Gallery Director, Jerico Tracy’s Seaside Home

Images by Nic Gossage

Jerico Contemporary director & curator, Jerico Tracy’s home mirrors her minimalist style, attuned eye for art, and the ‘beautiful chaos’ of raising a young family. Anouk (4) & Emile's (2) masterpieces hang proudly alongside the works of Alex Seton & Sam Doctor — exchanged as gifts between Jerico & her husband to celebrate their union. Living in Sydney’s South Cronulla has brought them and their two children closer to loved ones, while punctuating their day with familial rituals; morning swims and bayside visits to watch the sun set. On a sunny Autumn morning, we paid a visit to this delightful household, a place where art is just as important as the furniture, but the two are never in the same place for long! 

“We live in a charming, single story house built in the 1950’s. It is in a cul-de-sac, right next to the beach. My husband and I live here with our two children Anouk (4) and Emile (2). We moved in two years ago, and it has very quickly become home.”

Jerico's bed (and site of early morning snuggles) is layered with our Organic Cotton Percale Sheet Set in milk, Heavy Linen Bed Cover in natural & Textured Cotton Cushion Cover, alongside an Emily Sandrussi photograph

I would love to say my bedroom is my sanctuary but it’s probably better described as beautifully chaotic. My bed is where everyone ends up by morning - monster trucks, barbies and lego included. For that reason, I keep the interiors quite minimal in here, to create a sense of tranquility. I have an ethereal Emily Sandrussi photograph hanging beside our bed that I find really brings a sense of calm."

I would love to say my bedroom is my sanctuary but it’s probably better described as beautifully chaotic.

“Each year, we mark the occasion by buying an artwork for each other following the traditional gift folklore - cotton, bronze, wood etc. We started strong, the first year was paper. So I had my friend (and my husband’s favourite artist) Alex Seton make a paper hat sculpture out of marble. It’s so special. He gave me the enormous Sam Doctor photograph at our entry foyer that I had fallen in love with years before. 

Each year, we mark the occasion by buying an artwork for each other following the traditional gift folklore - cotton, bronze, wood.

“Another special piece is a Niah Mcleod painting I purchased from the artist years ago. When I acquired it I didn’t realise that the full title was Ngudjung Yugarang 'mother’s heartbeat’ and I actually found out I was pregnant with my daughter the day it arrived. That felt very serendipitous. 

“My most recent acquisition is a work by Drew Connor Holland, I purchased it at the Melbourne Art Fair a few weeks ago. His work is about how we catalogue memories, in digital archives and our minds. Using screenshots as his starting point he corrodes each image with analogue reproduction processes, with the finished product reading as a distorted vision of their original states. 

"I am always rearranging furniture and rehanging the artworks in our house, so it rarely looks the same.”

“I always knew I wanted to work in the art world. I studied Art History and Arts at UNSW, then went on to do my Masters in art Curatorship at University of Sydney. While I was studying I worked in an (art) auction house in Woollahra, and was lucky to spend time working at some of the leading galleries and institutions  in the world prior to opening my own gallery.

“I launched Jerico Contemporary in 2016, I didn’t intend to start a gallery as such – more of a commercial curatorial platform. It began as an itinerant gallery, meaning that rather than a fixed address we changed location to reflect the work we were exhibiting. However we grew quite quickly and needed a permanent location to show clients our artists’ work, so I opened the Wooloomooloo space in 2018. We were there for 6 years and are opening our new space very soon. I have also worked as an art consultant, acquiring art for private collections and commercial properties for the last ten years, and my focus has been on this aspect of the business of late."

The dining table is dressed with our 100% Linen Napkin Set with hem stitch detail & Table Runner with mushroom embroidery 

“My interior style is quite minimal but eclectic. I like to live with quite a muted palette, with visual interest introduced by artworks, books and objects. Pairing bold with fragile, hard with soft. I find great pleasure in sourcing antiques and vintage pieces and will always opt for buying pre-loved rather than buying new. It’s a slow process but I would prefer to live without something, rather than the wrong thing.”

I will always opt for buying pre-loved rather than buying new. It’s a slow process but I would prefer to live without something, rather than the wrong thing.

I would say that interior style has stayed the same [since becoming a parent] however I have noticed I have started to lean towards softer fabrics (and more durable), cozier spaces. I love natural materials and timbers.

“I like things to look beautiful but I also want it to feel lived in. I have two young children and that means that there are often toys across the living room floor and the kids' paintings adorning the fridge, and I love that. I don’t want to erase signs of life in pursuit of having everything look a certain way. I would definitely rethink the cream linen lounges though.”

A pair of our Heavy Linen Cushion Covers in off-white & natural

“We live at Darook Park, which is on a peninsula with the beach on one side and the bay on the other. I love being so close to the ocean. So we swim at the beach in the mornings and go down to the bay in the afternoons, following the sun as it rises and sets. It is a very special place to raise our children. I also really cherish being close to friends and family.”

“I just opened a site-specific solo exhibition with New Zealand painter Nick Herd at the Palm House NSW’s oldest greenhouse in the Botanic Gardens last week. I am working on a lot of exciting curatorial and consulting projects this year that have been in the works for a while. I have some exciting travel plans coming up, for both business and pleasure and I am so looking forward to travelling again.”


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