Nasce a Croydon in Inghilterra nel 1963. Figura di punta degli Young British Artists negli anni ‘90, viene nominata al Turner Price nel 1999 grazie alla celebre opera My Bed, installazione readymade intimistica dalla forte connotazione autobiografica, caratteristica della sua pratica. Nel 2011 viene nominata Professoressa di Disegno presso la Royal Academy di Londra.

SELEZIONE ESPOSIZIONI PERSONALI:

1993

Londra, Jay Jopling/White Cube, My Major Retrospective
Ginevra, Analix Gallery, From Army to Armani (con Sarah Lucas)
Londra, 103 Bethnal Green Road, The Shop (con Sarah Lucas)

1994

San Francisco, Rena Bransten (itinerante), Readings: Exploration of the Soul – Journey Across America

1995

Londra, 221 Waterloo Road, Tracey Emin Museum

1996

Stoccolma, Galleri Andreas Brandstrom, Exorcism of the Last Painting I Ever Made
Londra, Habitat, Solo Exhibition

1997

Helsinki, Moo Gallery, Solo Exhibition
Istanbul, Pera Palace Hotel, Istanbul Biennial

1998

Tokyo, Sagacho Exhibition Space, Sobasex (My Cunt is Wet with Fear)
Berlino, Carlier/Gebauer, Cunt Vernacular
Parigi, Galerie Philippe Rizzo, Tracey Emin

1999

New York, Lehmann Maupin, Tracey Emin Every Part of Me’s Bleeding

2000

Berlino, Carlier/Gebauer, What Do You Know About Love

2001

Londra, White Cube, Tracey Emin, You forgot to kiss my soul

2002

Oxford, Modern Art Oxford, This is Another Place
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Ten Years. Tracey Emin
New York, Lehmann Maupin, I Think it’s in my head
Monaco, Haus der Kunst, Tracey Emin

2003

Sydney, Art Gallery of the New South Wales, Tracey Emin
Londra, Counter Gallery, Menphis

2004

Santiago, Museo de Bellas Artes, Tracey Emin: Monoprints
Londra, Tate Britain, Tracey Emin
Roma, Galleria Locarn O’Neill, I’ll Wait For you in Heaven
Istanbul, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Tracey Istanbulda

2005

New York, Lehmann Maupin, I can feel your smile
Londra, White Cube, When I Think About Sex…
Londra, National Portrait Gallery, Death Mask

2006

Roma, Galleria Locarn O’Neill, More Flow

2007

Beverly Hills, Gagosian Gallery, Tracey Emin: You Left Me Breatihng
Venezia, 52 Biennale di Venezia, Tracey Emin: Borrowed Light

2008

Malaga, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Tracey Emin 20 Years

2009

New York, Lehmann Maupin, Only God Knows I’m Good
Londra, White Cube, Tracey Emin: Those Who Suffer Love
Berna, Kunstmuseum, Tracey Emin 20 Years

2010

Londra, Royal Academy of Art, Walking with Tears
Roma, Galleria Locarn O’Neill, Why Be Afraid?

2011

Londra, Hayward Gallery, Love is Waht You Want
Londra, Hauser & Wirth, Do Not Abandon Me (con Louise Bourgeois)

2012

San Paolo, White Cube, You Don’t Belive in Love But I Belive in You
Buenos Aires, MALBA, How it feels
Roma, Locard O’Neill, You Saved Me

2013

New York, Lehmann Maupin, I followed you to the sun
Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, Chateau La Coste, Self-Potrait
Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Angel Without You

2014

Londra, White Cube, The Last Great Adventure is You
Hong Kong, The Peninsula Hotel, My Heart is with You Always

2015

Roma, Locard O’Neill, Waiting to Love
Vienna, Leopold Museum, Tracey Emin | Egon Schiele, Where I want to go
Londra, Tate Britain, BP Spotlight: Tracey Emin and Francis Bacon

2016

Liverpool, Tate Liverpool, Tracey Emin and William Blake in Focus
New York, Lehman Maupin, Stone Love
Hong Kong, Lehmann Maupin – White Cube, I cried because I love you

2017

Bruxelles, Xavier Hufkens, Tracey Emin: The Memory of your Touch
Margate, Turner Contemporary, My Bed

2018

Sydney, LoveArt, Distance of Your Heart
Londra, Terrace Wires Art Commission, St. Pancras International, I Want my Time With You

 

SELEZIONE ESPOSIZIONI COLLETTIVE:

1992

Londra – Liverpool, varie sedi, The Phone Box

1993

Paris, Hotel Carlton Palace, Hotel Carlton Palace Chambre 763

1994

Francoforte, Portikus, Karaoke &Football

1995

Minneapolis – Minnesota, Walker Art Centre; Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Brilliant: New Art from London
Copenaghen, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Centre, I Confess
Atene, IceBox, Other Mens Flowers
Londra, Chelsea Rooma, Royal Festival Hall, Whistling Women

1996

Parigi, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Lisbona, Centro de Exposicoes do Centro Cultural de Belém, Life/Live
Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Full House
Parigi, Galerie Philippe Rizzo, Loosy

1997

Colonia, Kunstverein, Ca-Ca Poo-Poo
Londra, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Real Art for Real Women
Londra, Royal College of Art, Absolute Secret
Londra, Royal Academy of Arts; Berlino, Hamburger Bahnhof, Sensation
Norimberga, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Time Out
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Urban Legends

1998

Londra, Serpentine Gallery, Loose Threads
Londra, Hayward Gallery (itinerante), Printers Inc.: Recent British Prints
Amsterdam, De Appel, Life is a Bitch
Montreal, Centre International d’art Contemporain de Montreal, La Biennale de Montreal: Dream Catchers
Düsseldorf, Achenbach Kunsthandel, The Human Factor

1999

Brema, Gesellschaft fur Aktuelle Kunst, Hundstage
Liverpool, Liverpool Biennial, Art Lovers
Londra, Tate Gallery, Turner Prize

2000

Londra, Tate Gallery, Peter Blake: About Collage
Salisburgo, Thaddaeus Ropac; Parigi, Thaddaeus Ropac, Sex and the British: Slap & Tickle – A Perspective on the Sexual Content of British Art Since the 1960s
Amburgo, Kunsthaus, Gut Aufgelegt
Londra, White Cube, Out There
Edimburgo, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (itinerante), The British Art Show 5

2001

Barcellona, Centro de Arte de Santa Monica (itinerante), Trans Sexual Express
Vienna, Kunsthalle, Televisions
Liverpool, Tate Liverpool, At Sea
Londra, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition

2002

Londra, Barbican Art Gallery, Rapture: Art’s Seduction by Fashion Since 1970
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Die Wohltat der Kunst: Post/Feministische Positionen der neunziger Jahre aus der Sammlung Goetz
Atene, Desde Foundation, Centre For Contemporary Art, Fusion Cuisine
Zurigo, Kunsthaus Zurich, Public Affairs. Von Beuys bis Zittel: Das Offentliche in der Kunst
Dublino, Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Rowan Collection. Contemporary British & Irish Art
Monaco, Haus der Kunst, Stories – Narrative Structures in Contemporary Art

2003

Trento, Museo di Arte Moderna, Il racconto del filo
Thessaloniki, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Europe Exists
Budapest, Kunsthalle Budapest, Micro/Macro
Tokyo, Mori Art Museum, Happiness: A Survival Guide for Art and life

2004

Londra, Victoria & Albert Museum, The Other Flower Show
Salisburgo, Museum der Moderne, Einleuchten
Bolzano, Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Seven Sins

2005

Santiago, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Desde el Reino Unido: David Hockney. Tracey Emin
Liverpool, FACT, Critic’s Choice
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Bock mit Inhalt – Summer Exhibition
Ginevra, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Envhante Chateau
Oslo, National Museum of Art, Kiss the Frog! The Art of Transformation
Londra, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Women’s Film Festival
Marrakech, Le Musée de Marrakech, The Wonderful Fund On Tour

2006

Londra, Serpentine Gallery, In the Darkest Hour There May be Light: Works from Damien Hirst’s Murderme Collection
Francoforte, Schirn Kunsthalle, Youth of Today
Milano, La Triennale di Milano, The Devil of the Fireplace

2007

Londra, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition
Edimburgo, Scottish National Gallery, The Naked Portrait
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Lights, Camera Action: Artists’ Films for the Cinema
Vienna, Kunsthalle, True Romance

2008

Londra, National Gallery (itinerante), Love
Londra, Tate Britain, Drawn from the Collection: 400 Years of British Drawing
Londra, National Gallery, Fourth Plinth

2009

New York, Performa 09 Biennial
Londra, Tate Modern, Pop Life
Francoforte, Schirn Kunsthalle, Making of Art
Tokyo, Mori Art Museum, The Kaleidoscopic Eye. Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection
Parigi, Espace Louis Vuitton, Silent Writings
New York, National Arts Club, HARD/Soft
Ginevra, Musée d’Art Modern et Contemporain, JEFFMUTE

2010

Amburgo, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Pop Life: Art in a Material World
Lussemburgo, KIASMA, Cream
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Pop Life: Art in a Material World

2011

Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dance/Daw
Monaco, Haus der Kunst, Why I never became a dancer, Sammlung Goetz Collection im Haus der Kunst
Londra, Whitechapel Art Gallery, At Work
Londra, Tate Britain, Watercolour
Monaco, Haus der Kunst; Dusseldorf, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Move: Coreographing You
Brisbane, University of Queensland Art Museum, The Art of Chess

2012

Londra, Saatchi Gallery, The Art of Chess
Francoforte, Schirn Kunsthalle, Privacy
Torino, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Freedom not Genius: Works from Damien Hirst’s Murderme Collection
Beijing, Enjoy Museum of Art, i-D Soul presented by Joyce

2013

Amburgo, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Fail better
Londra, Tate Britain, Looking at the View

2014

Parigi, Galerie Perrotin, G I R L – curated by Pharrek Williams
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Room-Service
Londra, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition

2015

Vienna, Belvedere, Sleepless, The Bed in Art History and Contemporary Art
Helsinki, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Face to Face – Portrait Now
Ghent, Museum Dr. Guislain, Shame

2016

Roma, Chiostro del Bramante, Love. L’arte contemporanea incontra l’amore
Shangai, Long Museum, She: International Women Artists Exhibition
Miami, Frost Art Museum, Resonance/Dissonance
Parigi, Grand Palais, Rodin: The Centennial Exhibition

2017

San Paolo, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Histories of Sexuality
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Coming Out
Istanbul, Pera Museum, Doublethink: Double Vision

2018

St. Moritz, Protestant Church, Contemporary White
Londra, Mazzoleni Art, More than Words…
Margate, Turner Contemporary, Animals & Us