Tracy Ren

Instagram: @t_r_a_c_y__r_e_n

Website: http://www.Tracyren.work

Bio: Tracy Ren is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture. They graduated from CCA in 2018 with a BFA in Ceramics, and will be joining the Cranbrook MFA program in Sculpture this fall. They have shown with numerous galleries across The Bay Area, LA, and NYC, including but not limited to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Pt. 2 Gallery, Jessica Silverman Gallery, Berkeley Art Center, TSA LA, Melrose Botanical Garden, Wing On Wo & Co, and Cone Shape Top.

Statement: Art making, for me, has been a potent form of cultural, spiritual, and emotional way finding. Though my work comes from a deeply personal place, my goal is not necessarily to tell my own story, but to offer objects that viewers can resonate with on varying levels. I work intuitively, calling on natural materials for their energetic richness and craft processes for their inherent poeticism. Many of the forms in my work can be traced back to traditional Chinese art, architecture, mythology, and herbalism. The piece for Hunter Gatherers is a patchwork of things found and foraged. It’s a box of memories laid open, a tangled web yet to be untangled. It is part love letter to my time here in Northern California, part goodbye.