Tracie Ching is an artist and illustrator working in Washington, DC. Largely self-taught, she is known for her bold colors and highly graphic cross-hatching style.
Ching made her home in pop-culture, creating alternative movie posters for cult classics and showing in galleries such as Spoke Art in San Francisco. She has since grown her portfolio to include commercial art for Hasbro and Penguin Randomhouse, covers for TIME and Newsweek, and key art for Disney, Netflix, Lucasfilm and Marvel Studios.
Ching is also known for her political work such as the official inaugural poster for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, viral KavaNope poster and campaign posters for Vice President Kamala Harris, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.
She is often engaged on social justice and welfare campaigns like PSAs for Smokey the Bear, the Equal Rights Amendment campaign and National Geographic’s Campaign for Nature.
Ching’s work has been shown in the Getty Museum and Design Museum in London. Permanent collections include the National Portrait Gallery, The Library of Congress and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
She is founder and principal mentor of the biennial We Create Mentorship program.