Tracey Emin Mixed Media
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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2010s Contemporary Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Linen, Thread, Ink, Mixed Media
Early 2000s Contemporary Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Leather, Wool, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Textile, Cotton, Thread, Ink, Mixed Media, Laid Paper, Ballpoint Pen
2010s Contemporary Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Leather, Mixed Media
1990s Contemporary Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Monoprint, Fabric, Textile, Thread, Offset
2010s Contemporary Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board
Early 2000s Contemporary Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Thread, Wood, Lithograph, Cotton, Mixed Media
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Giclée
1940s Post-War Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Ink, Laid Paper
1970s Surrealist Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Lithograph
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Giclée
2010s Pop Art Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board
2010s Contemporary Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Glue, Mixed Media, Cardboard, Magazine Paper
2010s Contemporary Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Glue, Mixed Media, Cardboard, Magazine Paper
Early 2000s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Etching
1970s Surrealist Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Mixed Media
Early 2000s Contemporary Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Mixed Media
Early 2000s Contemporary Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Linen, Screen
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media
2010s Pop Art Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Cotton, Screen, Mixed Media
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Tracey Emin Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media
