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]
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]
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]