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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Tracey Emin, No Time 4 Love, original signed & titled ink drawing on FDC, Framed
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin No Time 4 Love drawing, 2017 Original ink drawing on a Royal Mail Art in the 20th Century 1st Day Cover Signed, titled and dated in pen on the front Frame included Signed...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Offset
H 12 in W 9 in
Falling To Pieces - Abstract Figurative Black & White Mixed Media Romantic Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
H 19.5 in W 13.75 in D 0.1 in
Pity June 4th. Nude watercolor on paper
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Throughout his artistic career, Castro has exalted the figure and genitality of the Latin American man, putting into tension the limits imposed by the sex/gender system that are part of an unquestionable patriarchal and phallocentric order. The majority of those portrayed are inhabitants of the Colombian coast, also constructing alternative ways of conceiving Latin American identity. By breaking taboos about corporality and male sexuality, his work has been censored on numerous occasions due to public accusations of immorality and pornography. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo...
Pastel, Watercolor, Paper, Ink
H 59 in W 43 in D 0.1 in
The Old Man from the last Expo. Crayon pencil on archival paper
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents. Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
Carbon Pencil, Paper, Crayon, Ink, Watercolor
H 19.5 in W 27.5 in D 0.1 in
Duchándome, May 22nd and Duchándose, May 27th, Watercolor Nudes
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents. Throughout his artistic career, Castro has exalt...
Watercolor, Paper, Ink
H 19.5 in W 27.5 in D 0.1 in
Duchándome and Pity June 4th Watercolor Nudes on Paper
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents. Throughout his artistic career, Castro has exalt...
Watercolor, Pastel, Paper, Ink
H 19.5 in W 13.75 in D 0.1 in
Duchándome May 28th. Watercolor and ink on paper
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents. Throughout his artistic career, Castro has exalt...
Watercolor, Paper, Ink
H 50 in W 36 in
Aphroditus - black & white, minimalist, figurative nude, female, ink on paper
By Lynne Fernie
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Calligraphic brushstrokes in black ink are used to render the nude figure of Aphroditus in contrapposto similar to ancient Greek and Roman representations of the male Aphrodite. Lynne Fernie is a Toronto artist...
Latex, Ink, Archival Paper
H 16.54 in W 11.82 in
Nude - Mixed Media Drawing, Figurative, Subtle, Sketchy style, Polish art
By Michał Bajsarowicz
Located in Warsaw, PL
Drawing on paper MICHAL BAJSAROWICZ (born in 1963) He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, achieving his diploma in 1992 at the studio of prof. B. Wegner. His mainly w...
Ink, Mixed Media, Paper
H 18.51 in W 26.38 in D 0.04 in
Nude - Original Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1994
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is original artwork in mixed media, ink and tempera applied on cardboard, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1994. Hand-signed on the lower right, dated on the lower left. Image Di...
Mixed Media, Ink, Tempera
H 39 in W 27.5 in D 0.1 in
From the Duchándome, Nudes Series. Set of 4 Watercolors on archival paper
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents. Throughout his artistic career, Castro has exalted the figure and genitality of the Latin American man, putting into tension the limits imposed by the sex/gender system that are part of an unquestionable patriarchal and phallocentric order. The majority of those portrayed are inhabitants of the Colombian coast, also constructing alternative ways of conceiving Latin American identity. By breaking taboos about corporality and male sexuality, his work has been censored on numerous occasions due to public accusations of immorality and pornography. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo foray into the underbelly of Colombia’s drug world. From the Duchándome Series Ink, pastel and watercolor on cotton paper 1. Duchándome 2. Pensando & recordando a Luis Caballero...
Pastel, Watercolor, Paper, Ink
H 25.6 in W 37.8 in
"5 of them", 2024, signed original acrylic ink watercolor work on paper 26x38 in
By Luis Miguel Valdes
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) '5 of them', 2024 acrylic, ink and watercolor on paper 25.6 x 37.8 in. (65 x 96 cm.) Hand-signed by author __________________________________________...
Paper, Acrylic, Ink, Watercolor
H 10.24 in W 6.3 in D 0.04 in
Nude - Original China Ink - 1950 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original modern drawing in China ink on creamy paper realized in 1950 ca. by an Anonymous artist of the 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwo...
Paper, Ink
H 11.75 in W 14 in D 1.5 in
Wanting You, original (unique) hand signed drawing - Framed
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Wanting You drawing, 2018 Felt tip marker on paper Signed in felt tip marker on the front Frame included Original, unique drawing on card Signed in black felt tip pen on...
Felt Pen, Permanent Marker
H 35.2 in W 27.9 in
More of you
By Tracey Emin
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Litographic print in 2 clours on Somerset 300 gsm paper Edition: 40/100
Color, Lithograph