Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin
b. 1963 in Croydon.
Contemporary artist associated with the YBA's (Young British Artists)
Studied at Fine Art Maidstone College of Art (1986) and Royal College of Art (1987-89). First solo show at the White Cube Gallery (1994), a leading contemporary art gallery in London. Her first solo show was "My Major Retrospective" and it consisted of personal photographs. Work is primarily conceptual and concerned with art as a direct reflection of life. Work is fundamentally object-based. "The Exorcism of the Last Painting I Ever Made" (1996) was a performance in Stockholm. Founded the Tracy Emin Museum (1995) which was mainly filled with ready-made objects.
Contemporary artist associated with the YBA's (Young British Artists)
Studied at Fine Art Maidstone College of Art (1986) and Royal College of Art (1987-89). First solo show at the White Cube Gallery (1994), a leading contemporary art gallery in London. Her first solo show was "My Major Retrospective" and it consisted of personal photographs. Work is primarily conceptual and concerned with art as a direct reflection of life. Work is fundamentally object-based. "The Exorcism of the Last Painting I Ever Made" (1996) was a performance in Stockholm. Founded the Tracy Emin Museum (1995) which was mainly filled with ready-made objects.