Tracy Krumm
American textile artist
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Tracy Krumm (born 1963)[1] is an American textile artist, craft educator, and curator based in St. Paul, Minnesota.[2] Krumm's work combines metalworking and crochet; crafting items such as curtains and clothing out of metals and wire.[3]
Early life and education
Krumm received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California College of the Arts in 1987[4] and her Masters of Fine Arts degree from Vermont College of Fine Art in 1995.[5][6]
Art career
Krumm is an artist and educator having exhibited, taught, and lectured extensively for over 30 years.[7] In 2010, she curated an exhibition titled New Fibers 2010 at Eastern Michigan University where she was faculty in the fibers department.[8] In 2014, the Ellen Noël Art Museum in Odessa, Texas showed In the Making: The Art of Tracy Krumm.[9] Her work was included in a 2019 exhibition of contemporary fiber art curated by Erika Diamond at the Jamestown Community College’s Weeks Gallery titled Pulling a Thread.[10][11] She curated an exhibition titled Pride at the Textile Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she is the Director for Artistic Advancement.[12][13] This exhibition was to be the first in the institution's history to celebrate LGBTQ+ identity.[14]
Tracy Krumm was awarded a $25,000 McKnight Fellowship for Visual Artists in 2015.[15] In 2016, work won first place in the Textiles/fibers category of the Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Competition.[16]