about me
artist, educator, & independent curator
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as a whole, my creative pursuits serve as a compass that guides me in the continued processes of spiritual, cultural, and relational wayfinding, linked by a desire to feel more connected to myself, others, and the world at large. When I work, I allow my intuition to guide me through periods of research and rigorous making, a cycle that is dotted by a rhizomatic network of ever-shifting rituals and momentary channelings. Working in this way helps me to transmute my various (melancholic) preoccupations by externalizing them, each resulting artwork existing as an attempt at giving material form to the immaterial, however futile the endeavor. My studio practice thus functions as a kind of reclamation, or in other words, as a site to break bread with ghosts.
from 2024-2026 I will be pursuing my MFA in Sculpture at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI. This pursuit comes after eight years spent in the Bay Area, where I earned my BFA from California College of the Arts with a concentration in Ceramics. I look forward to deepening my work and will continue to post updates here on my website and more frequently through my instagram, which you can find below. As always, e-mail is the best way to reach me. Thanks for being here, more to come soon <3.
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e-mail: tracy.mary.ren@gmail.com
instagram: @t_r_a_c_y__r_e_n