Arthur Trace Explained

Arthur Trace
Birth Name:Arthur Tracz
Birth Date:4 December 1979
Birth Place:Kraków, 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. Trace also appeared on The World Magic Awards television special and on Masters of Illusion. More recently, he was a featured act at the Wintergarten Theatre in Berlin[12] and produced and starred in his own show onboard The Queen Mary.[13] He currently tours with his show The Artful Deceiver,[14] which is also his tagline.

In addition to being a performer, Trace is an inventor of magic.[15] His effects are published in various magician periodicals.[16] [17] [18] He is also known to occasionally lecture at magic conventions.[19] [20] [21] [22]

He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Early life

Trace was born in Kraków, 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E3DF1031F931A25750C0A9609C8B63 The New York Times
  2. Web site: MagicTimes News Archives - July 18, 2005. magictimes.com.
  3. Web site: Campus Times . 2015-06-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054201/http://laverne.edu/campus-times/2011/09/magician-arthur-trace-infuses-theater-in-magic/ . 2016-03-04 . dead.
  4. http://www.laweekly.com/music/bedrocktoberfest-was-like-fyf-before-it-got-big-5094274 LA Weekly
  5. http://www.americantowns.com/ms/oceansprings/news/magician-arthur-trace-at-the-mary-c-12639621 Magician Arthur Trace at The Mary C
  6. Web site: FISM Winners – 2000 to 2009. Parallelus. fism.org.
  7. Web site: Wizards Of Odd. tribunedigital-chicagotribune.
  8. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2006-08-01-magicians_x.htm USA Today
  9. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1914&dat=20060802&id=3C8pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WWQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1536,288935&hl=en Google Newspaper
  10. http://fismreports.blogspot.com/2007/10/fism-2006-day-six.html Sue Anne Webster's FISM Reports
  11. http://www.rivieratimes.com/index.php/monaco-article/items/magic-stars-in-monte-carlo.html The Monaco Times
  12. Web site: Magical Mystery Show 2012: Wintergarten Berlin. wintergarten-berlin.de. 2015-06-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072351/http://www.wintergarten-berlin.de/en/info/archiv/archiv/video-archives/magical-mystery-show-2012.html. 2016-03-05. dead.
  13. Web site: Magician Arthur Trace Brings Act To Queen Mary. true.
  14. Web site: Arthur Trace brings his artistic magic show to Beaver Creek. The VailDaily.
  15. Web site: Arthur Trace: The Creative Process . 2015-06-08 . 2015-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150919034910/http://magic.about.com/od/biosonfamousmagicians/a/arthurtraceqa.htm . dead.
  16. Web site: Genii 2006 April. geniimagazine.com.
  17. https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic/magic-books/magic-apple-live-limited-edition/ Magic Apple Live
  18. http://www.arcane-magazine.com/spip.php?article269 Arcane
  19. Web site: MAES Convention . 2015-06-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150730035012/http://www.maesonline.org/conv2011.htm . 2015-07-30 . dead.
  20. Web site: Carolina Close-Up Convention . 2015-06-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151002030930/http://conventions.magicmagazine.com/profile/2015/carolina-close-convention-2015-edition . 2015-10-02 . dead.
  21. http://www.imxlasvegas.com/web/category/all-star-team/2012-artists/ IMX Las Vegas
  22. Web site: Artefake . 2015-06-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160406075217/http://www.artefake.com/Arthur-TRACE.html . 2016-04-06 . dead.
  23. http://www.fismitaly2015.com/blog-eng/item/252-silvan-will-receive-the-masters-fellowship-award FISM Italy 2015 Blog

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