Tracey Emin is remembered for work the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Tracey Emin as English sculptor, painter, and installation artist (born 1963).
Tracey Emin was born at Croydon in 1963. Her recorded nationality is United Kingdom. She trained at Goldsmiths, University of London and Royal College of Art.
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Take the IQ test →Contemporary practice spans painting, photography, installation and digital media, with biennials and galleries setting reputations.
She worked as salesperson, printmaker and photographer.
Her recorded movement is young british artists.
Her best-known work is Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995. A painting outlives the argument about it, which is the only durable form of an artistic reputation.
Recognition followed: Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
That the work was made in United Kingdom shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Tracey Emin is still working, and the shape of the body of work is not yet settled.
Achievements
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Notable work: Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995
- Movement: Young British Artists
