Tracy Casagrande Clancy

Tracy Casagrande Clancy
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

STATEMENT

The interconnectedness of each of us in our wider world, as evidenced in the tiniest details of our daily interactions, resonates with me deeply. I am particularly interested in the effects of this connection as they relate to our shared commonalities and differences. As a former pediatric and family grief counselor, I am a lifelong student of the shared experience of life and death throughout various cultural and ethnic groups across the world. Finding myself deeply curious about faith traditions and religions throughout the world, I continually strive to communicate celebration of our profound interconnectedness in my work.

While building the stratification of layers in my mixed media work, my process commonly includes the use of painting and sculpture, encaustic, collage, cold wax, pastel and found objects. The materiality of my process helps to enrich and communicate the celebration of the connections with which I am so intrigued.

BIO

Tracy Casagrande Clancy is an artist recognized for her mixed media 2D and sculptural collage work. Her recent works have been exhibited in Art Basel (Miami), New York City, Italy and France. She has completed residencies in Seattle, New York, Chicago and in June 2022, an artist residency in Venice and Communo Civate (RUC), Italy with The Crit Lab (New York). Her most recent 2023 solo exhibition, “Vestiges of Atomic Love”, was held with Studio Kroner, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Casagrande Clancy holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in Counseling, Social Work, Sociology and Fine Art. Prior to becoming a full-time artist, Tracy worked as a grief therapist with children and their families experiencing medical crises, death and loss with speciality areas of practice including Neonatal/ Pediatric Trauma & Intensive Care, HIV/AIDS, Community Disaster Relief and Homelessness. These experiences intimately inform Casagrande Clancy’s work on every level and can be seen in her consistent use of iconography and references to shelter, anatomy, and the human figure in all its incarnations. Most importantly, the overarching phenomena of interconnectedness informs is seen throughout her
bodies of work.

Tracy has also participated in various solo and group exhibitions in galleries throughout North America and Europe. Her works are held in private and public collections throughout North America, Europe and
Australia and are included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Encaustic Art (Santa Fe). Tracy is currently curating a forthcoming four-person group exhibition entitled “Fever Dream”.

ARTIST CONTACT

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(513) 667-5555
tracycasagrandeclancy.com

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