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Arthur Trace

Arthur Trace is an American magician.

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Arthur Trace
Trace in 2011 performing "Postmodern Art"
Born
Arthur Tracz

(1979-12-04) December 4, 1979
Kraków, Poland
OccupationMagician

Arthur Trace (born Arthur Tracz1 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.2345 The following year he became a FISM World Championship of Magic Award Winner678910 and that led to many international performance opportunities, such as performing for Albert II, Prince of Monaco at The Princess Grace Theatre11 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 Berlin12 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.161718 He is also known to occasionally lecture at magic conventions.19202122

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 Illinois7 where he graduated in 2001.

Awards and nominations

  • 2005 Gold Medal, International Brotherhood of Magicians (Award)2
  • 2005 First Place, International Brotherhood of Magicians (Award)
  • 2005 People's Choice, International Brotherhood of Magicians (Award)
  • 2006 FISM Winner - 3rd Place in Manipulation (Award)67
  • 2006 Prix Marc Klasser, Monte Carlo Magic Stars (Award)
  • 2007 Neil Foster - Bill Baird Award for Excellence in Manipulation (Award)
  • 2007 Best Male Cabaret Magic, World Magic Awards (Award)
  • 2007 2nd Runner Up, The Genting International Magic Festival (Award)
  • 2009 Bronze Lion Award, China Wuqiao International Circus Festival (Award)
  • 2015 Stage Magician of The Year, Academy of Magical Arts (Nomination)23
References

References

  1. The New York Times
  2. "MagicTimes News Archives - July 18, 2005". magictimes.com.
  3. "Campus Times". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  4. LA Weekly
  5. Magician Arthur Trace at The Mary C
  6. Parallelus. "FISM Winners – 2000 to 2009". fism.org.
  7. "Wizards Of Odd". tribunedigital-chicagotribune.
  8. USA Today
  9. Google Newspaper
  10. Sue Anne Webster's FISM Reports
  11. The Monaco Times Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Magical Mystery Show 2012: Wintergarten Berlin". wintergarten-berlin.de. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  13. "Magician Arthur Trace Brings Act To Queen Mary". true.
  14. "Arthur Trace brings his artistic magic show to Beaver Creek". The VailDaily.
  15. "Arthur Trace: The Creative Process". Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  16. "Genii 2006 April". geniimagazine.com.
  17. Magic Apple Live
  18. Arcane
  19. "MAES Convention". Archived from the original on 2015-07-30. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  20. "Carolina Close-Up Convention". Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  21. IMX Las Vegas
  22. "Artefake". Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  23. FISM Italy 2015 Blog
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