Tracy Negrete Allen, an Artist, with an extensive background in Mural painting and Fine Art. Tracy's passion is creating Public Art, working and collaborating with communities while inspiring them through art, the key reason to why she creates.
Tracy became enamored with the world of art, studying Graphic Design, Fine Art, and Mural Painting. As an apprentice working along Professional Artist’s she has been able to hone in her craft, and eventually graduated to working on her own Art and Mural Projects. Tracy expresses her art through vibrant colors, awakening your creativity and imagination. Tracy has been commissioned by clients such as The Arts Council for Long Beach, Covered California Health Care, Bixby Knolls Business Association, Crowne Plaza Hotel Costa Mesa, Vons Grocery Store and Branded Arts. Tracy has also exhibited and Curated Art Shows in Long Beach, Los Angeles, and New York. A believer in the Arts as a form of transformative healing and a cultural worker for social issues she enjoys practicing art, as a labor of love with the community.
Tracy has experience working with communities and public schools, art literacy practices with youth and community based projects. Her personal work explores an individual narrative as well as the significance of collective healing. Tracy has recently received recognition from Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, for her contribution to the Art Project Creative Corridor Challenge Mural, “Together We Soar” as well as Councilmember Al Austin for her work on the Bixby Knolls Mural, - Tribute to Don Gibbs.
Never Forgetting her past and those who have played a major role in her art career, Tracy actively looks to work with youth and community volunteers in creating art and to give them opportunities to be creative.