Jamie Treacy is an Oakland, California-based visual artist, masters swimmer and art educator. He received his BFA at the University of Michigan and his MFA from CCA (both degrees in painting and drawing). He also holds a Single Subject Visual Art credential and a Career Technical Education credential in Arts, Media and Entertainment.
Jamie’s artwork is imbued with themes of eco-justice, speculative fiction and exo-biology. He creates bodies of work in painting, drawing and mixed media that draw imagery from underwater worlds, and his internal landscape.
His philosophy as an art educator is that all youth deserve access to a high-quality arts education, and that creative inquiry is fundamental to solving the most pressing problems of our future.
Jamie is the recipient of the William H. Lewis Watercolor award and an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation fellowship. Jamie’s work has been exhibited in the California Bay Area, Canada, Mexico and Japan. He currently works for the Oakland Unified School District as an arts instructional coach and is a managing artist with Gearbox Gallery in Oakland.
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EDUCATION: Degrees | 2006 | MFA in Painting and Drawing California College of the Arts; San Francisco, CA |
2002 | BFA (Magna cum Laude) in Painting, Drawing and Printmaking University of Michigan School of Art and Design; Ann Arbor, MI | |
EDUCATION: Credentials | 2016 | Career Technical Education Credential – Arts, Media and Entertainment University of California Berkeley Extension; Berkeley, CA |
2010 | Single-Subject Credential in Visual Art East Bay State University; Hayward, CA | |
GALLERY REPRESENTATION | 2019 – Present | Gearbox Gallery Managing Artist 770 West Grand Ave. Oakland, CA 94612 |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | 2022-Present | CTE (Career Technical Education) Instructional Coach Arts, Media and Entertainment High School Office of Linked Learning, Oakland Unified School District • Support CTE high school arts teachers’ instructional practice • Provide professional development for art educators • Arts project-based learning |
2019- 2021 | Adjunct Instructor Merritt College; Oakland, CA • Teach Dual Enrollment Beginning and Intermediate painting courses | |
2012 – 2022 | Visual and Performing Arts Academy Co-Director, Visual Art Teacher Skyline Senior High School Oakland, CA • Taught introduction through advanced two-dimensional arts courses with an emphasis on painting, drawing, found material sculpture and printmaking • Mentored student teachers from San Francisco State University and California State University East Bay’s Teacher Education programs | |
2006 – 2012 | Visual Arts Teacher Oakland Unity High School Oakland, CA • Designed curriculum for and taught introduction through advanced placement (AP) visual arts • Designed and taught the school’s College Preparation course • Organized school’s Inter-Session event for two years • Developed a senior capstone presentation rubric | |
2009 – 2014 | “Artists Engaged” Founder and Facilitator • Facilitated critiques and professional development opportunities for a multicultural and intergenerational group of artists on a monthly basis | |
2008 -Present | Visiting Artist & Community Art Facilitator Museum of the African Diaspora San Francisco, CA • Design, facilitate and create collaborative chalk murals with volunteer artists that connect with the museum’s exhibition themes • Taught drop-in family art classes in the museum’s Education Center | |
SELECTED SOLO & 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS | 2023 | Akin; (with Joan Tanner); Gearbox Gallery; Oakland, CA |
2021 | Unbinding; (with Stephanie Thames); Gearbox Gallery; Oakland, CA | |
2020 | Necessary Mutation; (with John Boychuk); Gearbox Gallery; Oakland, CA | |
2018 | If We Witness Growth; SHOH Gallery, Berkeley, CA | |
2017 | The Unprepared Eye; East Bay Municipal Utility District; Oakland, CA | |
2015 | To Fortify the Forest; Oakstop Gallery; Oakland, CA STRIATION; Betti Ono Gallery; Oakland, CA Touching a New Intelligence; Google Headquarters; Mountainview, CA | |
2014 | Unearthed, Unveiled; (with Nicole Dixon) Betti Ono Gallery; Oakland, CA Touching a New Intelligence; City of Berkeley Customer Service Center Gallery; Berkeley, CA The Teeming Rift; Addison Street Windows Gallery; Berkeley, CA | |
2011 | Into the Fragility; Rockridge Library Gallery; Oakland, CA Soft Fracture; Andalu; San Francisco, CA | |
2010 | The Slow Return to Gentleness; The Conscious Collective; Oakland, CA | |
2009 | Fluid Quest; Spare Room Project; San Francisco, CA | |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS | 2023 | Pop Whizz; The Floating Gallery; Los Angeles, CA |
2022 | Queers Don’t Cry; The Clay Clubhouse; Oakland, CA | |
2020 | The DeYoung Open; The DeYoung Museum; San Francisco, CA Cherish And Resist: A Climate Crisis Exhibition; Merritt College Art Gallery; Oakland, CA | |
2019 | Patterns of Influence; The Painting Center; New York, New York | |
2018 | Abstract Preferences; NIAD Art Center; Richmond, CA | |
2015 | Days of the Dead; Oakland Museum of California; Oakland, CA | |
2013 | Slide; Joyce Gordon Gallery; Oakland, CA Grand Opening Exhibition; NextSpace Co-working; Berkeley, CA and San Francisco, CA | |
2012 | Spring Show; JanRae Gallery of the Women’s Cancer Resource Center; Oakland, CA Fun A Day; Rock, Paper, Scissors Gallery; Oakland, CA | |
2011 | Exploring Passions (Juried Show); CK Gallery; Oakland, CA Atmospheric Park Pigments; Malonga Casquelord Center for the Arts; Oakland, CA Preview Exhibition: East Bay Open Studios; Pro Arts Gallery; Oakland, CA East Bay Open Studios; Jack London Pavilion; Oakland, CA | |
2010 | Expressions of Living; Adobe Art Center; Castro Valley, CA The Box Art Auction, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA | |
2008 | Turbulent Times (Juried Show); Photo Central; Hayward, CA At Play (Juried Show); Community Gallery at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center; Berkeley, CA Aquarelas (Juried Show); JanRae Gallery of the Women’s Cancer Resource Center Oakland, CA | |
2007 | New Visions (Juried show); Pro Arts Gallery; Oakland, CA | |
2006 | Remnants (Juried show); Cellspace Gallery; San Francisco, CA Graduate Thesis Exhibit California College of the Arts; San Francisco, CA Oax-i-fornia (Traveling group show); Biblioteca Henestrosa Oaxaca, Mexico; Consulado General de Mexico; San Francisco, CA | |
2005 | Nichos y Recuerdos (Juried show); Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA | |
2004 | The Fifth Direction (Juried show); Mission Cultural Center; San Francisco, CA Revisiting Patterns (Two-person show); Cafe de Troit Detroit, MI Intergenerational Project; Ellen Kayrod Gallery Detroit, MI Witness and Testify; group show, 4731 Gallery Detroit, MI | |
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE | 2023 | Akin; Gearbox Gallery; Oakland, CA (Co-curator with Gearbox Exhibitions Committee) |
2013 | Slide; Joyce Gordon Gallery; Oakland, CA (Co-curator with Eric Murphy and Nicole Dixon) | |
COLLABORATION | 2012 | House of Matter; Nicole Klaymoon’s Embodiment Project; Mission Dance Theater; San Francisco, CA •Created a series of paintings that served as projections in a multimedia dance, spoken word and vocal performance . |
RESIDENCIES | 2006 | Casa de la Cultura (House of Culture), Tlacolula, Oaxaca, Mexico |
AWARDS | 2006 | Center for Art and Public Life Grant |
2005 | Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant | |
2002 | Faculty Award, University of Michigan | |
2002 | William H. Lewis Watercolor Award | |