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.
Jamie TreacyVISUAL ARTIST jamietreacy.com | jamietreacy@gmail.com | ||
EDUCATION | 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 | |
SELECTED SOLO & 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS | 2025 | Primal Alchemy; (with Linda Ellinwood); Gearbox Gallery; Oakland, CA |
2024 | Creatures of Duality (solo show); Gearbox Gallery; Oakland, CA | |
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 | |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | 2025 | Into the Woods; Gearbox Gallery; Oakland, CA |
2024 | 62nd Stockton Art League Juried Exhibition; The Haggin Museum; Stockton, CA | |
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 | |
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 México; San Francisco, CA | |
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 | 2025 | Belly of the Whale; Nicole Klaymoon’s Embodiment Project; Z Space; San Francisco, CA •Painted a series of masks worn by performers |
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 . | |
PRESS | 2025 | “Jamie Treacy of Oakland on Life, Lessons & Legacy” Bold Journey Magazine Highlighter Series, December 4, 2025 https://boldjourney.com/jamie-treacy-of-oakland-on-life-lessons-legacy-highlight/ |
2024 | “Meet Jamie Treacy” Canvas Rebel Stories and Insights; April 11, 2024 | |
2024 | Malcolm Ryder “Inner Space at Gearbox Gallery;” Oakland Art Murmur Art About Town series, April 2024 | |
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 | |