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Small WORKS
Tracy Taylor Grubbs
Looking Again: Study # 6,
2011, oil on panel, 10” x 10”
Old is New: Cafe Figures,
2005-2011, oil on canvas with
thread, 3” x 3” x 3.5”
Old is New: City Sutta # 1,
2005-2011, oil on canvas with
thread, 8” x 3” x 2”
Old is New: City Sutta # 2,
2005-2011, oil on canvas with
thread, 8” x 3” x 2”
Looking Again: Study #12,
2011, oil on panel, 6” x 6”
Looking Again: Study # 7,
2011, oil on panel, 10” x 10”
Looking Again: Study #13,
2011, oil on panel, 6” x 6”
MG Lotus Series # 2
2007, oil on canvas, 6 x 12”
MG Lotus Series # 1,
2007, oil on canvas, 8” x 8”
Everything changes, and yet we navigate our way through the world by relying on the familiar surface appearance of things. My work searches for visual clues, metaphors and states of grace that might illuminate how the world of solid surfaces can exist alongside or within the ever-present backdrop of impermanence and change. The intention of my work is to open a window, at least for a moment, where the static experience of a stationery view gives way to the ecstatic possibilities of the ephemeral.
My work is informed by my lifelong interest in the natural world and my early career working on land conservation and restoration projects in the Bay Area and the Sierra Nevada. I am also inspired by my experience working as a facilitator and trained volunteer with the Zen Hospice Project and my ongoing interest in ornithology, art history and literature.
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012
Hallway Gallery, Bellevue, WA
2011
Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
2010
Hallway Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009
Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Hall Spassov Galery, Bellevue, WA
Artzone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012
50 Artworks, 50 Days, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2011
Neither Here Nor There, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007
LF Contemporary Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
Hotel Des Arts, San Francisco, CA
2005
66 Balmy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Marin Arts Council Gallery, Novato, CA
Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, CA
2004
Wendt Contemporary Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Academy of Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA
RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
Residency, Recipient, Venice Printmaking Studio. Venice, Italy (2011)
La Cipressaia Aritist Workshop: The Spiritual in Contemporary Art Practice. Montagnana, Italy (2009, 2011)
Artist Residency Recipient, Morris Graves Foundation. Loleta, CA (2007)
Artist Residency Recipient, Yosemite Renaissance Foundation. Mariposa, CA (2007)
Honors and Awards
National Juried Show selection (Arc Gallery), Kearny Street Workshop. San Francisco (2011)
Jurors: John Zarobell (SF MOMA) Emily Sano (SF Asian Art Museum)
Best Artists of San Francisco 2010, SF Weekly (May 2010)
First Place, Abstract Painting, Academy of Art University. Spring Show (2004)
EDUCATION
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA (2001-2004)
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (2003)
St. Lawrence University, B.A. with Honors Environmental Studies (1986)
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