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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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
Framed Love Is What You Want
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2015 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, ...
Lithograph
$3,578
H 19.69 in W 13.78 in D 0.79 in
Judgment II - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Sea, Beach View, Realism
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Hallein, AT
In this painting, the artist quotes a man rising from the grave, dazzled by the light of the risen Christ from the masterpiece of Hans Memling, "The Last Judgment”.. Julita Malinows...
Canvas, Oil
Sold|$1,185
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 1.19 in
A Study of a Man, Original Figurative Acrylic Painting on Canvas - Modern Nude
By Michał Bajsarowicz
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting depicting a nude by Polish artist Michal Bajsarowicz. The artwork is an artistic take on human body with abstract elements. Composition is ske...
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$1,185
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 1.19 in
Study of the Male Form, Contemporary Figurative Acrylic on Canvas
By Michał Bajsarowicz
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting depicting a nude by Polish artist Michal Bajsarowicz. The artwork is an artistic take on human body with abstract elements. Composition is ske...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,957
H 31.5 in W 47.25 in D 1.19 in
Nudes. Original Figurative Acrylic Painting on Canvas - Modern Nude Study
By Michał Bajsarowicz
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting depicting a nude by Polish artist Michal Bajsarowicz. The artwork is an artistic take on human body with abstract elements. Composition is ske...
Canvas, Acrylic
Pablo Picasso, La Répétition (B. 756; M. 252)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO Spanish, 1881 - 1973 La Répétition (B. 756; M. 252) signed in black ink "Picasso" (lower left) numbered in pencil "11/50" (lower right) lithograph on Arches S. 19-2/3 x...
Lithograph
$800Sale Price|36% Off
H 23.5 in W 18.75 in D 2.5 in
Realization I, by Chicano artist Eloy Torres
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Realization I by Chicano artist Eloy Torrez is an acrylic painting on canvas depicting a nude female figure unfurling large white wings against a turbulent seascape. The warm tones o...
Acrylic
Sold|$1,185
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 1.19 in
Study of the Male Form, Contemporary Figurative Acrylic on Canvas
By Michał Bajsarowicz
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting depicting a nude by Polish artist Michal Bajsarowicz. The artwork is an artistic take on human body with abstract elements. Composition is ske...
Canvas, Acrylic
$375
H 29 in W 22 in D 1 in
Nude, Face, Etching, Lithograph on paper, Brown, Blue by Indian Artist"In Stock"
By Kamal Mitra
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Kamal Mitra - Untitled - 21.2 x 14 inches (unframed size) A/P Etching and Lithograph on paper. Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang condition. About Kamal Mitra’s Works : While...
Paper, Etching, Lithograph
$400
H 35 in W 23 in
The Blue Night - Surreal Giclee Print, Artist Proof, Matted and Framed
By Oliver Hazard Benson
Located in Chicago, IL
Oliver Hazard Benson The Blue Knight giclee 35h x 23w in 88.90h x 58.42w cm 1/11 AP OB0032 Oliver Hazard’s paintings are produced directly from his i...
Giclée
$1,951
H 21.26 in W 31.89 in
"Flowery Offering", Nude Woman Lasciviously Laying Colored Mixed Media Painting
By Raluca Vulcan
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Raluca Vulcan is a French-Romanian artist who likes to express the life and sensitivity of the human body, mostly through semi-abstract nudes and portraits...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$5,795
H 27.56 in W 39.38 in D 1.97 in
The bath Mohammad Ariyaei Contemporary Iranian painting women color hammam art
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Unique work Hand-signed by the artist lower left THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI " Gentleness and oriental wisdom follow the supercharged bubbling to which we were accustomed from the previous deliberately art brut exhibition by Mohammad ARIYAEI. The Iranian painter's imagination moves serenely from the wildest frenzy to the meditative calm of great, fabulous stories. The artist then took pleasure in pouring the volcanic torrent of his barbaric figures onto the delicate latticework with which he is accustomed to lining his backgrounds with the patience of an illuminating monk. Already sweetness and paroxysm coexisted. Now gentleness wins. The trained imagination of the painter, yet spontaneously bubbling, by instinct as much as by erudition, has no difficulty in reconnecting with the abundant oriental tradition of the thousand and one nights, which, like a long underground river, resurfaces at the light of his painting. Spring renewal of traditions still alive. Systematic filling of space, a sort of oriental version of the Riches Heures du Duc de Berry...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,519
H 23.63 in W 35.44 in
"Repos 7", Nude Woman Laying with Leaves and Bent Knee
By Raluca Vulcan
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Raluca Vulcan is a French-Romanian artist who likes to express the life and sensitivity of the human body, mostly through nudes and portraits.
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic