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
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EDUCATION: Degrees |
2006 |
MFA in Painting and DrawingCalifornia College of the Arts; San Francisco, CA |
2002 |
BFA (Magna cum Laude) in Painting, Drawing and PrintmakingUniversity of Michigan School of Art and Design; Ann Arbor, MI |
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EDUCATION: Credentials |
2016 |
Career Technical Education Credential – Arts, Media and EntertainmentUniversity of California Berkeley Extension; Berkeley, CA |
2010 |
Single-Subject Credential in Visual ArtEast Bay State University; Hayward, CA |
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SELECTED SOLO &2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS |
2026 |
Threshold, Paschal-Hunter Gallery; Oakland, CAMyths from the Hinterland; Ground Floor; San Francisco, CA |
2025 |
Afloat; (with Eileen Starr Moderbacher); San Pablo Community Center Gallery; San Pablo, CAPrimal Alchemy; (with Linda Ellinwood); Gearbox Gallery; Oakland, CA |
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2024 |
Creatures of Duality (solo show); Gearbox Gallery; Oakland, CA |
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2023 |
Akin; (with Joan Tanner); Gearbox Gallery; Oakland, CA |
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2021 |
Unbinding; (with Stephanie Thames); Gearbox Gallery; Oakland, CA |
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2020 |
Necessary Mutation; (with John Boychuk); Gearbox Gallery; Oakland, CA |
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2018 |
If We Witness Growth; SHOH Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
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2017 |
The Unprepared Eye; East Bay Municipal Utility District; Oakland, CA |
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2015 |
To Fortify the Forest; Oakstop Gallery; Oakland, CASTRIATION; Betti Ono Gallery; Oakland, CATouching a New Intelligence; Google Headquarters; Mountainview, CA |
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2014 |
Unearthed, Unveiled; (with Nicole Dixon) Betti Ono Gallery; Oakland, CATouching a New Intelligence; City of Berkeley Customer Service Center Gallery; Berkeley, CAThe Teeming Rift; Addison Street Windows Gallery; Berkeley, CA |
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2011 |
Into the Fragility; Rockridge Library Gallery; Oakland, CASoft Fracture; Andalu; San Francisco, CA |
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2010 |
The Slow Return to Gentleness; The Conscious Collective; Oakland, CA |
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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 |
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2023 |
Pop Whizz; The Floating Gallery; Los Angeles, CA |
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2022 |
Queers Don’t Cry; The Clay Clubhouse; Oakland, CA |
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2020 |
The DeYoung Open; The DeYoung Museum; San Francisco, CACherish And Resist: A Climate Crisis Exhibition; Merritt College Art Gallery; Oakland, CA |
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2019 |
Patterns of Influence; The Painting Center; New York, New York |
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2018 |
Abstract Preferences; NIAD Art Center; Richmond, CA |
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2015 |
Days of the Dead; Oakland Museum of California; Oakland, CA |
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2013 |
Slide; Joyce Gordon Gallery; Oakland, CAGrand Opening Exhibition; NextSpace Co-working; Berkeley, CA and San Francisco, CA |
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2012 |
Spring Show; JanRae Gallery of the Women’s Cancer Resource Center; Oakland, CAFun A Day; Rock, Paper, Scissors Gallery; Oakland, CA |
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2011 |
Exploring Passions (Juried Show); CK Gallery; Oakland, CAAtmospheric Park Pigments; Malonga Casquelord Center for the Arts; Oakland, CAPreview Exhibition: East Bay Open Studios; Pro Arts Gallery; Oakland, CAEast Bay Open Studios; Jack London Pavilion; Oakland, CA |
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2010 |
Expressions of Living; Adobe Art Center; Castro Valley, CAThe Box Art Auction, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA |
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2008 |
Turbulent Times (Juried Show); Photo Central; Hayward, CAAt Play (Juried Show); Community Gallery at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center; Berkeley, CAAquarelas (Juried Show); JanRae Gallery of the Women’s Cancer Resource Center Oakland, CA |
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2007 |
New Visions (Juried show); Pro Arts Gallery; Oakland, CA |
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2006 |
Remnants (Juried show); Cellspace Gallery; San Francisco, CAGraduate Thesis Exhibit California College of the Arts; San Francisco, CAOax-i-fornia (Traveling group show); Biblioteca Henestrosa Oaxaca, Mexico; Consulado General de Mexico; San Francisco, CA |
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2005 |
Nichos y Recuerdos (Juried show); Mission Cultural Center,San Francisco, CA |
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2004 |
The Fifth Direction (Juried show); Mission Cultural Center;San Francisco, CARevisiting Patterns (Two-person show); Cafe de Troit Detroit, MIIntergenerational Project; Ellen Kayrod Gallery Detroit, MIWitness and Testify; group show, 4731 Gallery Detroit, MI |
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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/ |
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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) |
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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
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2022-2026 |
CTE (Career Technical Education) Instructional CoachArts, Entertainment, and DesignHigh School Office of Linked Learning, Oakland Unified School District |
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2019- 2021 |
Adjunct InstructorMerritt College; Oakland, CA
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2012 – 2022 |
Visual and Performing Arts Academy Co-Director,Visual Art TeacherSkyline Senior High School Oakland, CA
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2006 – 2012 |
Visual Arts TeacherOakland Unity High School Oakland, CA
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2009 – 2014 |
“Artists Engaged” Founder and Facilitator
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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 |
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2002 |
Faculty Award, University of Michigan |
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2002 |
William H. Lewis Watercolor Award |
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