Background
Trakas, George was born on May 11, 1944 in Quebec, Canada.
Trakas, George was born on May 11, 1944 in Quebec, Canada.
Attended, Brookly Museum Art School, New York. Bachelor of Science, Hunter College, New York University.
Many of his projects are site-specific installations, and he describes himself as an environmental sculptor. He often recycles local materials and incorporates them into his work. Notable recent examples of his work include a waterfront nature walk at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn, New New York
Another waterfront installation adjacent to the Dia:Beacon museum in Beacon, New New York
And public art in the New York City Subway at the Atlantic Avenue - Barclays Center station. Trakas taught sculpture at Yale University for 13 years and has also taught at other schools.
He graduated from Sir George Williams University in Montreal and then went on to earn a bachelor"s degree in art history at New York University in 1969. Emory University awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2011.