The piece was later shown at the 1997 "Sensation" exhibit at the Royal Academy in London, and met with mixed reactions. This public display of Emin's intimate life details soon became a trademark of her work.Įmin rose to fame with her 1995 piece titled "Everyone I have Ever Slept With 1963-1995," a blue tent appliqued with several names in needlework. The autobiographical exhibit consisted of photographs, pictures of earlier paintings and other personal objects, including a pack of cigarettes an uncle was holding when he was killed in a car crash. In 1994, Emin had her first solo show, "My Major Retrospective," at the White Cube art gallery in London. There, she sold her pieces and asked for investments in her artwork, and soon met her future art dealer, Jay Jopling. In 1993, with fellow artist Sarah Lucas, Emin opened "The Shop" in Bethnal Green, located on London's East End.
She also studied modern philosophy for a brief period at Birkbeck, University of London. She graduated from Maidstone College of Art in 1986 and moved to London, where she earned a Master of Arts degree in painting from the Royal College of Art in 1989. After working for several years as an administrator for Hangman Books, which specialized in Children's poetry, Emin decided to pursue a career in art. There, she met boyfriend Billy Childish, who led her to become a member of The Medway Poets, an English punk-based performance art group in Medway, North Kent. Emin became pregnant when she was 18, and underwent an abortion.After a troubled childhood and adolescence, Emin decided to study fashion at the Medway College of Design in 1980. She had some troubled times during her adolescence including being raped at the age of 13, an event that influenced much of her later artwork.
Her father owned the Hotel International in Margate, but when the business failed, the family suffered financially. Emin grew up in Margate, in the Thanet district of East Kent, England, along with twin brother Paul. Tracey Emin was born on Jin Croydon, South London, England, to parents of British Romani and Turkish Cypriot descent.
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