Photo by Jonathan Botkin

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 TREACY

Visual Artist

Portfolio Website: jamietreacy.com | Email: jamietreacy@gmail.com | Instagram: @jamietreacy
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
SELECTED SOLO &
2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026
Threshold, Paschal-Hunter Gallery; Oakland, CA
Myths from the Hinterland; Ground Floor; San Francisco, CA
 
2025
Afloat; (with Eileen Starr Moderbacher); San Pablo Community Center Gallery; San Pablo, CA
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
 
2010
The Slow Return to Gentleness; The Conscious Collective; Oakland, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Obscura (online show), Art Fluent,
https://art-fluent.com/gallery/obscura/
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
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
PRESS
 
Interview with Bold Journey magazine:
https://boldjourney.com/jamie-treacy-of-oakland-on-life-lessons-legacy-highlight/
Interview with Canvas Rebel magazine:
https://canvasrebel.com/meet-jamie-treacy/
Review: Inner Space at Gearbox Gallery, Oakland Art Murmur’s Art About Town Series:
https://oaklandartmurmur.org/inner-space/
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 .
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023-Present
Director of Professional Development: Creative Educators Network
  • Support CTE high school arts teachers’ instructional practice
  • Provide professional development for art educators
  • Arts project-based learning
 
2022-
2026
CTE (Career Technical Education) Instructional Coach
Arts, Entertainment, and Design
High School Office of Linked Learning, Oakland Unified School District
 
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
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