Tracy Moffatt Case study
Artist: Who is Tracey Moffatt?
(Consider Subjective Frame)
1. Where was she born?
- Tracy Moffatt was born on the 12th of November 1960 in Brisbane, Australia.
2. What was her art training?
- In 1980, Moffat joined a three- year Diploma of Visual Communications at the Queensland College of Arts. Within this course, she studied photography, sculpture and painting and majoring in film making and video productions. Tracey Moffat was supplied with the finest of equipment and took a great deal of interest in expressing herself through art. During her course she had produced a number of short films that had allowed her to communicate ideas and messages that she felt strongly about.
3. When did she become “famous”? Name important exhibitions... Is Moffatt known overseas? If she is, where is her work represented?
Tracey Moffatt is one of Australia’s leading international visual artists working in photography, film and video. She is known for her powerful visual story telling which has been recognised in Australia as well as Internationally. In places such as: The John Curtin Gallery in Perth, Western Australia, The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, L.A Gallery in Beijing, China and The Wellington City Gallery in Wellington, New Zealand.
Moffatt first gained significant critical approval when her short film Night Cries was nominated for formal competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Her first feature film, beDevil, was also chosen for Cannes in 1993. In 1997, she was invited to exhibit in the Aperto section of the Venice Biennale.
Her Major exhibitions are listed below:
Date Exhibition
1989 First solo exhibition at the Australian Centre for photography in Sydney.
1997 - 1998 A major exhibition of Moffatt’s work was held at Dia Center for the Arts in New York which established her international reputation.
2003-2004 Moffatt’s work has been held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.
2004 Adventure Series was exhibited at The Hasselblad
(Consider Subjective Frame)
1. Where was she born?
- Tracy Moffatt was born on the 12th of November 1960 in Brisbane, Australia.
2. What was her art training?
- In 1980, Moffat joined a three- year Diploma of Visual Communications at the Queensland College of Arts. Within this course, she studied photography, sculpture and painting and majoring in film making and video productions. Tracey Moffat was supplied with the finest of equipment and took a great deal of interest in expressing herself through art. During her course she had produced a number of short films that had allowed her to communicate ideas and messages that she felt strongly about.
3. When did she become “famous”? Name important exhibitions... Is Moffatt known overseas? If she is, where is her work represented?
Tracey Moffatt is one of Australia’s leading international visual artists working in photography, film and video. She is known for her powerful visual story telling which has been recognised in Australia as well as Internationally. In places such as: The John Curtin Gallery in Perth, Western Australia, The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, L.A Gallery in Beijing, China and The Wellington City Gallery in Wellington, New Zealand.
Moffatt first gained significant critical approval when her short film Night Cries was nominated for formal competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Her first feature film, beDevil, was also chosen for Cannes in 1993. In 1997, she was invited to exhibit in the Aperto section of the Venice Biennale.
Her Major exhibitions are listed below:
Date Exhibition
1989 First solo exhibition at the Australian Centre for photography in Sydney.
1997 - 1998 A major exhibition of Moffatt’s work was held at Dia Center for the Arts in New York which established her international reputation.
2003-2004 Moffatt’s work has been held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.
2004 Adventure Series was exhibited at The Hasselblad