Arthur Trace

Arthur Trace

Trace in 2011 performing "Postmodern Art"
Born Arthur Tracz
(1979-12-04) December 4, 1979
Krakow, Poland
Occupation Magician

Arthur Trace (born Arthur Tracz[1] December 4, 1979) is an American magician.

His career started to flourish in 2005 when the International Brotherhood of Magicians gave him their highest honor, The Gold Medal International Award of Excellence.[2][3][4][5] The following year he became a FISM World Championship of Magic Award Winner[6][7][8][9][10] and that led to many international performance opportunities, such as performing for Albert II, Prince of Monaco at The Princess Grace Theatre[11] and appearing multiple times on the French television show Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde.[12] Trace also appeared on The World Magic Awards television special[12] and on Masters of Illusion (TV series).[12][13][14][15] More recently, he was a featured act at the Wintergarten Theatre in Berlin[16] and produced and starred in his own show onboard The Queen Mary.[17] He currently tours with his show The Artful Deceiver,[18] which is also his tagline.

In addition to being a performer, Trace is an inventor of magic.[19] His effects are published in various magician periodicals.[20][21][22] He is also known to occasionally lecture at magic conventions.[23][24][25][26]

He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Early life

Trace was born in Krakow, Poland. His parents immigrated to America in order to escape communism when he was two years old. He grew up in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois and later went on to study advertising at the University of Illinois[7] where he graduated in 2001.

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ↑ The New York Times
  2. 1 2 "MagicTimes News Archives - July 18, 2005". magictimes.com.
  3. ↑ Campus Times
  4. ↑ LA Weekly
  5. ↑ Magician Arthur Trace at The Mary C
  6. 1 2 Parallelus. "FISM Winners – 2000 to 2009". fism.org.
  7. 1 2 3 "Wizards Of Odd". tribunedigital-chicagotribune.
  8. ↑ USA Today
  9. ↑ Google Newspaper
  10. ↑ Sue Anne Webster's FISM Reports
  11. ↑ The Monaco Times
  12. 1 2 3 "Arthur Trace". IMDb.
  13. ↑ Administrator. "Arthur Trace". mastersofillusion.net.
  14. ↑ iTricks
  15. ↑ Behind The Illusion
  16. ↑ "Magical Mystery Show 2012: Wintergarten Berlin". wintergarten-berlin.de.
  17. ↑ "Magician Arthur Trace Brings Act To Queen Mary". true.
  18. ↑ "Arthur Trace brings his artistic magic show to Beaver Creek". The VailDaily.
  19. ↑ Arthur Trace: The Creative Process
  20. ↑ "Genii 2006 April". geniimagazine.com.
  21. ↑ Magic Apple Live
  22. ↑ Arcane
  23. ↑ MAES Convention
  24. ↑ Carolina Close-Up Convention
  25. ↑ IMX Las Vegas
  26. ↑ Artefake
  27. ↑ FISM Italy 2015 Blog

External links

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