Maria Tracy

My work focuses on the history and memory of everyday objects seen through the lens of my lived experience. My current work seeks to explore the intimate and changing experience of motherhood that has both personal and universal power to communicate across traditions and generations. I often paint nostalgic and familiar objects exploring their conflicting characteristics and history in the context of my associated memories. The tactile experience of working with a variety of mediums drives my creative process. The process is often intuitive. Within my process of painting and collage I manipulate my materials to examine the relationship between experience, viewer and object.

Education
M.F.A, Art and Design, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
B.A., Humanities Concentration Asian Studies, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

Group Shows
2025 Equilibrium, West Portal Gallery, San Francisco
2025 Artist Choice 2025, San Francisco Women Artist, San Francisco, Ca
2025 Group Show, Azgour Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2025 April, 480 Lighthouse Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
2024 Summer Open, Online Azgour Art Group, San Francisco, CA
2023 Summer Open, Online Azgour Art Group
2023 Being Human, San Francisco Women Artist, San Francisco, CA Juror Sandra Speidel, Juror’s Choice Award
1984 All California, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA Juror Henry Hopkins, Juror’s Cash Award
1984 Pieces of Me, MFA Exhibition, University of California Los Angeles, CA