Born in London in 1963 but brought up in Margate, Kent. Emin completed an MA in painting at the Royal College of Art. He first solo exhibition, at White Cube in 1993, was entitled 'My Major retrospective' and included a display of personal memorabilia in a disarmingly frank exploration of her own life.  In 1997, Emin's solo exhibition 'I Need Art Like I Need God' at the South London Gallery and the inclusion of 'Everyone I Have Ever Slept With' (1963-1995) in the Royal Academy's Sensation exhibition, again demonstrated Emin's ability to make confrontational and provocative works that questioned the very definition of what art could be.  Emin's art is one of disclosure, using her life events in works ranging form story telling, drawing, filmmaking, installation, painting, neon, photography, appliquéd blankets and sculpture. Emin exposes herself, her hopes, humiliations, failures and successes in an incredibly direct manner. Often tragic and frequently humorous, it is as if by telling her story and weaving it into the fiction of her art she somehow transforms it.  Emin has had solo exhibitions in Germany, Japan and America. She is also a equal contributor to GQ Magazine (UK).  This article from the Independent on her elevation to the Royal Academy.

Tracey x Tracey
Screenprint on calico with hand stitching by the artist
2005
edition of 200

31cm x 43.5cm
£1,100
SOLD