Born 1964, Pittsburgh, PA. Lives and works in San Francisco, CA.
EDUCATION
2001-2004 SF Art Institute, Academy of Art University, UC Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, CA
1986 B.A. with Honors Environmental Studies, Political Philosophy, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
SELECTED SOLO & TWO- PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024. Ways of Being: A Retrospective of Contemplative Work, Commonweal Gallery, Bolinas, CA
2023 Middle Grounds, Roundweather Gallery, Oakland, CA
2020 Vibrant Matter, San Marco Gallery, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA (curated by Sharon Bliss)
2017 Meditations: Recent Work, CounterPulse Theater Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 New Constellations, Hall Spassov Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 Elegies & Ice, Hall Spassov Gallery, Seattle, WA
World Without End, Holoon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Recent Work, Toby’s Gallery, Pt. Reyes Station, CA
2011 Motion and Meaning, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
2010 Impermanence Series , Hall Spassov, Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 Impermanence Series, Work Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
Impermanence Series, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
PROJECTS & COLLABORATIONS
2023 Looted, a collaborative painting and video project at Gallerie Podbrzezie, Krakow, Poland.
ongoing The Falling Line, a collaborative street performance San Francisco, CA
ongoing The Gift, a collaborative project of gifting paintings to the public in San Francisco and other cities.
2018- 2019 The Slow Line, a collaborative street performance with Hope Mohr, San Francisco, CA
2015- 22 Free Art Friday, an interactive project ton the sidewalks of San Francisco, CA
2013 The Tools of Unmaking:. . . on the Practice of Presence, performance with Hope Mohr, Shotwell Studios, San Francisco, CA
2012 Relation (John Cage Musicircus), Disney Family Museum, collaborative performance with Joe Metzler, San Francisco, CA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Happenstance, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Curated by Zoe Taleporos, Marin, CA
New Work from the Deleuze Reading Group, Your Mood Gallery, San Francisco, CA,
2020 Introductions, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Surface, Place and Time, Toby’s Gallery, Pt. Reyes Stations, CA
2018 Art & Spiritual Practice, show and panel discussion, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA
2017 Four-Squared (curated by Micahel Yochum) Arc Studios Gallery
2016 Ten Artists Respond to Trisha Brown’s Locus, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (curated by Hope Mohr), San Francisco, CA
San Do Kai, Introductions, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA (curated by Renny Pritikin, Abbey Chen)
Rain Listening, Annual Selected, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA (curated by Nancy Meyer)
Lost Landscapes, Bay Area Annual, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA (curated by Cesar Garcia, & Naima J. Keith)
Memory As A Creative Act Oppland, Kunstsenter, Lillehammer, Norway (curated by Elise Schonhowd)
Botanica, All Things Plant Life, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Paraphrase: Work from the 2013 Hauberg Felllows, Cannery Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Left Coast Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA (curated by Lucinda Barnes)
2012 SpaceTime, Artist Friends, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
50 Smoke Enso, 50 Artists 50 Days, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, 50 Works in 50 Days
2011 Dust Self Portraits, Neither Here Nor There, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, (Curated by John Zarobell and Emily Sano)
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Tracy Grubbs, On Attention, catalogue essay for Daily Beauty, a photography Collection by Victoria Heilweil.
2020 Tracy Grubbs Vibrant Matter, Show catalogue with essay by Maria Porges
PRESS
2021 Laura Apolonio, The Aesthetics of Listening: Sensory, Playful & Poetic Dialogues with the City, International. Colloquium on Art History, Mexico City
2014 Irena Frumkin, Perceptions and Impressions- A Group show at Hooloon Art, The Art Blog, Philadelphia, PA 10/22/14.
2014 Sara Bernard, Interview with Artist & Zen Hospice Volunteer Tracy Grubbs, KQED Radio, San Francisco, CA 7/14/14
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2023 Cahoots Printmaking Residency, Sonoma County, CA
2023 San Francisco Arts Commission, Artist Grant Awardee, San Francisco, CA
2022 Society for Expansion of Contemporary Art (SECA) award nominee, San Francisco MOMA, CA.
2017 Center for Cultural Innovation, Creative Capacity Fund, Quick Grant Awardee, San Francisco, CA
2014 Yosemite Renaissance Foundation Artist Residency, Wawona, CA
2013 Pilchuck School of Glass, John H. Hauberg Fellowship and Artist Residency, Seattle, WA.
2012 Shotwell Dance Studio Residency in collaboration with Hope Mohr, San Francisco, CA.
2011 Venice Printmaking Studio Artist Residency, Venice Italy.
2010 Best Artists of San Francisco, 2010. SF Weekly Magazine, May 2010
2007 Morris Graves Foundation Artist Residency, Loleta, CA.
WORKSHOPS, PANELS & CURATION
2022 Panel Discussion, Artists and Landscape, Pastine Projects, San Francisco, CA
2022 Workshop, The Embodied Mark, A drawing workshop for dancers, October 8, 15
2022 Private Drawing Workshops, Francisco Studios, San Francisco, CA July- August
2015 Curator, The Geography of Hope: Women and the Land, Toby’s Gallery, Pt. Reyes Station, CA June
2014 Guest Lecturer, Movement and Body Awareness for Painters, San Francisco Art Institute in collaboration with Hope Mohr, March
BOARD & VOLUNTEER AFFILIATIONS
2016- 2021 Hope Mohr Dance, Board Member
2016-19 SFMOMA, Museum Guide for Teenagers, San Francisco, CA
2012-2021 Bay Nature Magazine, Board Member
2012- 2015 Headlands Center for the Arts, Audience Development Committee