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Hello Tracey, What advice would you give to young people who want to become artists, because obviously many don't become as well known as you?
Corina Ross, age 15, UK
Take drawing very seriously and take photo’s of things that you like. Keep a visual diary. And if you have trouble getting the right qualifications to get in University/Art School go to as many evening classes as possible.
Some people say your works aren't art. What do you say to them?
Mark Morgan, age 18, England
If I believe they are art then they are art. I’m the artist, I decide the parameters.
In 100 years, do you believe that you're work will increase or decrease in popularity with the general audience? I.e. In time, do yu think you'll be 'understood' more?
Adam James, age 17, Wales
Yes, I hope so. But not everybody can be remembered in history. There’s not enough room.
Are there any other artists whose work you take inspiration in? and what do you think of the oh so moderen (sheep in a glass case) type modern art?
Marie Claire Bradley, age 13, Ireland
The “oh so moderen” art that you refer to is by Damien Hirst who is a contemporary of mine. The way you have asked your question is as though you think my art is not modern. There’s lots and lots of artists whose work I like, but when I was younger my main inspiration were the Expressionists – artists such as Egon Schiele and Edvard Munch.
Tracey, I am an artist and bespoke shoe maker based in California. I produce one-off footwear of my own design. I consider everything that I do Art and make no distintions between shoe making and Art making. My question to you is, the handbags that you created for Lonchamp's, did you consider them Art, an extension of your Art, Design, or a means by which to earn money creatively so that you can still continue to work as an Artist? Thank You - and I admire your work, as well. Sincerely, Armando H. Torres
Armando H. Torres, age 41, USA (California)
First of all, it would be great if there were more shoe-makers like you. In the old days you would have considered an artisan. With the Longchamp bags the whole project was extremely time consuming and in actual fact lost me money, but at the time I was gullible enough to believe it would be an opportunity for people to own something by me who normally wouldn’t be able to afford to buy my work. In actual fact it was a massive PR drive by Longchamp.
You often use words and letters in your work. What kind of link is important between language and viewing medias?
Rouven, age 20, Germany
I think in words. I write a lot. For me the title of a drawing is as important as a drawing.
Did you always want to be a successful artist? If you hadn't made a living this way, what do you think you would've liked to do instead?
Lucy, age 23, UK
I always feel that art saved my life. When I go to exhibition that I like, or when I go to foreign countries and I’m in art museums, I realize that art is my friend. I like property so maybe I could have been an estate agent but in reality I think I would have died.
From your experience of the media, do you think they (tabloid, tv & magazine journalists) aid or hinder an artist's career and success?
Lucy Grace, age 22, UK
It can be a massive hindrance because when you get as much exposure and publicity as me a lot of the serious, established art world does not take me seriously. But I see a bigger picture, I believe art is about communication.
Hi im approaching my final year of studing art GCSE. My art teacher has set me a project to complete over teh summer which i had to base on one artist the artist i have chose is Roy Lichtenstien as i find his style of pop art refreshing and fun i have done a few copies of his work and now iam looking into creating my own pop art situation i was currently thinking of using such characters like kermit and miss piggy from the muppets to produce and show the stages i went through to change these characters into a pop art picture using different outlines colours and slowly building them up to a final image. Could you suggest any more ideas i could include within my project as i am at a point were i do not no where to go next . Thanks
Annie, age 15, UK
Well, that’s alright because you are still at school. You should look at the work of Peter Blake. He uses lots of pop imagery and contemporary icons.
How does an A level student deal with an art tutor that they don't really get along with?
Christabel, age 17, England
I’ve never sat my A levels, or my O levels for that matter, but I’ve heard from other people that mentally it’s the most stressful thing of your life. With your tutor it would be good if you can remember that they are there to help you and get you through the exams. They are not the enemy.
You can always do A levels as an evening class.
which is the picture you love more
josefina, age 40, Chile
If I could own a painting by Vermeer I would be very happy.
Do you think painting is still relevent in todays art world? Why?
Steve Jones, age 18, UK
Yes, I do think painting is relevant. And I think painting is very difficult. For me painting has to have meaning – it can’t just be a picture.
before you successed did you think about would become a famous artist ?
you have becomed a famous artist already become your sexual piece ,did you think about how your direction in your next step ?
deng da fei, age 31, China
Art is the only thing I have ever done. It consumes most of my life. People often forget that it’s hard work that makes the success.
Has expressing yourself through art helped you come to terms with the abuse that you suffered through your teenage years and if so how?
Carrieanne Summers, age 25, Wales
Yes, it has helped, because it’s made me look at things and try to understand things more.
Dear Tracey, I like your work very very much and I see you very much as a British artist. However, many people (including a lot of people on this website, see Who we are) name you as their favorite disliked artist. Do they envy your freedom, your fame? Is that a very British thing? The further at the top you are the more people dislike you? How do you deal with that?
Suenyo, age 20, Now Berlin (before London)
Thanks for telling me! It’s good – I don’t compromise. And all those people disliking me or what I do have not been able to stop me, have they? But I think if my Mum was to read that it would really upset her.
Everybody have their own life experiences, why do you think that the audience of your work is interested in being informed about yours?
Eva, age 23, Greece
I use myself as a subject. This has been a long tradition in art. Often to see the whole picture you have to start with what you know.
Your work seems to be a cathartic way of exorcising your past. Whilst I can accept that this may be your motivation for creating artwork - don't you think you've taken it a bit too far? Is displaying letters written by your father, and swear words in the form of neon signs really art?
Beth, age 22, England
Grow up.
Why do you prefer to make art that has a shocking effect on people rather than to please them visually? Are some of the works ever shocking to you when you take them out of your personal space into a gallery space? Do you sometimes look back and regret that you have revealed a bit too much of your own personal self through your art?
Janie Rudloff, age 23, UK
I shocked myself this week by doing a drawing of a very, very sweet and cute kitten.
Why do you admire Frida Kahlo so much? Do you feel attached to Frida because of the similar pain they had to go through in your lives? Are you mainly inspired by the subject of Frida"s work or by the way Frida expresses them?
Janie Rudloff, age 23, UK
I think Frida Kahlo is a really fantastic artist, but the people who really influenced me are artists such as Egon Schiele, Edvard Munch and contemporary artists such as Bruce Nauman
Do you think religion is still relevant to modern art?
Hannah Collins, age 16, UK
Yes. Not necessarily religion but faith. When I was younger I was very, very influenced by Byzantine fresco’s and Early Renaissance religious painting.
Hi. I am doing art for GCSE and I am, in peoples eyes, really good at art (all aspects e.g. drawing etc.). Some day, sort of as a thing on a side, I want to be able to create pieces of art and have them exhibited in galleries. Could you tell me how you started getting your work into the galleries and how you started your art career? Thanks.
Steven, age 14, UK
You have to try to go to art school. I spent 7 years altogether. Then you possibly have to go through a very long time of having absolutely no money. It’s extremely difficult to earn a living as an artist.
What is your opinion on where contemporary art is headed in the future, will there no longer be movements in art?
Timothy Duval, age 16, UK
There will always be trends in art - it’s like waves. But we can never quite predict when the tidal wave is going to come. Ten years it was Britain, now possibly China.
To what extent have changes towards open mindedness in public opinion of contemporary art in the past ten years allowed your work to develop and reach a wider audience?
Timothy Duval, age 16, UK
I really believe that the British people enjoy art more now that they ever did. It’s good that art is now for a much wider audience – it’s not a hermetic, snobby thing anymore.
