Tracy Silva Barbosa

Tracy Silva Barbosa graduated from Massachusetts College of art, where she entered the sculpture department and majored in glass. Upon graduation Barbosa relocated to the San Francisco Bay area to work for John Lewis Glass, where she had the opportunity to work closely with Mr. Lewis on a variety of projects including the Oklahoma City Memorial. Tracy possess a process-orientated approach to her work. Her noted influences include Gustav Klimt, Donald Judd, Gerard Richter, classical paradigms found in the Byzantine, Baroque and Rococo periods as well as the aesthetic of asymmetry and narrative quality found in Asian scroll paintings, which she discovered through her travels to Japan as a student. After moving on to New York City, Tracy began to focus more on painting as a formal study method for her glass sculpture. Through this medium she discovered a new freedom, reflected in the prolific out turn of her paintings and sculptures for an increasingly enthusiastic contingent of collectors. Tracy now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Visit Tracy Silva Barbosa's website