Resume

EDUCATION

2004 MA Art & Art Education
Teachers College Columbia University in the City of New York

1999 BFA Communication Design: Illustration
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY

EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES

DARCHIVE: Solo Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY December 16, 2010 - January 12, 2011

Contaminate NYC’s Gowanus Outbreak series of art and wine evenings continues on December 16th with Darchive, a special holiday event featuring a solo show by Brooklyn-based painter and illustrator Tracey Atkinson.

Teaching Art in NYC Public School 2010 - 2011

Sixth year as a visual art teacher in a NYC public school.

Artists’ studios are open so that the public can see how the artists work in their various media.

G2 Gallery Exhibition, New York, NY August - September 2010

Featured artist in group exhibition, exhibiting recent paintings.

Residency in Illustration/Visual Storytelling June 2010

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Artists’ studios are open so that the public can see how the artists work in their various media.

G2 Gallery Exhibition, New York, NY April 2010

Recent works by Tracey Atkinson on exhibition with the artwork of other emerging artists.

KID, an oil painting on a balsa wood postcard, is part of an exhibition of artwork by many well-known artists to be auctioned for charity.

PUBERTY, oil on canvas, was on display and auctioned at the film premiere.

Artwork featured in a short film called "In A Box", (formerly called “Painter”), a work of fiction about Anika, a loner and a painter, who has continuously ruined good things in her life at the cost of others.

Artists' studios are open so that the public can see how the artists work in their various media.

LES Gallery, New York, NY September 2009

Exhibition of ten paintings by Tracey Atkinson.

Artists painted murals on the walls of a former penitentiary during a week long festival in which the public interacted with the artists as they created their artwork.

AWARDS, ACHIEVEMENTS, HONORS

1999 Awarded Pratt Circle Award for Academic Achievement, Certificate of Excellence Award for Outstanding Merit in Illustration

2006-2007 Teacher of the Year