Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin
Fear, War and The Scream

30 May— 22 August 2004

Tracey Emin is a leading figure in contemporary British art. Emin’s own life experience is the basis for her often controversial artworks which cross a wide variety of media including painting, photography, filmmaking, installation, appliquéd blankets, storytelling and sculpture.

Emin’s life and art are closely related – her artworks are confessional; exposing her hopes, fears and humiliations in an extremely frank and direct manner. Emin came to international attention in 1997 with her solo exhibition I Need Art Like I Need God at the South London Gallery and the inclusion of her work Everyone I Have Ever Slept With (1963-1995) in the major international touring exhibition Sensation: Young British Artists. In 1999 she was short-listed for the Turner Prize, Britain’s most prestigious contemporary art award.

Born in London in 1963, Emin was brought up in Margate, Kent. She attended the Royal College of Art where she gained a Masters of Arts in Painting in 1989. She had her first solo exhibition in 1994 and since then has been included in major exhibitions of contemporary art internationally. She has also had numerous solo exhibitions.

Fear, War and The Scream features recent work by the artist and is toured by the RoslynOxley9 Gallery, Sydney.