Tracie Lee

A Brooklyn, NY based artist and designer, Tracie creates new narratives through intertwining collective memory with landscape and biological forms. She builds a sense of collective memory through asking open-ended questions about the effects of climate change that lead to activities like interviewing people, making sound recordings, daily walks, archival research, and other forms of "paying attention". She then responds to the conversations, images and sounds she's gathered through painting, drawing and mixed media.

Her focus on the complexity and intersectionality of systems is inspired by multi-disciplinary approaches in art making and her design practice as an Executive Director of Product Design at The New York Times. She graduated with a B.A. in Studio Art from Wellesley College and has studied under Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky (Rosenclaire), Bunny Harvey, Raqs Media Collective, Mark Dion, Catherine Haggerty, Zahar Vaks, and Alex Callender. She has shown at Gallery Aferro and Temporary Agency, and attended the Poco a Poco Residency in Oaxaca, Mexico. She contributes to systems and communities of mutual support, learning and dialogue, so she has taught at the School of Visual Arts, spoken at events like SXSW, and participated in venues like Chinatown Book Club.