Ann Tracy

I am honored to join my fellow artists in this exciting exhibition at Spectrum-Miami for Bilhenry Gallery in Milwaukee.  I'm bringing my most recent work from the series: 3 Graces for Environmental Awareness, a project that was funded by many donors along with the Maine State Arts Commission and the US Artists Projects (now called Hatchfund). 

3 Graces Homage to Rafael

It was when I discovered that the Graces were protectors of vegetation that I hoped to bring my sense of outrage that people were not taking personal responsibility for our environment to a larger audience.  The following digital painting-collage led me to re-imagine the graces of today but in the poses of the master artists.

Green Graces

Here are some examples of other bodies of work I've been doing over the years.  The Power Series started as the premise of a solo show at Asylum Gallery in Sacramento in 2008.  I've been adding to it over the years.

Power One 2008

 

Power of Science 2007

The Power of Romania Lies in her Artists - 2010

The Power of Buoys - 2010

My Motel Series started off with wanting to make some work specific to an artist-driven festival called NadaDada in Reno NV.  Artists would rent motel rooms for 4 days - 1 to install and 3 to show work (or make an installation) over one weekend in June.  The first year I did this show, we also had a show of selected work at the Barrick Museum in Las Vegas in January.

Motel Variation - Red Lady 2008

Motel Variation - Men's Club 2009

Motel Variation - 24 Hours - 2009

And then there is the figure work which I do from time to time

Flesh & Stone

Goddess with Raven

Civilian Defense 2010 (Homage to Edward Weston)

Ann Tracy (°1951, Waltham MA, United States) is an artist who works in a variety of media including digital art, photography, video and theatre (actor, director, playwright).  She is a native New Englander who grew up in the Maine towns of Fryeburg and Cape Neddick before her family moved south to Massachusetts and then west to Colorado in 1969.  After decades of living in Colorado, Wisconsin and California, Tracy is now calling Portland Maine home with her husband, dog and two cats.  She is a member of the Professional Women Photographers,  Digital Arts Guild, Webists International Artists,  Maine Artists Collective and exhibits at Constellation Gallery in Portland.

"I'm a big fan of ambiguity and chance in making art, since my salad days as a modern dancer (early 1970s) and happening upon Merce Cunningham's theory of Chance Dance and the work of the Dadaists.  In calling myself a digital alchemist, I'm trying to reference both a classical past and a forward reaching future in which images with one meaning are combined with others to create new and poetic meanings.  It's as if I'm being called home to a dream world in which fiction and reality meet, meanings shift, past and present fuse.  Sometimes I like the photograph the way it is, then the manipulations are more focused on heightening the impact via color, design and emotional context.  But other images call out to be a basis for combining unrelated aspects which many times lead to surprising analogies."

Solo* and Two-Person Shows

10/13               "3 Graces for Environmental Awareness", Akari, Portland ME 
11/11                *“The Art of Light: Ann Tracy: Lights, Camera, Art”, Lumens Light + Living and the Center for Contemporary Art, Lumens Gallery, Sacramento CA 
10/11                “Inside Out” Cherie Hacker & Ann Tracy, photography and mixed media, E Street Gallery and Studios, Sacramento CA

05/11                *“Never Can Say:  Goodbye”, Luna’s Cafe, Sacramento  CA 

06/10                “Women’s Wisdom Portrait Project” with George Streng, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento CA

10/09                *“Angels, Coyotes and Motels”, Uptown Arts, Enotria Annex, Sacramento CA

04/09                “Collage: Traditional and Digital” – Ann Tracy & Terri Ramirez, Dragon’s Lair Gallery, Creative Connections Arts Academy, North Highlands, CA

07/08                *Power: Grids & Shapes, Luna’s Cafe, Sacramento  CA 

01/08                  *Power: Grids & Shapes, Asylum Gallery, Sacramento  CA 

01/06                  Dual Perspectives, Ann Tracy & Art Luna, Asylum Gallery, Sacramento  CA 

Group Exhibitions

11/13               "Demons & Monsters", One Pound Gallery, 29 North Loudoun Street, Winchester, VA

09/13               "Water", New York Center for Photographic Art, Juror's Selection, Soho Gallery of Digital Art,   NYC

06/13               "2013 International Photography", Professional Women's Photographers, New York, Honorable Mention

05/12               “Digital Woodcuts”, Couleur Collection Gallery, Falmouth ME

03/12               "Belle Letters", Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis MN "Power of Words"

5/12 to now     Maine Artists Collective, Constellation Gallery, Portland ME

12/11               Maine Women in the Arts Holiday Fine Art Show, Christmas Prelude. Masonic Hall,                         Kennebunkport ME

6/10                 “NadaDada Motel”, El Ray Motel, 330 Arlington, Reno NV

6/09                 “Synthesis: Art & Science”, Escondido Municipal Gallery, Escondido CA (Invitational)

                        “NadaDada Motel”, El Cortez Hotel, Reno NV

2/09                 “The All Saints Show”, Barton Gallery, Sacramento CA

1/09 to 4/09    “Greetings From Nada Motel”, Barrick Museum, UNLV, Las Vegas NV (Invitational)

10/08              “Urban Legends and Country Tales”, International Juried show, Bonita Museum  & Cultural  Center, 4355 Bonita Road, Bonita, CA

6/08                 “Nada Motel”, Town House Motor Inn, Reno NV

2/08                 Ben Navaee Gallery, 1111 Queen St. East, Toronto, Canada

8/07                 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

                        California Lawyers for the Arts Silent Auction, Sacramento CA

7/07                 Gateway to the Imagination National Juried Art Show, Farmington Museum,

                        Farmington, NM

                        Asylum Gallery Membership Show, Sacramento  CA

5/06                 Asylum Gallery Membership Show, Sacramento  CA 

12/05               Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 9 x 12 Show, Ft. Worth TX

                        Creative Center Annual Small Works Show & Benefit Sale, New York, NY

9/05                 Millard Sheets Gallery, New Photography Exhibition, Pomona, CA

5/05                 Asylum Gallery, Membership Show, Sacramento  CA 

1/02                 One Year Later, Luna’s Café, Sacramento  CA - (Invitational)

11/01               Art for America Auction, Chelsea Pier, New York, NY

12/00               Matrix Christmas Show, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento CA

9/00                 The Image Manipulated, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA  (Invitational)

 3/00                SFWA Show, SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco CA

12/99               Villa Art Ann Foot, Beyond the Proscenium Space, Sacramento

12/98                Spanning the Bay, Center for Visual Arts, Oakland CA

8/98                  The Child Within, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco

6/98                  Juried Member Exhibition, Hui No'Eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Maui, HI

1996-98             Phoenix Exhibition, Phantom Galleries, Sacramento, CA

Installation - Mixed Media

9/98-04           "Temple of Boobfoot" - installation with mixed media sculpture, Burning Man Festival, Black  Rock City, Nevada

10/97               "Unmourned and Unknown" - mixed media with sound, Altares Del Mundo, 1414

                        K St., Sacramento CA

2/94                 "Different Paths Up The Same Mountain" - interdisciplinary installation with

                        Sherry Ragan - Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA  - New Works Grant -                           Sacramento Metro Arts Commission

12/94               "What Women Want?"/"What Men Want?" - multi-media assemblage diptych

                        CSUS Dance Theatre, Sacramento, CA

4/93                 "Gotta Go" - Site specific mini-installation - IDEA Art Space, Sacramento, CA

Video Art - https://vimeo.com/user4159681

10/12               Freak Show, Constellation Gallery, Portland Maine "(I am my own) Freak Show".

07/12               "Zombie Kickball 2012" - Open Reel Competition, Center for Contemporary Art         Sacramento - Winner - Best Use of Sound

2011                Zombie Kickball 2011 juried into VideoChannel - international curatorial platform for art &  moving images - Forever the Ball  - Curated by Agricola de Cologne

 7/11                “Zombie Dreams”, http://www.vimeo.com/26698979

                        “Zombie Kickball”, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxyk3l0dmE0

10/09               “Sea of Seas”, international collaboration project, Slade Research Center, Woburn Square,  University College London, Camden, London WC1H, UK. 

6/09                 “Motel Variations” (Music Michael Crain) “NadaDada Motel”, El Cortez Hotel, Reno

5/09                 “Salt”  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2w3mjFVsts&feature=channel_page

6/06                 Dreams and Diatribes Redux, Beyond the Proscenium Productions, California

                        Stage, Sacramento

1/03                 Sci Fi Hotel: The Musical, Beyond the Proscenium, Geery Theatre, Sacramento

10/02               Scenic imagery for Quake, Beyond the Proscenium Productions, Actors Theatre,

                        Sacramento

5/02                 Orestes 2.5, Beyond the Proscenium Productions, California Stage, Sacramento

9/00                 Scenic imagery for The Waiting Room, Beyond the Proscenium Productions,

                        Actors Theatre, Sacramento

6/00                 Video sequences, Looking for Richard 3, Beyond the Proscenium Productions,

                        Actors Theatre, Sacramento

7/99                 Dreams & Diatribes, Beyond the Proscenium Productions, Center for

                        Contemporary Art and Marcus Building, Sacramento, CA

1/99                 Angels in America, Part Two, Perestroika, Beyond the Proscenium Productions,

                        CSUS Dance Theatre, Sacramento, CA

             

Cyber - Web Gallery Exhibits

9/05                 “Me & My Shadow”   http://www.selfshadows.com/  project created by Javier A.

Bedrina, Madrid, Spain 

8/02                 “The Bile Rose in Her Throat” - The Art Project: Artists Respond to Terrorism

http://www.theartproject.net/  

6/02                 “Merce Would be Proud” - Digital Pocket Gallery

http://www.ikatun.com/digitalpocketgallery/june_pocket_list.html#Ann_Tracy 

8/00                 Group Art Project http://www.stanschwartzmeta-arts.com/groupart/

Publications

07/13              Artscope Magazine (New England) - Centerfold selection - http://artscopemagazine.com/asdyn/news.wr

10/11               Sacramento Press - http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/56716/Looking_In_Looking_Out

10/10               Sacramento Magazine - http://www.sacmag.com/Sacramento-Magazine/November-2010/City-Sketch-AnnTracy/

6/10                 American Art Collector 2010 – a Juried Competition of New Work, Alcove Books, Berkeley CA

08/09               Midtown Monthly, Sacramento CA, “Art Picks – Tangent Gallery” (Page 28)

2/9/09              Rebel Yell, Las Vegas, NV, “Stop and stay at the ‘Nada Motel’ by Bryant Nguyen 

(http://unlvrebelyell.com/2009/02/09/stop-and-stay-at-the-%E2%80%98nada-motel%E2%80%99/)

1/09                 Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV (http://hrc.nevada.edu/museum/Exhibits/present.html)

11/6/08            Daily Democrat, Woodland, CA, “First Friday Puts Focus on Digital Photography”

11/08   “Utter Fear”, catalogue “Urban Legends and Country Tales”, International Juried show, Bonita Museum  & Cultural Center, Bonita, CA

10/23/08         Sacramento Bee,  “Artist’s Advice:  When creativity hits a snag, sing it free” (Page D1)

                        (http://www.sacbee.com/384/story/1334990.html)

10/08               American Art Collector 2008 – a Juried Competition of New Work, Alcove Books, Berkeley CA

6/8/08              Sacramento Bee, “Critics Pick” “Ann Tracy’s Digital Art at Luna’s Café”

5/15/06            Sacramento Bee, “Artsbase Midtown's HQ Celebrates A Year Of Offering A Space To Mingle And Exchange Ideas (Page E1)

4/14/05            Sacramento News and Review, “An Incubator for Culture”    http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content?oid=34844/14/05          

11/01               Sacramento Magazine, “Ann Tracy”, Lynne Marie Rominger (Pages 86-90)

2/6/85              Sacramento Bee, NEW KGNR VOICES JUST PLAIN FOLKS (Page D05)

Education

Various photography workshops with Elizabeth Opalenik (2010, 2011, 2012)

Digital Drawing, Marcelle Wiggins, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento (Class 2007)

Digital Video Art, Paula Levine, San Francisco State University (Class 1998)                       

Mixed Media, Kate Huston, San Francisco School of Art (Class 1998)

BA (Theatre-Communications), Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL (1992)

Theatre Directing – Commercial Acting resume available upon request.