Tracy Brown
Painting clears my head and allows me to exist fully in my purpose of creation.
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Artist Statement I am interested in the dark and humorous side of desire and beauty and the destructive [...]
Artist Statement I am interested in the dark and humorous side of desire and beauty and the destructive nature of marketing and advertising on women. This interest has come about through navigating and greatly healing a lifelong struggle with an eating disorder. Before getting treatment, I used creating art and studying feminism as ways to process and cope with my experience. It was on that journey that I began to learn about issues that historically placed women in a role of submission. I began altering fashion magazines to express the darker facets of beauty and the detrimental effects of advertising and marketing on women. This practice eventually spilled into altering the artwork of celebrated male artists with the goal of shedding light on the underrepresentation of women throughout art history. At the time, I created this work as a purge and purification of these ideas. My process has helped me to reclaim power over the repetitive and exploitative images and messages women are bombarded with on a regular basis.
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The artist participates in art shows and fairs
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Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Biography
Tracy Brown is an experienced painter from the United States who has exhibited her vibrant and feminist artwork nationally and internationally in countries such as South Korea, Argentina, England, Italy, and Switzerland. Her pieces have been featured in various publications, including DAZED, Marie Claire, HuffPost, ELLE, and Juxtapoz. Brown's work can be found in over 100 private collections across the US. Recently, she had her first museum gallery solo exhibition at Artemizia Foundations’ Gallery 818. You can view two of Brown’s larger works within the museum's mural labyrinth. Her work is often described as bold, humorously defiant, and feminist.
As a fast-working artist, Brown draws inspiration from diverse sources such as advertising, street art, and art history. She aims to bring to light the suppressed emotions and societal constraints imposed on women. Through her work, Brown expresses a range of emotions, sometimes using sarcasm, humor, or irony.
For Brown, art is a medium through which she navigates the complexities of humanity, finding purpose and connection in life. Her process serves as a cleansing, a place to purge toxic stereotypes and perceptions of women.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1981
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary American Artists
Ongoing and Upcoming art events
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Influences
Education
2002 - 2005
Bachler of Fine Arts
East Lansing,
MI.,
United States
2005 - 2005
Women Studies Travel Abroad, London University/Michigan State
London,
United Kingdom
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Achievements
Collective Expositions
2024
Stance, Art Bypass Gallery
London,
United Kingdom
2024
Defiled Art Exhibit, La Matadora Gallery
Joshua Tree,
AZ,
United States
2024
Converge” Bridgett Mayer
Philadelphia,
PA,
United States
2024
Iridescent, Idea Museum
Mesa,
AZ.,
United States
2023
Bad Religion, And Gallery
TUCSON,
AZ,
United States
2023
Not! Another Art Fair, Shock Box Gallery
Hermoso Beach,
CA.,
United States
2022
True Stories, The Untitled Space
Tribeca,
New York,
United States
2021
Hope And Possibility, Bridgett Mayer Gallery
Philadelphia,
PA,
United States
2020
#Woman, Juror: Lynn Russell, Of National Gallery Of Art / Marilyn Federation Of Art Curve Gallery
MD,
United States
2020
5 Minute Short Film Festival / Moca
TUCSON,
AZ,
United States
2020
Artbox Project Zürich 2.0 / Swiss Art Expo
Zurich,
Switzerland
2020
2020 Uama Picturing 2020, A Community Reflects, The University Of Arizona Museum Of Art
TUCSON,
AZ,
United States
2020
Art As Resilience, Resistance &Amp; Respite, Untitled Gallery
TUCSON,
AZ,
United States
2019
The Democracy Scrabble Project
Hamburg,
Germany,
United States
2019
The Democracy Democracy Scrabble Project (Box) Video Art Project Space
Milan,
Italy
2019
Have A H'art / Stash Gallery
London,
United Kingdom
2017
F*Ck You In The Most Loving Way, (Juror: Shannon Rose Riley [Catalogue]) / Arc Gallery/ 9Th St. Independent Film Theater
San Francisco,
CA,
United States
2017
Nasty Woman / The Knockdown Center
Queens,
New York,
United States
2017
2017 Uprise, "The Angry Woman Exhibition", / The Untitled Gallery
Tribeca,
New York,
United States
2017
Sweet Art Present Femfest, Femfilm Night / The Ugly Duck
London,
United Kingdom
2016
Like It Or Not, Social Media, / Cica Museum, Czong Institute For Contemporary Art
Gimpo,
South Korea
2016
La Imaginera / International Video Art Documentary
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
2013
Women+Body (Juror: Dr. Tanya Augsburg-Feminist Interdisciplinary Performance Scholar [Catalogue]) / Gwangju Cultural Foundation’s Media Cube 338 And Kepco Plaza Museum Gallery
Seoul,
South Korea
2013
Provocateur / Riverside Library Art Gallery
New York,
New York,
United States
2013
Capturing The Wonder Of Woman (Juror: Robert Pincus [Curator Li Huai]) / Women’s Museum Of California
San Diego,
CA,
United States
2013
Contemporary Women Art Show, (Juror: Maria Medua Director Of San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art Artists Gallery
Chico,
CA,
United States
2013
The Petroleum Paradox, (Traveling Exhibition [Juror: Art Critic, Eleanor Heartney] Contributing Editor To Art In America, Art Press) / Narrows Art Center For The Arts
Fall Rivers,
MA,
United States
2013
Women's Rights-An Artists Perspective (Curated By Karen Gutfreud [Catalogue]) / Pam Foss Fine Art Gallery, Womenunite.org
St. Michaels,
MD,
United States
2012
Gendered Object: Barbie As Art / Anne Street Gallery
Newburgh,
New York,
United States
2012
Gendered Object: Barbie As Art / Anne Street Gallery
Newburgh,
New York,
United States
2012
Gendered Object: Barbie As Art / Anne Street Gallery
Newburgh,
New York,
United States
2012
2012 The Petroleum Paradox, (Juror: Art Critic, Eleanor Heartney, Contributing Editor To Art In America And Art Press[Catalogue]) / Denise Bibro Fine Art Gallery
New York,
New York,
United States
2012
2012 Momentum, 40 Years Of Women In Art, (Juror: Rita Gonzalez Lacama Contemporary Art[Catalogue) / Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825
Los Angeles,
CA,
United States
2012
Power, Politics, And Performance / Steinhilber Art Gallery
Madison,
WI,
United States
2012
Honoring Women's Rights: Visual Voices Together, (Juror: Dr. Joyce Aiken, Dr. Ruth Weisberg, Partricia Rodriguez [Catalogue]) / National Steinbeck Center\
Salinas,
CA,
United States
2012
Man Up, Juror: Suzy Lake / Gallery In The Duderstadt Center, The University Of Michigan
Ann Arbor,
MI,
United States
2011
Man As Object-Reversing The Gaze, (Juror: Dr. Tanya Augsburg-Feminist Interdisciplinary Performance Scholar [Catalogue]) / Somarts Cultural Center
San Francisco,
CA,
United States
Permanent Collections
2023
Artemizia Foundation, Museum
Bisbee,
AZ.,
United States
2022
Artemizia Foundation, Mural Labyrinth
Bisbee,
AZ,
United States
2011
2012 The Gwangju Cultural Foundation’s Museum
Soul,
South Korea
Publications & Press
2012
Sluma News, Women Speak Up At Saint Louis University Museum Of Art
St. Louis,
MO,
United States
2017
Huff Post, Maddie Crum-Women Across The Country Are Angry, And Artists Are No Exception
United States
2018
Voyage Phoenix, Meet Tracy Brown
Phoenix,
AZ,
United States
2020
Visionary Art Collective, Q And A With Tracy Brown
New York,
New York,
United States
2023
Juxtapoze Magaine, Tracy Brown,-"Object Of Desire" At Artemizia Foundation, Gallery 818
Juxtapoze Magazine,
CA,
United States
Residencies
2020
The Rooming House
Bisbee,
AZ,
United States
Solo Expositions
2024
Re-Write, Greenwood
Phoenix,
AZ,
United States
2024
Pretty Monster, Crooked Tooth
Tucson,
AZ,
United States
2024
Consumed, Templeton's
TUCSON,
AZ,
United States
2023
Object Of Desire At Artemizia Foundation's Gallery 818
Bisbee,
AZ.,
United States
2022
Beauty Twister, Subspace
TUCSON,
AZ,
United States
2022
Herstory, Habitation Gallery
TUCSON,
AZ,
United States
2021
Objectification Destructs, Habitation Gallery
Tucson,
AZ,
United States
2015
Insatiable, Yay Big Gallery
TUCSON,
AZ,
United States
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Added Jul 12, 2024
Check out a promo I got to be part of for the Contemporary, Street, and Graffiti Art Museum I've been lucky to work with. They acquired one of my altered history pieces and commissioned me to paint two large works in their mural labyrinth. In the fall of 2023, I had my first one-woman Museum Gallery exhibition at their Gallery 818. There are so many amazing artists in the collection and it's exciting and such an honor to be part of it all!
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