Tracey Emin
1963 (London)
Living in : London
Working in : London
Artist's gallery
Tracey Emin, who lives and works in London, is one of the most provocative figures of the Young British Artists movement that emerged on the international art scene in the late 1980s. After studying at Maidstone College of Art and then at the Royal College of Art in London, she made a significant impact with several installations such as Tent (1995), which displayed the names of everyone she had slept with, and My Bed (1998), shown at the Turner Prize in London in 1999, which featured her unmade, stained bed, scattered with cigarette butts, used condoms, and vodka bottles. Staying true to Andy Warhol’s saying, “Make your life a work of art,” Tracey Emin has centered her work on the exhibition of her traumas (rape at the age of 13, successive abortions), anxieties, and misfortunes (she was recently diagnosed with cancer): “My work helps me take control of my life, and it’s a cathartic relief to show this to the public. At the same time, I don’t create to shock, but to help people realize certain things about themselves,” the artist states.
Living in : London
Working in : London
Artist's gallery
Tracey Emin, who lives and works in London, is one of the most provocative figures of the Young British Artists movement that emerged on the international art scene in the late 1980s. After studying at Maidstone College of Art and then at the Royal College of Art in London, she made a significant impact with several installations such as Tent (1995), which displayed the names of everyone she had slept with, and My Bed (1998), shown at the Turner Prize in London in 1999, which featured her unmade, stained bed, scattered with cigarette butts, used condoms, and vodka bottles. Staying true to Andy Warhol’s saying, “Make your life a work of art,” Tracey Emin has centered her work on the exhibition of her traumas (rape at the age of 13, successive abortions), anxieties, and misfortunes (she was recently diagnosed with cancer): “My work helps me take control of my life, and it’s a cathartic relief to show this to the public. At the same time, I don’t create to shock, but to help people realize certain things about themselves,” the artist states.