Tracy Hicks Atlanta home

Tracy Hicks' Atlanta, George home.  I miss Tracy in Dallas.

dinning room work table (photo by Tracy Hicks)

Last days of Tracy's Dallas studio

Beginning Memorial Day weekend, for me, I helped Tracy pack up his studio for the long trip to his new home in Atlanta, Georgia.   I took a few photos with my cell phone around Tracy's studio. 

I had the opportunity to meet and work with several people that were dedicated to helping Tracy and Victora in their new adventure.  Colleen Dean and her teenagers, Kim Alexander, Ron Seibler (wow Ron did the lion's share of the work), Mike Westfried, and several others that I did not get (or remember) their names. 

My last day at Tracy's Studio before all the jars were taken down

taken with my Palm Pre cell phone

Tracy Hicks

Tracy Hicks

Future of Museums

Tracy Hicks has been asked to create an installation on the future of natural history museums and the influence of natural history museums on the future of the earth for the May 2011 American Associate of Museums convention in Houston.



The installation will evolve online beginning in March 2011.

Paradise Lost

The Butcher

Went on hunting trip with a good friend and this is the video - Warning this is not for the faint of heart.

Tracy Hicks, self portrait

Tracy Hicks Animation

Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship

music: Anouar Brahem ~ la paz du chat noir

Reflections on Darwin

Reflections on Darwin
Wright State University
Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries
November 1, 2009–January 10, 2010

2009 marks the 150th anniversay of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin's controversial book about the theory of evolution, and is also the 200th anniversary of his birth. To commemorate Darwin and the significance of the theory of evolution on our culture, Reflections on Darwin includes artists explore through various contemporary art practices the ideas behind evolution and its impact on today’s society. JD Talasek, Director Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS) will present a lecture on the theory of evolution and its influence on contemporary art on Thursday, November 5th.

Curated by Benjamin Montague, Assistant Professor of Art

On the Scaffolding of Collecting by Tracy Hicks

Tracy Hicks: A Friend's Reflecting Garden

Click here for several animations

Tracy Hicks - Darwin Studies

In preparation of his exhibition at Wright State University in Ohio, Tracy has started a new series based on the work of Charles Darwin.

Tracy Hicks - Global Warming Series study

Tracy in New Mexico

Tracy Hicks: Installation photos from Tuscon Museum of Art

Courtesy of Tracy Hicks

Tracy Hicks: Trouble in Paradise

Tucson Museum of Art
Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord between Nature and Society
February 28, 2009 - June 28, 2009

Artists are looking at the beauty and the terror in the forces of nature through their honest and emotional portrayals, while sending urgent messages to pay attention to the ravages society inflicts on the land through war and waste. This exhibition will examine a range of art in a variety of media that addresses extreme forces of nature in two basic categories: nature-based discord, such as lightning, tornadoes, volcanoes, hurricanes, and fire; and human-caused environmental discord such as pollution, over-population, global warming, oil field fires, atomic fallout, and destruction of land. The debate about how much of nature’s wrath is the result of human impact and interference is ongoing, but questions are posed through stunning visuals about the seemingly unstoppable cycle of cause and effect.Many of the artists in this exhibition, including Edward Burtynsky, Richard Misrach, William T. Wiley, Mark Dion, and Joel Peter Witkin, imbue their work with haunting messages while objectively documenting the reality before them. Others exalt in the awesome beauty of the power of nature without judgment of its genesis or its conclusion. While offering a selected survey of powerful works that address the forces of nature, this exhibition is far from a “doom and gloom” portrayal of earth’s and society’s current situation, nor does it attempt to solve environmental problems. What emerges from these works is not only a revelation of the pressing environmental problems of our times, but how artists see the world and share that message with stunning beauty and poetic resonance.

Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord between Nature and Society

Tuscan Museum of Art
February 28 - June 29

Timeline during installation

Tracy Hicks will be participating in a group exhibition at the Tuscan Museum of Art that opens later this month. I will add more to this post.
Timeline study

Apple by Tracy Hicks

Tracy Hicks at CADD Art Lab

"More Than This" at CADD Art Lab.November 13, 2008 - January 8, 2009

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 13, 2008, 5-8 p.m.

This exhibition features Scott Anderson, Frances Bagley, Scott Barber, Kevin Bewersdorf, Paul Booker, Candace Briceno, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Tracy Hicks, Terrell James, Tom Orr, John Pomara, Carl Suddath, Lizzy Wetzel, and more.

Artists’ Talk, Saturday, November 15, 2 p.m.with Frances Bagley and Tom Orr.

CADD Art Lab

1608-C Main Street, Dallas, TX

tues-sat, 11a - 6p, open until 8p on thursdays

tel: 214.741.1075