Bourgeois created deeply confessional printmaking works that combined raw emotional vulnerability with expressive line work, often incorporating text and personal narrative directly into her etchings and engravings on paper.

Smith works extensively in printmaking including gravure and etching on fine papers, producing intimate and emotionally charged works that foreground bodily experience and personal expression in ways that closely parallel Emin's confessional directness.

Holzer creates text based artworks on paper and other surfaces that use bold direct language to communicate emotional and personal truths, sharing Emin's commitment to raw written expression as a primary visual and conceptual tool.