1958, born, Lawton, Oklahoma
1980, received B.F.A., Southern Methodist University, Dallas
1983, received M.F.A., Southern Methodist University, Dallas

HONORS AND AWARDS

1978, Robert Zelle Award for Achievement in Art, Southern Methodist University

1980-83, Dean’s Honor Fellowship, Southern Methodist University

1986, Paris-Maclean Foundation Grant

1987, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant (Drawing)

1988, Hugo Neuhaus Award, Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston

1989, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant (Drawing)

1989, Best in Show, Longview Museum Invitational

2003, Best in Show, Smithtown Juried Fine Arts Exhibition

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Action/Influence Gallery, Dallas, 1983.

Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas, 1984.

Lakeside Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, 1985.

DW Gallery, Dallas, 1987.

Longview Museum, Longview, Texas, 1989.

Graham Gallery, Houston, 1990.

Graham Gallery, Houston, 1991.

Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York, 1993.

McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, 1993.

McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, 1997.

McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, 2000.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Paintings, DW Gallery, Dallas, 1983.

Prints, Brookhaven College, Dallas, 1984.

Group Show, DW Gallery, Dallas, 1984.

Still Life, DW Gallery, Dallas, 1985.

10th Anniversary Exhibition, DW Gallery, Dallas, 1985.

Group Show, DW Gallery, Dallas, 1987.

19 Dallas Artists, The Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, 1987.

Working Papers, Brookhaven College, Farmer’s Branch, Texas, 1988.

The First Texas Triennial, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1988.

Last Show, DW Gallery, Dallas, 1988.

Affinities, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 1988.

Texas Artists, Waco Art Center, Waco, Texas, 1988.

Opera Nova, N.No.O. Gallery, Houston, 1989.

At the Edge, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Texas, 1989.

Invitational Show, Longview Museum, Longview, Texas, 1989.

Group Show, Graham Gallery, Houston, 1989.

The Vessel, Hickory Street Annex, Dallas, 1990.

Direct References: Drawings by Texas Artists, Alfred Glassell, Jr. School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1990.

Octagon: Eight Houston Artists, University of West Florida Art Gallery, Pensacola, Florida, September 10-October 6, 1990.

Brookhaven Forum Gallery Painting Invitational, Brookhaven College, Farmer’s Branch, Texas, 1990.

Art 1990, Graham Gallery, Houston, 1990.

New Work, Hickory Street Annex, Dallas, 1991.

10th Anniversary Faculty Show, Mountain View College, Dallas, 1991.

Works from the Collection of Edward Albee, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, 1991.

On Line: Drawings by Texas Artists, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas, 1991.

20th Anniversary Exhibition, Waco Art Center, Waco, Texas, 1992.

Profiles II: On Paper, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas, 1992.

Ten Years in Printmaking, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1992.

Presence, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 1992.

Texas Contemporary: Acquisitions of the ’90s, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 1993.

Summer Stock, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, 1993.

Drawings, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, 1993.

Texas Axis, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas, 1994.

Surface Pleasures, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas, 1994.

Surfaces, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, 1998.

American Airlines Permanent Collection: New Acquisitions, Houston International Airport, 1999.

Union, Azimuth Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1999.

Crossing State Lines, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2000.

Departure/Return, Meadow Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2000.

The Other Texas, 57N Fine Arts Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2002.

Smithtown Arts Council Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Mill Pond Gallery, Jamestown, New York, 2003.

16 Women, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, New York, 2004.

The Barrett Collection, Corpus Christi Museum of Art, Corpus Christi, Texas, 2004.

New Acquisitions, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas, 2004.

Winners Exhibit, Mill Pond Gallery, Jamestown, New York, 2005.

East End Artists, Past and Present, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, October 2007.

SELECTED REFERENCES

Gary McKay, “The New Wave of Texas Artists,” Ultra (February 1988).

Ann Jarmusch, “Dallas Artists Honored in ‘Texas Triennial,’” Dallas Times Herald, April 6, 1988.

Susan Chadwick, “Critic’s Choice,” The Houston Post, December 16, 1988.

Joan Davidow, “Tracy Harris,” Detour Magazine (June 1989).

Michael Ennis, “Beneath the Surface,” Texas Monthly (February 1990).

Susan Chadwick, “Stunningly Moody Work of Tracy Harris on Exhibit at Graham,” The Houston Post (April 1990).

Patricia Johnson, “Galleries Display Art Worth Fighting For,” The Houston Chronicle, Friday, April 6, 1990.

Rachel Ranta and Wade Chandler, Octagon: Eight Houston Artists (Pensacola, Fla.: University of West Florida, 1990).

Richard Brettel, The Vessel (Dallas: Hickory Street Annex, 1990).

Susan Chadwick, “Young Artists Works Offer Thoughtful Twists and Turns,” The Houston Post, June 22, 1991.

Elizabeth McBride, “Tracy Harris,” ARTNEWS (December 1991).

Tre Williams, “Tracy Harris,” Art Breath (1991).

Nicholas Wood, Presence, (Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington, 1992).

Susan Chadwick, “Twin Shows Different in Design, Close in Spirit,” The Houston Post, April 1993.

Rose K. Slivka, “Benton Gallery: Tracy Harris,” New York Times, August 22, 1993.

Debra Scherer, “Hamptons Il Refugio,” Vogue Italiano (June 1994).

Lorraine Adams, “Tracy Harris,” Circa (Winter 1994).

Patricia Johnson, “Texas Art: Museum of Fine Arts Fills Gaps with 47 Works,” Houston Chronicle, September 24, 1994.

Rachel Roberts, “Fusion,” Veranda (Summer 1995).

Tracy Daugherty, “The Paintings of Tracy Harris,” The Gulf Coast Review (Winter 1994-95).

Inez Rothschild, “Welcome Additions,” House and Garden (November 1996).

Alison de Lima Greene, “150 Works from the Museum of Fine Arts,” 2000.

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Amarillo Museum of Art

Corpus Christi Museum of Art

The Barrett Collection

The Dan Flavin Foundation

American Airlines

Southern Methodist University, Dallas

University of Houston

Longview Museum, Longview, Texas

The James Brooks and Charlotte Park Brooks Foundation

The Paris-Maclean Foundation, Dallas

The Highland Park Library, Dalls


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