Tracy Harris | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Education | Southern Methodist University |
Spouse | Dan Flavin 1992-1996 (his death) Lucian K. Truscott IV 2021- present |
Tracy Harris (born 1958) is an American artist, known for her abstract, encaustic paintings. [1] [2] [3] Tracy Harris lives in Milford, Pennsylvania. [4]
Tracy Harris was born in 1958 in Lawton, Oklahoma, and she grew up in Dallas, Texas until age 10. [4] [5] Her parents are Janene Harris and architect, Hayes Harris. [6] [5] After age 10, the family moved a lot after her father took a civilian architect role with the United States Army and Air Force, they lived in Honolulu, Guam, Manila, and Thailand. [5]
She attended Southern Methodist University, receiving a BFA degree and MFA degree in 1983. After college she worked at the Dallas Museum of Art and taught painting classes. [5]
It was through her work at the Dallas museum she was connected by a mutual friend to minimalist artist Dan Flavin, initially as a penpal and later as long distance dating. [5] She married Dan Flavin in 1992 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. [6] [7] Harris later lived between Long Island, New York and Greenwich, Connecticut after the marriage. [6] Four years after marriage, Flavin died from complications from his diabetes. [7]
Her artwork is in a number of museum collections including Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, [4] Telfair Museum, Savannah, [5] the Amarillo Museum of Art, among others.
Tracy Harris | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Education | Southern Methodist University |
Spouse | Dan Flavin 1992-1996 (his death) Lucian K. Truscott IV 2021- present |
Tracy Harris (born 1958) is an American artist, known for her abstract, encaustic paintings. [1] [2] [3] Tracy Harris lives in Milford, Pennsylvania. [4]
Tracy Harris was born in 1958 in Lawton, Oklahoma, and she grew up in Dallas, Texas until age 10. [4] [5] Her parents are Janene Harris and architect, Hayes Harris. [6] [5] After age 10, the family moved a lot after her father took a civilian architect role with the United States Army and Air Force, they lived in Honolulu, Guam, Manila, and Thailand. [5]
She attended Southern Methodist University, receiving a BFA degree and MFA degree in 1983. After college she worked at the Dallas Museum of Art and taught painting classes. [5]
It was through her work at the Dallas museum she was connected by a mutual friend to minimalist artist Dan Flavin, initially as a penpal and later as long distance dating. [5] She married Dan Flavin in 1992 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. [6] [7] Harris later lived between Long Island, New York and Greenwich, Connecticut after the marriage. [6] Four years after marriage, Flavin died from complications from his diabetes. [7]
Her artwork is in a number of museum collections including Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, [4] Telfair Museum, Savannah, [5] the Amarillo Museum of Art, among others.