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Artist Statement:
My work explores identity
issues, chance as an element
in art and the Dada concept of
collage, but on a digital
level based on my photography,
digital painting and “found
imagery”. I consider digital
collage as the alchemy of our
day. We take base metal in
the form of images with one
meaning, and then by adding or
subtracting data we create
something with new meanings,
sometimes readily apparent
other times not. In some of
my work I weave in portions of
images of myself which further
implicate my view of the
world. I have a tendency to
gravitate toward strong colors
which fuel the emotions behind
the worlds I create in art.
Currently I am working on a
series entitled “Power: Lines
& Shapes” which will form the
basis for a one-woman show
this coming January. The work
consists of large scale lambda
prints of photographs of power
lines and transformers blended
digitally to focus on how
ordinary elements can become
something else and also a
study in shape, color and
mass. I’ve always been
fascinated by the machinery of
electricity upon which I
depend so much for my art.
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Artist Exhibitions:
Exhibition History
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
3/00 SFWA Show, SOMARTS
Gallery, San Francisco CA
12/99 Villa Art Ann Foot,
Beyond the ...
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Ann Tracy Biography:
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Female
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Married
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Graduate Work |
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Ann Tracy has only been exhibiting work since 1993, but while she’s pursued other artistic endeavors – writing, acting, directing and making video for theatrical productions – she’s been making art. It was the illness and death of a sister artist and friend in 1994 that spurred her to begin to get her work out into the public eye, in the form of poster design and graphic arts. And it was the encouragement of artists like Esteban Villa (member of the RCAF-Royal Chicano Air Force) and Art Luna that pushed her even further into making more art and getting it out there.
Much of her work is based on photography (both digital and the very-low tech Holga camera) which enters the digital alchemist’s pot. She considers her digital collage or photomontage the alchemy of our day. Ann takes “base metal” in the form of images with one meaning, and then by adding or subtracting data she creates art with new meanings or perhaps meanings which need to be pondered. In some of her work she weaves in portions of images of herself which further implicates her view of the world. Like her Chicano compadre artistas, she has a tendency to gravitate toward strong colors which fuel the emotions behind the art. Other artist friends accuse her of being a Dada artist, because of her sense of humor.
Ann’s work has been exhibited from Japan to Maui to New York City. In 2003 her work, “Stop” was included in the catalog of the “Violence Against Women”, Group 78 Amnesty International show, Tokyo, Japan.
Her work is also included in the following web projects: “Me & My Shadow” http://www.selfshadows.com/ open project created by Javier A. Bedrina, Madrid, Spain; “The Bile Rose in Her Throat” - The Art Project: Artists Respond to Terrorism http://www.theartproject.net/ and “Merce Would be Proud” - Digital Pocket Gallery http://www.ikatun.com/digitalpocketgallery/june_pocket_list.html#Ann_Tracy
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