Tracey Emin
Dame Tracey Karima Emin is an English artist known for autobiographical and confessional artwork. She produces work in a variety of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, photography, neon text and sewn appliqué. Once the "enfant terrible" of the Young British Artists in the 1980s, Emin was elected as a Royal Academician in 2016.
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- Born in
- Croydon
- Educated at
- Kent Institute of Art & DesignKing Ethelbert SchoolGoldsmiths, University of LondonRoyal College of ArtUniversity for the Creative Arts
- Awards
- 🏆 Commander of the Order of the British Empire🏆 BBC 100 Women
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1963
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