Ann Tracy
Ann Tracy, born in 1964 in Massachusetts, is a visual artist working in painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, and mixed media installation, as well as video, poetry, and fiction. Since 1988, Tracy’s radiant presence as a university adjunct professor, spiritual teacher, and healer has inspired many people to understand and transform the gray areas in their own lives.
Tracy views herself as part of the school of mystic artists, including William Blake, Hellma Auf Klimt, Emma Kunz, Rudolf Steiner, Carl Jung, and Joseph Beuys. She is formally aligned with artists Philip Guston and Piero Della Francesca, as well as her contemporaries who draw from similar sources. Her interest in the field of experience that illuminates the principle of primal divine energy is a constant force in her work. She works alone in her studio and collaborates with groups, creating forms that address this universal content within a non-hierarchical framework.
Tracy is the recipient of The Nan Travel Award and the Blanche E. Coleman Award through the Mellon Foundation. She was awarded a fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center and was nominated for the Endowed Teaching Chair Award at Broward Community College. Her work has been widely exhibited in Boston, Miami, and New York City. Tracy recently moved from Brooklyn, NY, to Zurich, Switzerland, and also spends time in the woods of Tuscany, Italy, between Siena and Florence.
