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'''Tracey Snelling''' is an American contemporary artist. Working with sculpture, video, photography and installation, her work gives her impression of a place, its people, and their experience. <ref name="juxtapos">{{cite news|last1=Farr|first1=Kristin|title=Tracey Snelling, New Image Art, West Hollywood|url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/installation/tracey-snelling-clusterfuck-3-new-image-art/|accessdate=26 March 2017|work=Juxtapoz|date=January 16, 2016}}</ref> |
'''Tracey Snelling''' is an American contemporary artist. Working with sculpture, video, photography and installation, her work gives her impression of a place, its people, and their experience. <ref name="juxtapos">{{cite news|last1=Farr|first1=Kristin|title=Tracey Snelling, New Image Art, West Hollywood|url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/installation/tracey-snelling-clusterfuck-3-new-image-art/|accessdate=26 March 2017|work=Juxtapoz|date=January 16, 2016}}</ref><ref name="new times art basel">{{cite news|last1=De Jesus|first1=Carlos Suarez|title=All Politics Is Loco|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/content/printView/6335018|accessdate=31 March 2017|work=Miami New Times|date=December 28, 2006}}</ref> |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Snelling was born in Oakland, California. She learned about alternative processes and contemporary artists while attending a photography class in Northern California, and began to experiment with photography as contemporary art. She spent several years doing conservation work with the [[California Conservation Corps]] and firefighting with the [[U.S. Forest Service]], before returning to school at the [[University of New Mexico]] to complete her BFA. <ref>{{Cite web|url = http://artpulsemagazine.com/tracey-snelling-an-urban-narrative|title = Tracey Snelling: An Urban Native|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref><ref name="establishment">{{cite news|last1=Tandy|first1=Katie|title=Voyeuristic Artist Tracey Snelling Reminds Us To Look Closer|url=https://theestablishment.co/voyeuristic-artist-tracey-snelling-reminds-us-to-look-closer-e30f682f2d40#.ezo45fy8t|accessdate=26 March 2017|work=The Establishment|date=November 19, 2015}}</ref> |
Snelling was born in Oakland, California. She learned about alternative processes and contemporary artists while attending a photography class in Northern California, and began to experiment with photography as contemporary art. She spent several years doing conservation work with the [[California Conservation Corps]] and firefighting with the [[U.S. Forest Service]], before returning to school at the [[University of New Mexico]] to complete her BFA. <ref>{{Cite web|url = http://artpulsemagazine.com/tracey-snelling-an-urban-narrative|title = Tracey Snelling: An Urban Native|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref><ref name="establishment">{{cite news|last1=Tandy|first1=Katie|title=Voyeuristic Artist Tracey Snelling Reminds Us To Look Closer|url=https://theestablishment.co/voyeuristic-artist-tracey-snelling-reminds-us-to-look-closer-e30f682f2d40#.ezo45fy8t|accessdate=26 March 2017|work=The Establishment|date=November 19, 2015}}</ref> |
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== Selected works == |
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===''One Thousand Shacks''=== |
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Snelling's multi-media sculptural installation ''One Thousand Shacks'' conveys the "precarious individual existence" of people living in extreme poverty. It is composed of a 15-by-10 wall of small-scale shacks. Inside each shack, photographs, wire, wood, and other materials have been constructed to capture people "living the best they can in excruciating circumstances." Snelling "portrays her subjects not as powerless victims, but rather as defiant and hopeful members of humanity."<ref name="Oakland mag">{{cite news|last1=Bean|first1=Kyrsin|title=Tracy Snelling’s Art Contemplates the Precariousness of Suffering|url=http://www.oaklandmagazine.com/Tracy-Snellings-Art-Contemplates-the-Precariousness-of-Suffering/|accessdate=31 March 2017|work=Oakland Magazine|date=August 1, 2016}}</ref> |
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===''The Stranger'' === |
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===''Nothing''=== |
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===''Woman on the Run''=== |
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===''Where Mr. Wrong Sent Me''=== |
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=== Solo Exhibitions and Installations === |
=== Solo Exhibitions and Installations === |
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* Krupic Kersting Galerie, Cologne, Germany. |
* Krupic Kersting Galerie, Cologne, Germany. |
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| Born | Tracey Snelling 1970 Oakland, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of New Mexico |
| Style | Contemporary |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | 2015 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant |
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Tracey Snelling is an American contemporary artist. Working with sculpture, video, photography and installation, her work gives her impression of a place, its people, and their experience. [1][2]
Early life and education
Snelling was born in Oakland, California. She learned about alternative processes and contemporary artists while attending a photography class in Northern California, and began to experiment with photography as contemporary art. She spent several years doing conservation work with the California Conservation Corps and firefighting with the U.S. Forest Service, before returning to school at the University of New Mexico to complete her BFA. [3][4]
Selected works
One Thousand Shacks
Snelling's multi-media sculptural installation One Thousand Shacks conveys the "precarious individual existence" of people living in extreme poverty. It is composed of a 15-by-10 wall of small-scale shacks. Inside each shack, photographs, wire, wood, and other materials have been constructed to capture people "living the best they can in excruciating circumstances." Snelling "portrays her subjects not as powerless victims, but rather as defiant and hopeful members of humanity."[5]
The Stranger
Nothing
Woman on the Run
Where Mr. Wrong Sent Me
Solo Exhibitions and Installations
- Krupic Kersting Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
2013
- Nothing (short film), AC Institute, New York, NY.
- Everything is Everything, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium.
- Mystery Hour, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
- Nothing short film, Circuito Off, Teatrino Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy.
- Nothing short film, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.
2012
- Nothing (short film) yTinT Gallery, in conjunction with the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- Nothing Oakland Underground Film Festival, Oakland, CA.
- Woman on the Run, Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
- Another Day in Paradise, Nothing short film, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
- Nothing short film, San Francisco International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA.
- Woman on the Run, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
2011
- Woman on the Run, Frist Museum, Nashville, Tennessee.
- Raging Lotus, Exploratorium, San Francisco, California.
- A Sort of Homecoming, L.H. Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA.
2010
- TenYear Survey, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
- Woman on the Run, 21C Museum, Louisville, Kentucky.
- Shanghai Zendai MOMA, Zhujiajiao, China.
- Bordertown, New Frontier on Main, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah.
- Bordertown, Oakland Underground Film Festival, Oakland, CA.
2009
- Woman on the Run, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York.
- Greta Garbo Slept Here, TacheLevy, Brussels, Belgium.
- Dirty Pretty Things, Cokkie Snoei, Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
- Where Mr. Wong Sent Me, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China.
2008
- Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida.
- Another Town, Wedel, London.
- Woman on the Run, Selfridges, London.
2007
- Another Shocking Psychological Thriller, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas.
- Monsters, TacheLevy, Martin Margiela Building, Brussels, Belgium.
- Dulces, Wedel, London.
2006
- Dark Detour, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, California.
2005
- The Comfort, the Beauty, the Shame, Lokaal 01, Breda, Netherlands.
- Convenient, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, California.
- South Side, Mission 17 Gallery, San Francisco, California.
2004
- Last Picture Show, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
2003
- Sculpture/Structure, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California.
- Sculpture and Photographs, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, Texas.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015<
- Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of HiFructose, Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach, VA.
- Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
- Gedroomde Stad (Ideal City), Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, The Netherlands.
- The Auction, Terrance Higgins Trust, Christie's, London.
2014
- Welcome to the Jungle, Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida.
- Art in Motion, Jules Maeght Gallery, curated by Natasha Boas, San Francisco, CA.
- The Remarkable Lightness of Being, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium.
- L’expo dans le chapeau, La Vitrine am, curated by Raphael Cuir, Paris, France.
- ArtPrize, GRCC Collins Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI.
- A Contemporary Landscape Invitational, St. Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA.
- Summer Road Trip, Rena Bransten Projects, San Francisco, CA.
- Karla’s House, The Battery, San Francisco, CA.
- On Dry Land, Negev Museum of Art, curated by Ravit Harari, Beersheba, Israel.
- Brussels Cologne Contemporaries, Cologne, Germany.
- Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR.
2013
- Drinnen Binnen Buiten Draussen, Galerie Roy, Zülpich, Germany.
- Drinnen Binnen Buiten Draussen, Kers Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Making Space: Art and Place, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA.
- Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.
- The Storytellers, El Museo de Arte de Banco de la Rupublica, Bogota, Colombia.
- Once More, Lokaal 01, Breda, the Netherlands.
- Parallax Views, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.
- As Tears Go By* (who cries with me?), Cokki Snoei, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
- Theatrical Gestures, Herzliya Museum for Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel.
- Raw China Art Expo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
2012
- Not Another End of the World Exhibition, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium.
- Nervous Women, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium.
- Otherworldly: Artist Dioramas and Small Spectacles, Lille 3000, Lille, France.
- Signature, Schriftuur, Bruges Cultural Centre, De Bond, Bruges, Belgium.
- The Storytellers, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway.
- The End of Everything/A New Beginning, LARMgalleri, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Brought to Light: Masterworks of Photography from the Crocker Art Museum, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.
- America Rules, West Collection, Oaks, Pennsylvania.
- Streetopia, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
- Chico and Chang, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.
- The Bridge, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California.
- Fireflies,Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium.
2011
- Otherworldly: Artist Dioramas and Small Spectacles, Museum of Art and Design New York, New York.
- Reconstructed World, Gatehouse Gallery, Di Rosa, Napa, California.
- Chico and Chang, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, California.
- Anonyme Skulpturen, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria.
2010
- Anonyme Skulpturen, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany.
- Accrochage,Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China.
- Cokkie Snoei, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- The House in My Head, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark.
- PopUp Magazine, Herbst Theater, San Francisco, California.
2009
- Narratives, Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida.
- That's All Folks!, curated by Michel Dewilde and Jerome Jacobs, Stadshallen, Bruges, Belgium.
- Achtung Baby, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Helmond, the Netherlands.
- Low Blow,Stux Gallery, New York, New York.
2008
- Road Trip, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California.
2007
- There’s No Place Like Here, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.
- XXSSize Does Matter, Sommer Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Paulo Post Futurum, Lokaal 01, Museum of Breda, Breda, the Netherlands.
- Emergent Behavior, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
- Brown Bag Contemporary, New York.
- Emergency Room, P.S.1 MOMA, Long Island City, New York.
- Regeneration, Kentler International Drawing Space; Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York.
- Greetings from the American Dream, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California.
2006
- Searchers, White Box, New York, New York.
- Fellowship Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California.
- New Code, Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy.
- Looking Through Walls, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California.
- Photosynkyria, Tint Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- Headlands Institute, Marin Headlands, California.
2005
- Cohen Amador Gallery, New York, New York.
- Regeneration, Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
- Blueprints, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, California.
2004
- Epic, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California.
References
- ^ Farr, Kristin (January 16, 2016). "Tracey Snelling, New Image Art, West Hollywood". Juxtapoz. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ De Jesus, Carlos Suarez (December 28, 2006). "All Politics Is Loco". Miami New Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Tracey Snelling: An Urban Native".
- ^ Tandy, Katie (November 19, 2015). "Voyeuristic Artist Tracey Snelling Reminds Us To Look Closer". The Establishment. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ Bean, Kyrsin (August 1, 2016). "Tracy Snelling's Art Contemplates the Precariousness of Suffering". Oakland Magazine. Retrieved 31 March 2017.