Tracy Walter Ferry
Primary Medium: Mixed media
Other media: Paint, Collage, Found material
Tracy Walter Ferry
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. In my work I explore all of the organisms that result when you haphazardly combine these genes. 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. In the world of science, a gene can be taken from one organism and implanted into another completely changing the original structure. There is a real threat that organisms will be created and act in a way that we cannot fully anticipate. 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. It is work similar to that of a scientist in a lab.
Other media: Paint, Collage, Found material
Tracy Walter Ferry
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. In my work I explore all of the organisms that result when you haphazardly combine these genes. 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. In the world of science, a gene can be taken from one organism and implanted into another completely changing the original structure. There is a real threat that organisms will be created and act in a way that we cannot fully anticipate. 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. It is work similar to that of a scientist in a lab.
Selected Works
|  Untitled #2 - 2010 - paper, graphite, screws, x-ray, baby nipples, wool - 15 x 9 inches  Untitled #3 - 2010 - x-rays, baby nipple, graphite stick, graphite powder, thread and - 18 x 10 inches  Untitled #1 - 2009 - Plastic toy soldiers, baby nipples, balloons, urinary catheters - 8 x 3.5 feet  Untitled #4 - 2009 - Aluminum screening, baby nipples, balloons, acrylic paint - 6 x 4 feet  Untitled #10 - 2010 - drawings, plastic toy soldiers, acrylic paint, birdhouse - 7 x 14 inches |
Artist Bio
AWARDS & HONORS
1987 Participation Award (representing Hunter College), Annual Regional B.F.A. Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York
2001 The Kelly Kone Konnection Award, The New Haven Brush and Palette Club, Connecticut
2003 The Ellen Traut Collection Award, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
2004 Honorable Mention, New Jersey's Hidden Treasures, Park Avenue Club, New Jersey
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
SELECTED ONE & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2001 The Monmouth Cultural Center Gallery, Monmouth Beach, New Jersey. Paintings
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, Sculptures
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 Salon of Small Works and Fall Salon, National Juried Exhibitions, Limner Gallery, New York
Gathering of Artists in Litchfield, Connecticut
102 Annual Juried Exhibition of works by Artists from New England and New York, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, New Haven, Connecticut
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
2007 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
2009 Roominations, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, Connecticut