Many of his projects are site-specific installations, and he describes himself as an environmental sculptor.

[3] He also won the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2017).

[6] George Trakas married Susan Rothenberg, a painter, in 1971.

[7] Notable recent examples of Trakas's work include a waterfront nature walk at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn, New York; another waterfront installation adjacent to the Dia:Beacon museum in Beacon, New York; and public art in the New York City Subway at the Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center station.

[8][9] The following table contains a partial list of works by George Trakas.