British · b. 1963
A leading figure of the Young British Artists generation, Emin transforms autobiography into art through neon text, embroidered blankets, drawing, and film. My Bed, shown at the Turner Prize in 1999, brought her wide notoriety. Her work interrogates desire, grief, and the female body with a directness that has become her signature.
Photo: APK / CC BY 4.0
2018 · St Pancras International, London
A large pink neon inscription in Emin's handwriting sweeps beneath the great Victorian clock at St Pancras International. A permanent commission for one of London's most romantic public spaces.
Photo: Amanda Slater / CC BY-SA 2.0
2010 · Droit House, Stone Pier, Margate
Pink neon text in Emin's own handwriting glows from the facade of Droit House on Margate's Stone Pier each evening at dusk. A love letter to the seaside town where she spent her childhood.
Photo: Phil Nash / CC BY-SA 4.0
2008 · Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool
Pink neon text reading 'I felt you and I knew you loved me' is permanently installed above the west doors of Liverpool Cathedral. Emin's first major ecclesiastical commission.
