Tracey Emin Art
British, b. 1963
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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The Beginning of Me - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
The Beginning of Me - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait
3 Colour screenprint on cotton fabric
Edition of 175
52 x 46 cm (20.5 x 18 in)
S...
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A Journey To Death (Portfolio of 10) -Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Tracey Emin
A Journey To Death (Portfolio of 10)
2021
2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400 gsm
94 × 74 cm (37 × 29.1 in)
Each signed, numbered and dated by the artis...
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These Feelings Were True II - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
These Feelings Were True II- 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, numbe...
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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...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Art
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These Feelings Were True - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Blue
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
I Couldn't Tell Anyone I Loved You - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph
2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm
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65,5 x 55,5 cm (25.8 x 21.9 in)
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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
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After The Shadow - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
After The Shadow - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait
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,...
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The Best Conversation I ever had – Laughter, (from A Journey to Death) - Emin
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
The Best Conversation I ever had – Laughter, (from A Journey To Death), 2021
Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm
Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist
In mint...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Art
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Lithograph
No! This is sad, (from A Journey to Death) - Litograph, YBAs, Emin
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
No! This is sad, (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 ...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Art
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Over and Out - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Black, Portrait
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Over and Out - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Black, Portrait
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, nu...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Art
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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...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Art
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Me - May 2019 - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Blue
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Me - May 2019 - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Blue
2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm
Edition of 50
55,5 x 45,5 cm (21.9 x 17.9 in)
Signed, nu...
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Even Saying Nothing Is a Lie, (from A Journey to Death) - Litograph, YBA, Emin
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Even Saying Nothing Is a Lie, (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...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Art
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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...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Art
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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...
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Crying – Shouting – Screaming – Was Not going to help me Live - Emin
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Crying – Shouting – Screaming – Was Not going to help me Live (from A Journey To Death), 2021
Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm
Signed, numbered, and dated by t...
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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...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Art
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These Feelings Were True -Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait
By Tracey Emin
Located in Zug, CH
These Feelings Were True - Tracey Emin, Contemporary, Young British Artiststs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait, Limited Edition
2 colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm (Poprtfolio of 8)
Edition 25 of 50, the full Set is offered in matching edition numbers
Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist
In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher with the original cardboard portfolio
Published by Counter Editions
Please note: images are for illustrative purposes only, the edition number offered is 25 of 50
Tracey Emin's new set of 8 lithographs depicting herself are incredibly personal auto portraits and revelatory. Viewed almost as an intimate tiny sketchbook of herself, a visual diary. These editions are great examples of Emin's radical painting style which has been influenced by Expressionism. These works showcase universal feelings, raw and bittersweet emotions, which are Emin’s constant subject surrounded around the idea of love, loss, intimacy, and longing.
In making herself the subject of her work, and concentrating intensely on figuration, Emin creates bridges with the rich art-historical tradition of the female figure and female nudes. She shows strong emotive force in these pictures, as seen for example in the work of male painters Munch and Schiele, which Emin admires and studied throughout her artistic oeuvre.
Emin has said that “when I saw that these portraits did not look like me, I then realized I was actually drawing how I felt inside my head. An expression of myself in different moments, and this idea doing a few of them would be very honest and will be really free… the idea is how I am feeling.”
When referencing her previous portraiture practice, Emin said “I would put my face in the work and then I would black it out, it is too much for me to have me in the work, and now it is so weird, I am thinking that it is time for me to start having an entrance to my work. Because I have a good reason to do it. I should be celebrating me as a person and things that make me, me.”
TRACEY EMIN
A prominent member of the Young British Artists (YBAs), Tracey Emin´s production encompasses different mediums including film, painting, neon, embroidery, drawing, writing, installation and sculpture. Her work is intensely personal, revealing intimate details of her life with honesty and humour.
"There should be something revelatory about art. It should be totally creative and open doors for new thoughts and experiences."—Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin uses all aspects of her life in her art, turning her autobiography into broader statements about sex, love, death, freedom, and everyday life. This audacious and confessional approach earned her a nomination for the Turner Prize in 1999. The artist received notable acclaim, among others, for her installation My Bed, featuring her unmade bed surrounded...
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