Tracy Ferry

TRACY WALTER FERRY BIOGRAPHY 

1978-82 B.S., Georgetown University, Washington D.C. 

1982-83 R.N., Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, New York Hospital 

1983-84 R.N., Club Mediterranean (March – March), Dominican Republic and Martinique 

1984 R.N., Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (nine months), Monmouth Medical Center, New Jersey 

1985-91 Lived and worked in New York City 

1985-86 R.N., Corporate Medical Department, Merrill Lynch, New York 1986-91 R.N., Director of Medical Department & E.A.P. Administrator, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., New York 

1987-90 Attended Hunter College of The City University of New York 1996-02 Attended Graduate Liberal Studies Program, Wesleyan University, Connecticut 

2003 Attended Residency Program, Vermont Studio Center (September) 2004-07 M.F.A. Hartford Art School/University of Hartford, Connecticut 

AWARDS & HONORS 

1987 Participation Award (representing Hunter College), Annual Regional B.F.A. Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York 

2001 The Kelly Kone Konnection Award, The New Haven Brush and Palette Club, Connecticut 

2002 Honorable Mention, Annual Exhibition, Gallery 53, Meriden, Connecticut 

2003 The Ellen Traut Collection Award, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut Best Mixed Media in Show, Cheshire Art League, Connecticut Honorable Mention, Annual Exhibition, Gallery 53, Meriden, Connecticut 2004 Honorable Mention, New Jersey’s Hidden Treasures, Park Avenue Club, New Jersey 

2005 Participation Award (solo representation of the University of Hartford M.F.A. program), Graduate Symposium, University of Hartford, Connecticut 

2006 Participation Award (representing M.F.A. program, University of Hartford), College Art Association Regional MFA Exhibition at the Patricia Doran Graduate Gallery, Massachusetts Participation Award (one of several students representing University of Hartford M.F.A. program), Graduate Symposium, University of Hartford, Connecticut 

2011 Best Sculpture, Juried Art Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, New York 

SELECTED ONE & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 

2001 The Monmouth Cultural Center Gallery, Monmouth Beach, New Jersey. Paintings 

2006 Silpe Gallery, (Thesis Exhibition), University of Hartford, Connecticut. Paintings 

2008 City Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. Sculpture 

2009 McDonough Art Gallery, Albertus Magnus College, Connecticut. Sculpture 

2010 Artspace, Hartford, Connecticut. Sculpture 

2011 The University of Connecticut Stamford Art Gallery, Stamford, Connecticut. Sculpture 

2012 The Niche, Middlesex Community College, Middletown, Connecticut. Site Specific Installation 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2004 Three Peas in a Pod, Silpe Gallery, University of Hartford, Connecticut. Sculpture Women, Power and Politics, Southern Connecticut State University Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. Sculpture Annual Juried Exhibition, Zilka Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. Sculpture Women’s Prerogatives: Making Changes, Regional Juried Exhibition, ArtSpace-Maynard Community Gallery, Massachusetts National Juried Exhibition, Museum Center for the Arts, Attleboro, Massachusetts. Sculpture Coming Together: Women Telling Their Stories, The Bridgeport Innovation Center Gallery, Connecticut. Sculpture 

2005 Hartford Art School-New York City, Alan Gallery, New York. Sculpture MFA Works in Progress, SilpeGallery, University of Hartford, Connecticut. Sculpture 

2007 City-Wide Open Studios, Alternate Space, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut Let Me Down Easy, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut. Sculpture 

2008 Why Not?! Regional Juried Exhibition, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, Connecticut City-Wide Open Studios, Artist-in-Residence, Artspace, Fair Haven, Connecticut. Sculpture 

2009 Roominations, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, Connecticut,\.Sculpture

2010 Woman Made, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia. Sculpture 

2011 Hidden Cities, National Juried Exhibition for the Women’s Caucus of Art, Juried by Lisa Phillips, Director of the New Museum, New Century Gallery, New York, New York. Sculpture Art from Detritus, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York. Sculpture The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, New York. Sculpture Black and White, BWAC, National Juried Exhibition, Red Hook, New York. Sculpture 8th International Juried Exhibition, The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, New Jersey. Sculpture 21 Rooms, a 3S Open Space Series at the Nevada Motel in York, Maine, 3S Artspace of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Sculpture 

2012 West Cove/ A-Space Gallery, Curated by art critic Stephen Kobasa, West Haven, Connecticut. Sculpture 

2017 Women’s Work, The Gallery at the Visual and Performing Arts Center, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Connecticut. Sculpture 

2018 Artspace 105, Red Bank, New Jersey. Sculpture and Hand Altered 16 mm film 

2019 Woodstock at 50: Summer of Love, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey. Hand Altered 16 mm film 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 

2011 Allison Meier “Unexpected Artist Wonders in Upstate New York,” Hyperallergic, August 1,2011. http://hyperallergic.com/31116/wassaic- project-2011/ Lys Guollom “Tracy Walter Ferry/21 Rooms in York, Maine,” Still River Editions, September 29, 2011. http://stillrivereditions.blogspot.com/2011/09/tracy-walter-ferry-21-rooms-in-york.htmlAriel L. Martin “Art Happens,” Portland Magazine, November 2011. 

2012 John Rook “Nursing Inspires Tracy Ferry’s Creative Vision” The Cheshire Herald, August 23, 2012.