Tracy Maurice is a Montréal-based multidisciplinary artist, director, & creative director who creates distinct visual worlds across film/video, sculpture, photography, performance, installation, and design.
Her work merges analog craftsmanship and material exploration with digital processes to explore the connections between ourselves, the natural world, technology, and the ephemeral. Drawing from a background in art history, she often references early cinema special effects techniques and the history of science in her work.
Maurice first gained recognition as the creative director for the band Arcade Fire, designing iconic album artwork and directing video projects for the albums, Neon Bible and Funeral, including the groundbreaking interactive music video Black Mirror.
Her work has been shown internationally, including the 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art in collaboration with Dana Michel, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, and Lincoln Center (New York). She has given talks at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Berklee College of Music, and HFBK University of Fine Arts, Hamburg. She taught filmmaking at the IDFA Film Academy Summer Program (UC Berkeley), and participated in artist residencies at RU (New York), SÍM (Reykjavik) and Kinosaki International Arts Center (Japan).
Press
Berlin Biennale
Comfort and Indifference: Recent Acquisitions by the MAC
La Presse
aatonau
Wexner Center for the Arts
booooooom
O BOD Magazine
Alongside her independent studio practice, she runs Studio Tracy Maurice.
Studio Tracy Maurice partners with artists, musicians, performers, designers, filmmakers, brands, and cultural organizations on commissioned and collaborative projects.
From concept development and creative direction through design, hands-on production and final delivery. Our work includes visual identities, moving-image works, practical in-camera effects, installation, and custom-built objects and environments.
Depending on the scope of the project, Maurice works with a team of trusted collaborators to bring more ambitious projects to life.
SERVICES
Art, Creative Direction & Design
Visual identity
Album artwork
Packaging
Print production
Photography
Graphic design
3D illustration
Treatments/Pitch decks
Visual research
Film & Moving Image
Film directing
Music videos
Experimental film
Installation
Projection design
Performance documentation
Cinematography
Title Sequences
Practical Visual Effects
Analog VFX
Microscopy
Chemical photography
Fluid dynamics
Optical effects
Custom camera filters
Fabrication & World Building
Sculpture
Props
Miniatures
Model making
Mold making
Ceramics
3D printing
Laser cutting
CNC fabrication
SELECTED COLLABORATORS
Artists + Artisans
Dana Michel
PGB Cymbals
Filmmakers
Yannick Jamey
Sonia Oleniac
Derrick Belcham
Graphic Designers
Frédérique Gagnon
Editors
Armen Harootun
3D Illustration & Animation
Renée Forest
Musicians & Bands
Arcade Fire
Angell & Crane
Camille Delean
Charlotte Greve
Colin Stetson
Concurrence
Eliot Krimsky
Erika Angell
Heather Woods Broderick
Jonathan Kawchuk
Juliana Daugherty
Leif Vollebekk
Richard Reed Parry
Sarah Neufeld
Tommy Crane
Unessential Oils
Record Labels
ANTI-Records
Constellation Records
Elastic Recordings
Merge Records
New Amsterdam Records
Paper Bag Records
Rough Trade
Secret City Records
Western Vinyl
Whirlwind Recordings
Choreographers
Amy Gardner
Katie Ward
Museums & Cultural Institutions
Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
HAM Helsinki Art Museum
Lincoln Center
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
Educational Institutions
Berklee College of Music
HFBK University of Fine Arts Hamburg
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
ARTIST STATEMENT
My practice is research-based and driven by experimentation with materials, techniques, and technologies that shape perception. Working across film and video, sculpture, installation, and visual art, I merge analog craftsmanship with digital processes to construct immersive visual worlds.
The camera functions as both a tool and a threshold, allowing me to shift scale, manipulate time, and create spaces that feel intimate and otherworldly. I explore relationships between temporality, memory, nature, and the ephemeral. Informed by art history, early cinema, and the history of science, my work focuses on moments where observation, invention, and imagination converge, offering frameworks for reconsidering how we understand our surroundings and how perception itself can be altered or expanded.
Symbolism, mythology, and dream logic play a central role in my work. I am interested in the fusion of science and magic, where empirical knowledge coexists with mystery and belief. Recurring motifs such as portals and bubbles suggest alternate planes of existence, while the frequent use of black backgrounds reframes darkness as a space of transformation and connection to the natural world. Through experimental processes, analog techniques, and material exploration, I examine how nature can be understood as a source of imagination, transformation, and wonder.
I am drawn to natural materials, landscapes, and organic forms that reveal cycles of transformation and renewal. Working with materials such as pine resin, minerals, pearls, sand, clay, and found natural elements, I explore the relationship between the natural world and constructed environments. This tension runs throughout my practice, from filming landscapes and natural phenomena to creating miniature worlds and fabricated environments that evoke surreal spaces and reveal the unseen forces at work within the natural world.
Dance and music are integral influences, shaping my sensitivity to rhythm, gesture, and the emotional resonance of movement.
Ultimately, my work inhabits a space between the known and the unknown, the physical and the metaphysical. Through observation, experimentation, and imagination, I seek to create experiences that encourage curiosity, contemplation, and a renewed sense of wonder. My practice reflects a desire to look beyond the boundaries of everyday perception and consider our connection to the larger systems, histories, and mysteries that shape our existence.
FR
Ma pratique s’appuie sur la recherche et est guidée par l’expérimentation des matériaux, des techniques et des technologies qui façonnent la perception. Travaillant à la fois dans les domaines du cinéma et de la vidéo, de la sculpture, de l’installation et des arts visuels, je fusionne le savoir-faire analogique et les procédés numériques pour construire des univers visuels immersifs.
La caméra fait office à la fois d’outil et de seuil, me permettant de modifier l’échelle, de manipuler le temps et de créer des espaces qui semblent à la fois intimes et surnaturels. J’explore les relations entre la temporalité, la mémoire, la nature et l’éphémère. Inspirée par l’histoire de l’art, les débuts du cinéma et l’histoire des sciences, mon œuvre se concentre sur les moments où l’observation, l’invention et l’imagination convergent, offrant ainsi des cadres permettant de repenser notre compréhension de notre environnement et la manière dont la perception elle-même peut être modifiée ou élargie.
Le symbolisme, la mythologie et la logique onirique jouent un rôle central dans mon œuvre. Je m’intéresse à la fusion entre science et magie, où la connaissance empirique coexiste avec le mystère et la croyance. Des motifs récurrents, tels que les portails et les bulles, suggèrent des plans d’existence alternatifs, tandis que l’utilisation fréquente de fonds noirs redéfinit l’obscurité comme un espace de transformation et de connexion avec le monde naturel. À travers des processus expérimentaux, des techniques analogiques et l’exploration des matériaux, j’examine comment la nature peut être comprise comme une source d’imagination, de transformation et d’émerveillement.
Je suis attirée par les matériaux naturels, les paysages et les formes organiques qui révèlent les cycles de transformation et de renouveau. En travaillant avec des matériaux tels que la résine de pin, les minéraux, les perles, le sable, l’argile et des éléments naturels trouvés, j’explore la relation entre le monde naturel et les environnements construits. Cette tension est présente tout au long de ma pratique, depuis la prise de vue de paysages et de phénomènes naturels jusqu’à la création de mondes miniatures et d’environnements artificiels qui évoquent des espaces surréalistes et révèlent les forces invisibles à l’œuvre au sein du monde naturel.
La danse et la musique sont des influences fondamentales qui façonnent ma sensibilité au rythme, au geste et à la résonance émotionnelle du mouvement.
En fin de compte, mon travail se situe à la frontière entre le connu et l’inconnu, le physique et le métaphysique. Par l’observation, l’expérimentation et l’imagination, je cherche à créer des expériences qui encouragent la curiosité, la contemplation et un regain d’émerveillement. Ma pratique reflète le désir de regarder au-delà des limites de la perception quotidienne et d’examiner notre lien avec les grands systèmes, les histoires et les mystères qui façonnent notre existence.
Photo by: Clara Lacasse
Tracy Maurice is a Montréal-based multidisciplinary artist, director, & creative director who creates distinct visual worlds across film/video, sculpture, photography, performance, installation, and design.
Her work merges analog craftsmanship and material exploration with digital processes to explore the connections between ourselves, the natural world, technology, and the ephemeral. Drawing from a background in art history, she often references early cinema special effects techniques and the history of science in her work.
Maurice first gained recognition as the creative director for the band Arcade Fire, designing iconic album artwork and directing video projects for the albums, Neon Bible and Funeral, including the groundbreaking interactive music video Black Mirror.
Her work has been shown internationally, including the 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art in collaboration with Dana Michel, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, and Lincoln Center (New York). She has given talks at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Berklee College of Music, and HFBK University of Fine Arts, Hamburg. She taught filmmaking at the IDFA Film Academy Summer Program (UC Berkeley), and participated in artist residencies at RU (New York), SÍM (Reykjavik) and Kinosaki International Arts Center (Japan).
Press
Berlin Biennale
Comfort and Indifference: Recent Acquisitions by the MAC
La Presse
aatonau
Wexner Center for the Arts
booooooom
O BOD Magazine
Alongside her independent studio practice, she runs Studio Tracy Maurice.
Studio Tracy Maurice partners with artists, musicians, performers, designers, filmmakers, brands, and cultural organizations on commissioned and collaborative projects.
From concept development and creative direction through design, hands-on production and final delivery. Our work includes visual identities, moving-image works, practical in-camera effects, installation, and custom-built objects and environments.
Depending on the scope of the project, Maurice works with a team of trusted collaborators to bring more ambitious projects to life.
SERVICES
Art, Creative Direction & Design
Visual identity
Album artwork
Packaging
Print production
Photography
Graphic design
3D illustration
Treatments/Pitch decks
Visual research
Film & Moving Image
Film directing
Music videos
Experimental film
Installation
Projection design
Performance documentation
Cinematography
Title Sequences
Practical Visual Effects
Analog VFX
Microscopy
Chemical photography
Fluid dynamics
Optical effects
Custom camera filters
Fabrication & World Building
Sculpture
Props
Miniatures
Model making
Mold making
Ceramics
3D printing
Laser cutting
CNC fabrication
SELECTED COLLABORATORS
Artists + Artisans
Dana Michel
PGB Cymbals
Filmmakers
Yannick Jamey
Sonia Oleniac
Derrick Belcham
Graphic Designers
Frédérique Gagnon
Editors
Armen Harootun
3D Illustration & Animation
Renée Forest
Musicians & Bands
Arcade Fire
Angell & Crane
Camille Delean
Charlotte Greve
Colin Stetson
Concurrence
Eliot Krimsky
Erika Angell
Heather Woods Broderick
Jonathan Kawchuk
Juliana Daugherty
Leif Vollebekk
Richard Reed Parry
Sarah Neufeld
Tommy Crane
Unessential Oils
Record Labels
ANTI-Records
Constellation Records
Elastic Recordings
Merge Records
New Amsterdam Records
Paper Bag Records
Rough Trade
Secret City Records
Western Vinyl
Whirlwind Recordings
Choreographers
Amy Gardner
Katie Ward
Museums & Cultural Institutions
Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
HAM Helsinki Art Museum
Lincoln Center
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
Educational Institutions
Berklee College of Music
HFBK University of Fine Arts Hamburg
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
ARTIST STATEMENT
My practice is research-based and driven by experimentation with materials, techniques, and technologies that shape perception. Working across film and video, sculpture, installation, and visual art, I merge analog craftsmanship with digital processes to construct immersive visual worlds.
The camera functions as both a tool and a threshold, allowing me to shift scale, manipulate time, and create spaces that feel intimate and otherworldly. I explore relationships between temporality, memory, nature, and the ephemeral. Informed by art history, early cinema, and the history of science, my work focuses on moments where observation, invention, and imagination converge, offering frameworks for reconsidering how we understand our surroundings and how perception itself can be altered or expanded.
Symbolism, mythology, and dream logic play a central role in my work. I am interested in the fusion of science and magic, where empirical knowledge coexists with mystery and belief. Recurring motifs such as portals and bubbles suggest alternate planes of existence, while the frequent use of black backgrounds reframes darkness as a space of transformation and connection to the natural world. Through experimental processes, analog techniques, and material exploration, I examine how nature can be understood as a source of imagination, transformation, and wonder.
I am drawn to natural materials, landscapes, and organic forms that reveal cycles of transformation and renewal. Working with materials such as pine resin, minerals, pearls, sand, clay, and found natural elements, I explore the relationship between the natural world and constructed environments. This tension runs throughout my practice, from filming landscapes and natural phenomena to creating miniature worlds and fabricated environments that evoke surreal spaces and reveal the unseen forces at work within the natural world.
Dance and music are integral influences, shaping my sensitivity to rhythm, gesture, and the emotional resonance of movement.
Ultimately, my work inhabits a space between the known and the unknown, the physical and the metaphysical. Through observation, experimentation, and imagination, I seek to create experiences that encourage curiosity, contemplation, and a renewed sense of wonder. My practice reflects a desire to look beyond the boundaries of everyday perception and consider our connection to the larger systems, histories, and mysteries that shape our existence.
FR
Ma pratique s’appuie sur la recherche et est guidée par l’expérimentation des matériaux, des techniques et des technologies qui façonnent la perception. Travaillant à la fois dans les domaines du cinéma et de la vidéo, de la sculpture, de l’installation et des arts visuels, je fusionne le savoir-faire analogique et les procédés numériques pour construire des univers visuels immersifs.
La caméra fait office à la fois d’outil et de seuil, me permettant de modifier l’échelle, de manipuler le temps et de créer des espaces qui semblent à la fois intimes et surnaturels. J’explore les relations entre la temporalité, la mémoire, la nature et l’éphémère. Inspirée par l’histoire de l’art, les débuts du cinéma et l’histoire des sciences, mon œuvre se concentre sur les moments où l’observation, l’invention et l’imagination convergent, offrant ainsi des cadres permettant de repenser notre compréhension de notre environnement et la manière dont la perception elle-même peut être modifiée ou élargie.
Le symbolisme, la mythologie et la logique onirique jouent un rôle central dans mon œuvre. Je m’intéresse à la fusion entre science et magie, où la connaissance empirique coexiste avec le mystère et la croyance. Des motifs récurrents, tels que les portails et les bulles, suggèrent des plans d’existence alternatifs, tandis que l’utilisation fréquente de fonds noirs redéfinit l’obscurité comme un espace de transformation et de connexion avec le monde naturel. À travers des processus expérimentaux, des techniques analogiques et l’exploration des matériaux, j’examine comment la nature peut être comprise comme une source d’imagination, de transformation et d’émerveillement.
Je suis attirée par les matériaux naturels, les paysages et les formes organiques qui révèlent les cycles de transformation et de renouveau. En travaillant avec des matériaux tels que la résine de pin, les minéraux, les perles, le sable, l’argile et des éléments naturels trouvés, j’explore la relation entre le monde naturel et les environnements construits. Cette tension est présente tout au long de ma pratique, depuis la prise de vue de paysages et de phénomènes naturels jusqu’à la création de mondes miniatures et d’environnements artificiels qui évoquent des espaces surréalistes et révèlent les forces invisibles à l’œuvre au sein du monde naturel.
La danse et la musique sont des influences fondamentales qui façonnent ma sensibilité au rythme, au geste et à la résonance émotionnelle du mouvement.
En fin de compte, mon travail se situe à la frontière entre le connu et l’inconnu, le physique et le métaphysique. Par l’observation, l’expérimentation et l’imagination, je cherche à créer des expériences qui encouragent la curiosité, la contemplation et un regain d’émerveillement. Ma pratique reflète le désir de regarder au-delà des limites de la perception quotidienne et d’examiner notre lien avec les grands systèmes, les histoires et les mystères qui façonnent notre existence.
Photo by: Clara Lacasse