Tracey Emin
(1963-), ArtistSitter in 12 portraits
Artist of 2 portraits
Emin grew up in Margate, Kent, studying at Maidstone College of Art (1986-8) and the Royal College of Art (1987-9). Thinking it would be her first and last, she titled her solo exhibition at the White Cube, London, My Major Retrospective (1993). Emin's confrontational and provocative work discloses the intimate details of her life across a range of media. Notable works include Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995 (1995), shown at Saatchi's Sensation exhibition (Royal Academy, 1997), and My Bed (1998), exhibited at Tate for the Turner Prize shortlist in 1999. Emin represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2007 and was elected a Royal Academician in the same year. She was awarded a CBE in 2012.
by Mario Testino
C-type colour print, 1999
NPG P1022
Tracey Emin ('The Last Thing I said to you is don't leave me here. 1')
by Tracey Emin
inkjet print, 2000
On display in Room 29 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P879
Tracey Emin; Gillian Wearing; Georgina Starr
by Johnnie Shand Kydd
bromide fibre print, 11 August 1996
NPG x87682
by Harry Borden
bromide fibre print, 27 April 1997
NPG x128150
by Johnnie Shand Kydd
toned bromide print, 28 March 1997
NPG x87814
by Johnnie Shand Kydd
bromide fibre print, 28 March 1997
NPG x87381
by Mary McCartney
C-type colour print, 2000
NPG x134339
by Julian Broad
C-type colour print, 26 April 2000
NPG x139553
by Dennis Toff
archival inkjet print, 28 June 2007
NPG x131343
'The British Council 70 Years at the Venice Biennale'
by Julian Germain
archival inkjet print, 21 October 2009
NPG x132893
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