Tracy Walter Ferry
C W O S ARTIST
Primary Medium: Sculpture
Other media: Collage, Drawing, Found material, Mixed media
Neighborhood : New Haven: Erector Square
Email: twferry (at) cox (dot) net
Website: http://www.tracywalterferry.com
Artist Statement
Genetically modified organisms can be made from plants, animals or even microorganisms. To create new organisms you introduce a non-native gene into an existing one and a new living being is created. This series is based on my extensive and past experience as a registered nurse, which gave me insight into the human body and all types of microbiology in a completely intimate way. I explore what would happen if the order within these organisms were disrupted. Sometimes objects are formed that become a sort of genetic pollution, other times the resulting organisms are very useful. In creating these newly found objects, I combine materials that are not typically put together. I put baby nipples with nails and plastic soldiers with screws. I create new beings, then deconstruct them and use the parts for new sculptures. It is work similar to that of a scientist in a lab.
Other media: Collage, Drawing, Found material, Mixed media
Neighborhood : New Haven: Erector Square
Email: twferry (at) cox (dot) net
Website: http://www.tracywalterferry.com
Artist Statement
Genetically modified organisms can be made from plants, animals or even microorganisms. To create new organisms you introduce a non-native gene into an existing one and a new living being is created. This series is based on my extensive and past experience as a registered nurse, which gave me insight into the human body and all types of microbiology in a completely intimate way. I explore what would happen if the order within these organisms were disrupted. Sometimes objects are formed that become a sort of genetic pollution, other times the resulting organisms are very useful. In creating these newly found objects, I combine materials that are not typically put together. I put baby nipples with nails and plastic soldiers with screws. I create new beings, then deconstruct them and use the parts for new sculptures. It is work similar to that of a scientist in a lab.
Selected Works
|  Installation at the Wassaic Project - 2011 - Multi-Media - 8 feet x 8 feet  Installation at the Wassaic Project - 2011 - Multi-Media - 8 feet x 8 feet  Installation at the Wassaic Project - 2011 - Multi-Media - 8 feet x 8 feet  Installation at the Wassaic Project - 2011 - Multi-Media - 8 feet x 8 feet  Installation at the Wassaic Project - 2011 - Multi-Media - 8 feet x 8 feet  Untitled - 2011 - multi-media - 48" x 70"  Untitled - 2010 - multi-media - 48" x 48"  Untitled - 2011 - multi-media - 24" x 82"  detail of previous work - 2011 - multi-media - detail  Untitled - 2011 - multi-media - 24" x 42" |
Artist Bio
TRACY WALTER FERRY
SELECTED ONE & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2006 Silpe Gallery (Thesis Exhibition), University of Hartford,
Connecticut. Paintings
2008 City Gallery New Haven, Connecticut. Sculpture
2009 McDonough Art Gallery, Albertus Magnus College, Connecticut.
Sculpture
2010 Artspace, Hartford
2011 The University of Connecticut Stamford Art Gallery, Connecticut
Krause Gallery, Moses Brown School, Rhode Island
2012 Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. Site Specific Installation
(Upcoming)
The Niche, Middlesex Community College, Middletown,
Connecticut. Site Specific Installation (Upcoming)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 Three Peas in a Pod, Silpe Gallery, University of Hartford,
Connecticut
Women, Power and Politics, Southern Connecticut State University
Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Annual Juried Exhibition, Zilka Gallery, Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Connecticut
Women's Prerogatives: Making Changes, Regional Juried Exhibition,
ArtSpace-Maynard Community Gallery, Massachusetts
National Juried Exhibition, Museum Center for the Arts, Attleboro,
Massachusetts
Coming Together: Women Telling Their Stories, The Bridgeport
Innovation Center Gallery, Connecticut
2005 Hartford Art School-New York City, Alan Gallery, New York
MFA Works in Progress, Silpe Gallery, University of Hartford,
Connecticut
2006 City-Wide Open Studios, Alternate Space, Artspace, New
Haven, Connecticut
Let Me Down Easy, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut
2008 Why Not?! Regional Juried Exhibition, Housatonic Museum of Art,
Bridgeport, Connecticut
City-Wide Open Studios, Artist-in-Residence, Artspace, Fair Haven,
Connecticut
2009 Roominations, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, Connecticut
2010 Woman Made, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center,
Alexandria, Virginia
2011 Hidden Cities, National Juried Exhibition for the Women's Caucus of
Art, New Century Gallery, New York, New York
Art of Detritus, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Williamsburg,
Brooklyn, New York
The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, New York
Black and White, BWAC, National Juried Exhibition, Red Hook, New
York
8th International Juried Exhibition, The Shore Institute of the
Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, New Jersey
21 Rooms, a 3S Open Space Series at the Nevada Motel in York,
Maine, 3S Artspace of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
BIOGRAPHY
1978-82 B.S., Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
1987-90 Attended Hunter College of The City University of New York
1996-02 Attended Graduate Liberal Studies Program, Wesleyan University, Connecticut
2003 Attended Residency Program, Vermont Studio Center (September)
2004-07 M.F.A., Hartford Art School, Connecticut
AWARDS & HONORS
2005 Participation Award (solo representation of the University of
Hartford M.F.A. program), Graduate Symposium, University of
Hartford, Connecticut
2006 Participation Award (representing M.F.A. program, University of
Hartford), College Art Association Regional MFA Exhibition at the
Patricia Doran Graduate Gallery, Massachusetts
Participation Award (one of several students representing University
of Hartford M.F.A. program), Graduate Symposium, University of
Hartford, Connecticut
2011 Best Sculpture, Juried Art Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists