tracey Emin), 2011 Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed and dated on the title page) hand signed and dated 21-6-...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board
Everybody Needs a Place to Thin By Tracey Emin
By Tracey Emin
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Everybody Needs a Place to Think By Tracey Emin 2002 Signed and dated Unique monoprint on wove paper of the same design on the reverse of the sheet, a working proof for the invit...
Monoprint
Tracey Emin, Tattoo, Photocopies on Paper, 2001
By Tracey Emin
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Tracey Emin, Tattoo, Offset Lithograph on Paper, 2001 Colour photocopies on A4 paper, from a limited edition of 200 (No. 129). Hand signed and numbered in pencil by the artist, rect...
Lithograph, Offset
Another Beautiful Morning
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
Tracey Emin’s Another Beautiful Morning captures a fleeting moment of intimacy, rendered with the artist’s characteristic rawness and immediacy. The composition, marked by expressive...
Paper, Monotype
Tracey Emin, I Followed You to the End (Die Welt)
By Tracey Emin
Located in Hamburg, DE
Tracey Emin (British, born 1963) I Followed You to the End (Die WELT), 2024 Medium: Archival pigment print on paper Dimensions: 57.3 x 40.2 cm Edition of 100: Hand-signed and num...
Archival Pigment
Nativity iPad Drawing
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2013 Set of 6 giclée prints on paper Each 15 x 21 cm Edition of 200 Hand-signed and dated by Tracey Emin Mint condition as issued Published by Emin International Tracey Emin (born ...
Paper, Giclée
Nativity iPad Drawing
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2013 Set of 6 giclée prints on paper Each 15 x 21 cm Edition of 200 Hand-signed and dated by Tracey Emin Mint condition as issued Published by Emin International Tracey Emin (born ...
Paper, Giclée
Nativity iPad Drawing
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2013 Set of 6 giclée prints on paper Each 15 x 21 cm Edition of 200 Hand-signed and dated by Tracey Emin Mint condition as issued Published by Emin International Tracey Emin (born ...
Paper, Giclée
Nativity iPad Drawing
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2013 Set of 6 giclée prints on paper Each 15 x 21 cm Edition of 200 Hand-signed and dated by Tracey Emin Mint condition as issued Published by Emin International Tracey Emin (born ...
Paper, Giclée
I Promise To Love You, Framed
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2014 Colour offset lithograph on 250 gsm glossy wove paper 70 x 50 cm Edition of 500 Signed and dated in pen by Tracey Emin Published by Emin International Framed Excellent condition...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
Every Bodies Been There
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
1998 Colour lithograph on wove paper 20 x 25 cm Signed 'Tracey Emin' in the plate Printed by Alan Cox at Sky Editions, with their blindstamp Published by Contemporary Visual Arts Mag...
Paper, Lithograph
Sex Series iPad Sketches - The Complete Set of Five
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2013 A complete set of five inkjet prints on wove paper 15 x 21 cm each Edition of 200 Each Signed and dated by Tracey Emin Mint condition housed in the original Emin International p...
Inkjet, Paper
I Was Left Sleeping
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
I Was Left Sleeping is part of a series created for Tracey Emin’s exhibition A Fortnight of Tears at the White Cube Gallery. This print explores all elements of life at a pivotal tim...
Paper, Lithograph
$5,262
Tracey Emin, Sixteen, Young British Artist (YBA), Contemporary Art, Signed Print
By Tracey Emin
Located in Hamburg, DE
Tracey Emin (born 1963 in Croydon) Sixteen, 2013 Medium: Giclée print on archival fine art paper housed in a black print box, accompanied by the book My Photo Album Print dimensions:...
Giclée
I loved my Innocence
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
I Loved My Innocence, 2019 Lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm paper hand-signed, numbered, titled and dated by the artist 60 x 76 cm Edition 118 of 200 published by Coun...
Lithograph
Untitled Woodcut
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
A rare and compelling early work by Tracey Emin, this piece captures the raw immediacy and emotional force that would come to define her later practice. Executed in woodcut on newspa...
Newsprint, Woodcut
$11,079
On My Knees
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
This lithograph is one of Tracey’s incredible intimate pieces that explores all elements of life where she puts herself into the artwork as part of her unique autobiographical style....
Paper, Lithograph
In My MInd II
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Polymer Gravure on paper. Signed by the artist, dated, and numbered 87/100 in pencil lower margin. Titled in pencil, lower left. Published by White Cube Editions, London.
Polymer, Black and White
The News Is I Love You, Black Frame
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2021 Offset lithograph on a paper napkin with accompanying offset lithograph postcard Framed size 34.5 x 26.5 cm Edition of 300 Published by Air Mail, New York, for 2021 Frieze Londo...
Postcard, Tissue Paper, Lithograph, Offset
But Yea, Framed
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2016 Offset lithographic poster. 70 x 50 cm Edition of 500 Hand signed by Emin Published by Emin International Framed Tracey Emin (born 1963) is best known for her intimate, authen...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
$4,847
But Yea
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2016 Offset lithographic poster 70 x 50 cm Edition of 500 Hand signed by Emin Published by Emin International Tracey Emin (born 1963) is best known for her intimate, authentic, auto...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
She Lay Down Deep Beneath the Sea
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2012 Offset lithograph in colours on wove paper 80 x 60 cm Signed in black in by Tracey Emin Published by Turner Contemporary Accompanied by a gallery Certificate of Authenticity Tr...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
These feelings were true II
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm 55.5 x 45.5 cm (framed: 65 x 55 cm) Edition of 50 titled and dated in pencil hand-signed and numbered by the artist printed...
Lithograph
She Watched
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
Created for Emin's 2017 exhibition Surrounded By You at Château La Coste in France as part of her Reclining Nudes series of work. 2017 Lithograph on Somerset paper with deckled edge...
Paper, Lithograph
No Substitute For Your love
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2003 Soft-ground etching on Hahnemühle paper 46.5 x 50.5 cm Edition of 300 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil Tracey Emin (born 1963) is best known for her intimate, authentic,...
Paper, Etching
My Favourite Little Bird
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2016 Offset lithographic poster 70 x 50cm Edition of 500 Hand signed by Emin Published by Emin International Tracey Emin (born 1963) is best known for her intimate, authentic, autob...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
$8,240
Tracey Emin, The Sex Series (The Complete Set of 5) Giclee Print on Paper, 2013
By Tracey Emin
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Tracey Emin, The Sex Series (The Complete Set of 5) Giclee Print on Paper, 2013 Giclee print on paper Edition of 200. Signed, unnumbered Excellent / 'as new' condition. Each piece i...
Paper, Giclée
Tracey Emin, Grand Hotel I, Lithograph Print, 2016
By Tracey Emin
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Tracey Emin, Grand Hotel I, Lithograph Print, 2016 A Polymer gravure lithograph printed on Somerset 300gsm paper From a limited edition of 100. 81/100 Hand signed, titled and numb...
Paper, Lithograph, Polymer
Untitled -- Woodcut, Human Figure, Contemporary Art by Tracey Emin
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
Untitled, 1986 Tracey Emin Woodcut in black, on wove Sheet: 37.4 × 17 cm (14.7 × 6.7 in)
Woodcut
$10,405
Untitled -- Print, Polymer Gravure Etching, Figure, Feminist Art by Tracey Emin
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
Untitled, 2004 Tracey Emin Etching, on wove paper Initialed from the edition of 125 Published by White Cube, London With the artist's ink stamp on the reverse Image: 14 × 19 cm (5.5...
Etching
Tracey Emin, Out Cold
By Tracey Emin
Located in Hamburg, DE
Tracey Emin (British, born 1963) Out Cold, 2014 Medium: Polymer gravure etching on chine collé on wove paper Dimensions: 37.3 x 43 cm (14 3/4 x 17 in) Edition of 100: Hand-signed...
Etching
$19,136Sale Price|20% Off
And This was me A Thousand Years, (from A Journey to Death) - Litograph, Emin
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
And This was me A Thousand Years Ago, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condit...
Lithograph
Tracey Emin – This is Forever: Limited Edition Print
By Tracey Emin
Located in Hamburg, DE
Tracey Emin (British, born 1963) This is Forever, 2024 Medium: Lithograph on wove paper Dimensions: 80 x 68 cm (32 x 27 in) Edition of 100: Hand-signed, numbered and dated
Lithograph
$19,662Sale Price|20% Off
On My Knees - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Figurative art
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Tracey Emin On My Knees - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Figurative art 2021 4 Colour Lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm. Produced by Counter Studio Ed...
Lithograph
$19,911Sale Price|28% Off
These Feelings Were True - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Blue
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
These Feelings Were True - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph 2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 65,5 x 55,5 cm (25.8 x 21.9 in) Signed, titled,...
Lithograph
$24,888Sale Price|20% Off
Blue Madonna - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Black
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Blue Madonna - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Black 3 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 65,5 x 55,5 cm (25.8 x 21.9 in) Signed, nu...
Lithograph
$17,127Sale Price|20% Off
Then I wasn’t Alone Life was here, (from A Journey to Death) - Emin
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Then I wasn’t Alone Life was here, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition...
Lithograph
$22,390Sale Price|42% Off
Life Will never be The Same (Nor should it), (from A Journey to Death) - Emin
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Life Will never be The Same (Nor should it), (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint...
Lithograph
$14,933Sale Price|48% Off
Hurt Heart (from A Journey to Death) - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Hurt Heart (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition With certificate of aut...
Lithograph
$13,401Sale Price|42% Off
A Feeling of Shock (from A Journey to Death) - Litograph, YBAs, Emin
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
A Feeling of Shock, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition With certifica...
Lithograph