Jamie Treacy (he/him) is an Oakland, California-based visual artist working in painting, drawing and mixed media. He received his BFA and the William H. Lewis Watercolor Award from the University of Michigan School of Art and Design in 2002. In 2004, he was a recipient of an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation fellowship. In 2006, he received his MFA from California College of the Arts and was a resident artist and guest teacher at the Casa de la Cultura in Tlacolula, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Over more than 25 years of exhibiting, his work has been shown in galleries and museums throughout the US, Canada, Mexico and Japan. During this time, his work evolved from figurative work to a hybrid of abstraction and surrealism. His current work explores themes of interiority, exobiology, and a partnership between artist and viewer. In 2015, he had his first solo show at Betti Ono Gallery in Oakland. Other exhibition highlights include a group show at The Painting Center in New York City in 2019 and The de Young Open at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in 2020. From 2019 to 2025, Jamie served as a managing artist with Gearbox Gallery in Oakland, where he had five feature exhibitions, including his solo show Creatures of Duality in 2024. Alongside his studio practice, Jamie has taught visual art at the high school and college levels since 2004, and he currently works for the Creative Educators Network as Director of Professional Development.
JAMIE TREACYVisual ArtistPortfolio 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 | 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 Books and Things, (part of artist Mirae Rhee’s Wunderkammerkŏri, 2019–ongoing) Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University | |
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 | |
2011 (Cont.) | 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: | |
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
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | 2023-Present | Director of Professional Development: Creative Educators Network
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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
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2012 – 2022 | Visual and Performing Arts Academy Co-Director, Visual Art Teacher Skyline Senior High School Oakland, CA
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2006 – 2012 | Visual Arts Teacher Oakland 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 | |
2002 | Faculty Award, University of Michigan | |
2002 | William H. Lewis Watercolor Award | |