Tracey Emin is a British artist born on July 3, 1963, in Croydon, England. She is known for her provocative and personal artwork that often deals with themes of sex, love, and identity. Emin rose to fame in the 1990s as part of the "Young British Artists" movement, and her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. Some of her most famous works include "My Bed," "Everyone I Have Ever Slept With," and "The Last Thing I Said to You is Don't Leave Me Here." Emin has also been a controversial figure due to the explicit nature of some of her works, but she remains an influential and important artist in the contemporary art world.