IYP X Whitechapel, London

On Tuesday 22 March 2022, Whitechapel Gallery hosted its annual Art Icon gala in honour of renowned artist Tracey Emin. Emin was the ninth artist to receive the prestigious Art Icon award supported by the Swarovski Foundation.

Tracey Emin’s expressive and visceral work is renowned for its portrayal of personal experience and heightened states of emotion. Frank and intimate, but universal in its relevance, her practice draws on the fundamental themes of desire and grief, unravelling the constructs of ‘woman’ and ‘self’ through painting, drawing, film, photography, sewn appliqué, sculpture and neon.