About Me

Traé Brooks is a visual artist from Windsor, CT, whose multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, painting, and the use of found materials. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from the University of Hartford in 2019. Brooks’s work explores personal identity and the ways individuals navigate history, memory, family, race, and trauma—often using material and process as metaphors for reconstruction and resilience.

Now based in Providence, RI, Brooks recently completed a two-year residency at The Steel Yard, where he deepened his practice in welding and metal fabrication. This experience expanded his exploration of industrial materials and their relationship to identity, labor, and memory. His solo exhibitions include DamNation at Real Art Ways (Hartford, CT) and a showcase at Open Mic Gallery (New Britain, CT). His work has also been featured in group exhibitions at the Albany Center Gallery (Albany, NY), Farmington Valley Arts Center (Avon, CT), and Widener Gallery at Trinity College (Hartford, CT).

Beyond his studio practice, Brooks remains actively engaged in the arts community. He has served as chairman of the Curatorial Committee at the Windsor Arts Center (Windsor, CT) and as a member and shop ambassador at MakerspaceCT (Hartford, CT). He currently contributes to the local arts scene through his work at the RISD Museum in Providence.