curriculum vitae + exhibition history
Jay Tracy
b. 1956, Charles City, Iowa
Lives in Northwood, Iowa
Education
1979
Master of Fine Arts
Painting & Advanced Visual Studies
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1977
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Magna Cum Laude, with Departmental Honors
Painting & Philosophy
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
1976
Independent Research
Painting, Printmaking & Italian Renaissance Architecture
Studio Art Center of Tuscany, Pian di’ Sco, Italy
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2008
Fugitive Form: Thermogenic Drawings & Mixed Media Paintings
Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005
Jay Tracy & Jefri Ruchti
Arts + Literature Laboratory, New Haven, Connecticut
2000
Wobbles in the Approximate
California State University Art Gallery
California State University/Stanislaus, Turlock, California
1993
Speaking from the Shadow of Doubt
Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1988
Recent Work by Jay Tracy
Mayer Gallery
Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon
1976
Festa del Perdono
Commune di Pian di’ Sco, Arezzo, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Nocturne
Artlink Contemporary Gallery/Auer Center for Arts & Culture, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Area Show 48
Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, Iowa
2021
Painting 2011-2021
Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York
2014
The Edges: New Work by Chris Richter, Rebecca Bluestone & Jay Tracy
Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010
New Winter Mix
Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007
Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Stand
Gallery I / M / A, Seattle, Washington
Art Santa Fe International Art Fair, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Addison Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006
5 Angles on Abstraction: Betts, Brice, Evanko, Ideal & Tracy
Addison Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Languages of Silence
GRACE Gallery, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, Virginia
Spectacles of the Real: Truth and Representation in Art and Literature
Opensource Art / The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities
Champaign, Illinois
2005
Addison Arts
Santa Fe, New Mexico
22nd National Juried Exhibition: Works on Paper
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
1999
Contemporary Art 1999
The Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, New Mexico
1998
Whelan Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico
1997
Eye Contact
Art Space Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1995
End Show
Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, Massachusetts
15th Anniversary Exhibition
Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland, Oregon
The Land
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Northwest Annual
Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington
Pacific Northwest Annual
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
1994
Pacific Northwest Annual
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
1993
23rd Willamette Valley Exhibition
Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon
1992
22nd Willamette Valley Exhibition
Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon
1990
AAA Painting Show
Allied Arts Association Gallery, Richland, Washington
1988
A Meeting of the Board, 1976-1987
Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland, Oregon
Selections from the Oregon Biennial 1987: Touring Exhibition
Oregon State Capitol, Salem, Oregon
Schneider Art Museum, Ashland, Oregon
Hoke College Center, La Grande, Oregon
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon
1987
Oregon Biennial
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
1981
Drawings by Seven Artists
Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland, Oregon
1979
Cranbrook Painting and Sculpture
Rankin Center Art Gallery
Ferris State College, Big Rapids, Michigan
1978
Iowa Art Exhibition
Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Cranbrook Painting
Oakland Community College, Pontiac, Michigan
1977
Painting 1977
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Iowa Art Exhibition
Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa
29th Iowa Artists Annual
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1976
28th Iowa Artists Annual
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Paper Works: 12th Annual Regional Exhibition
Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, Iowa
Awards and Public Art Commissions
2022
Juror's Award
Charles H. MacNider Museum of Art, Mason City, Iowa
2004
Distinguished Performance Award (Individual)
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
1998
Voice of the River Public Art Commission
Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, Oregon
Eastern Oregon Regional Arts Council, La Grande, Oregon
1995
Walter Hopps Visual Arts Grant
Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, Massachusetts
Technical Assistance Grant
Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, Oregon
1994
Tualatin Commons Project Public Art Commission
Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, Oregon
City of Tualatin, Oregon
1992
Juror’s Award
22nd Willamette Valley Exhibition
Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon
1990
Skyline Elementary School 1% for Art Program Public Art Commission
Portland Public School District No. 1
Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, Oregon
1978
Juror’s Award
Iowa Art Exhibition
Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1977
State of Iowa Collection Purchase Prize
Iowa Art Exhibition
Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1976
Juror’s Award
28th Iowa Artists Annual
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Artist Residencies
1995
Contemporary Arts Center
North Adams, Massachusetts
Teaching Positions
1988-1989
Instructor of Drawing
Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon
1985
Instructor of Drawing
Multnomah Art Center, Portland, Oregon
Bibliography
Michael Abatemarco, “This Just In from the Invisible Place” (feature article),
Pasatiempo Magazine, The Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
May 9, 2008, pp. 42, 44.
Elizabeth Cook-Romero, “Pentamerous Perspective” (feature article),
Pasatiempo Magazine, The Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
June 30, 2006, pp. 26, 28.
Judy Birke, “Heated-up Art Finds Balance between Illusion and Reality” (review),
New Haven Register, New Haven, Connecticut, September 18, 2005, p. E4.
Leah Lopez Schmalz, “Experimenting with Heat, Space, and Beauty” (review),
Guilford Courier, Guilford, Connecticut, September 8, 2005, p. C-8.
Joe Brekke, "Geometric Imprecision at CSUS Gallery" (review), The Turlock
Journal, Turlock, California, April 13, 2000, p. A4.
Wobbles in the Approximate: Works by Jay Tracy (brochure), University Art
Gallery, Department of Art, California State University / Stanislaus, Turlock,
California, 2000. Texts by the artist and Sophia Isajiw, Gallery Director.
Color illustrations. 6pp.
First Thursday Gallery Group, Portland Exhibitions Guide, July 6, 1995, p. 7.
Robin Franzen, "An Uncommon Downtown" (feature article), The Oregonian,
Portland, Oregon, May 19, 1994, Metro West Neighbors section, pp. 1-2.
First Thursday Gallery Group, Portland Exhibitions Guide,
September 2, 1993, p. 4.
Suzanne Richards, "Schools Become Galleries for Fun, Functional Art"
(feature article), The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, February 14, 1991.
Oregon Biennial 1987 (catalog), Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.
Paul Sutinen, "Seven Ways of Seeing: Drawing Show at Northwest Artists
Workshop" (review), Fresh Weekly, Willamette Week's Arts & Entertainment
Guide, Portland, Oregon, May 5-11, 1981, pp. 4-5.
Cranbrook Painting and Sculpture 1979 (catalog), Ferris State College,
Big Rapids, Michigan, 1979.
Iowa Art Exhibition (catalog), Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines,
Iowa, August 1977.
Nick Baldwin, "Fair Art" (review), Des Moines Sunday Register, Des Moines,
Iowa, August 21, 1977, p.8B.
Dix Hollobaugh, "Jay Tracy's Italian Journal" (cover story), Des Moines
Sunday Register Picture Magazine, Des Moines, Iowa, December 5, 1976,
pp. 20-22.
