Education
1979-81 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1980 M.M. – New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA
1978 B.A. – Mt. St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
2011 – Between Gesture and Geometry, Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, CA
Perspectives in Balance, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2010 – Between Gesture and Geometry, Gebert Gallery, Venice, CA
Spontaneous Meditations, Anne Loucks Gallery, Chicago, Il
Elements of Harmony, Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
2009 – Mindful Inversions,
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Synapse/Synapses,
Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
2008 – New Paintings, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 – Thinking in Circles, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Music of the Spheres, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 – The Perfection of Imperfection,
Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Winterowd Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2005 – The Symmetry of Asymmetry,
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA (catalog)
Winfield Gallery,
Carmel, CA
Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2003 – Routines and Rituals, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 – Intervals: Gesture to Icon,
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY (catalog)
Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2001 – Intimate Possibilities,
Carson Masuoka Gallery, Denver, CO (catalog)
Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2000 – Broken Symmetry, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
1999 – New Work, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 – New Monotypes, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
1996 – Ambiguities, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
1995 – Recent Monotypes,
U.C. Santa Cruz, Stevenson College, Santa Cruz, CA
2008– Trans+ Lucent, Gebert Gallery, Venice, CA
Relative Geometries, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
New Encaustic Paintings, Gebert Contemporary, Venice, CA
2007– Three Encaustic Artists, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
2005 – New Visions, Eleonore Austerer Galley, Palm Desert, CA
2004 – Between The Lines: Traveling Full Circle,
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA (catalog)
2003 – Images of Vermont, traveling exhibition: Andy Warhol Museum, Medzilaborce, Slovakia; Východoslovenská galéria v Kosiciach, Kosice, Slovakia; Sarisská galéria, Presov, Slovakia, and U.S. Steel Towers, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
2001 – A Survey of Printmaking, Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MO
New Gallery Artists, Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1998 – A Three Point Perspective,
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
1995 – 3 Printmakers, Miriam Perlman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Three Artists’ Works on Paper, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
2011 – Scissors, Paper, Glue: Bay Area Collage, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2010 – Vessels, Curator, Aaron Weisenfeld, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
Working with Wax: Contemporary Encaustic Painting in Northern California, Curator, Thomas Morphis, Santa Rosa College Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
2009 – Diverse Impressions: Bay Area Abstraction, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, curator, George Rivera
Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ (catalog)
Pattern, Paradigms and Persuasions: Works by Six Contemporary Artists, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, New York
225°F: Encaustic Encounters, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Curator, Brook Bower, Boone, NC
Notes from Santa Cruz: the County's Musical History and Composition: Contemporary Artists, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, curator, Marla Novo, Santa Cruz, CA
2008 – Art Basel - Miami, "Red Dot Fair", Van Straaten - Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
A View From the Collection, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
Contemporary Ruin: New Work by the Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Escondido Museum, Escondido, CA, Curator: Olivia Luther
Translucent: Contemporary Works in Wax, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 – Encaustic Works 2007, Ball State University, Ohio, Curator, Joan Snyder (catalog)
California Views: Portals and People, National Steinbeck Museum, Salinas, CA, Curator: Scott Shields
Bridge Art Fair '07, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
Affordable Art Fair '07, Julie Nester Gallery, New York, NY
Holiday Group Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA
2006 – SFMOMA Art Auction 2006, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Invitational Auction, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Art (212), the 69th Regiment Armory, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2005 – Gallery Artists, Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Summer in Southpark, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Works on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Armory, New York, NY
Monothon, San Jose Institute of Contmeporary Art, San Jose, CA
ART/LA, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Santa Monica, CA
SFIAE, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2004 – 10th Annual Holiday Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA
SFIAE, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Invitational Fall Auction, S. J. Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Affordable Art Fair, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2003 – Gallery Artists, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Gallery Artists, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
2002 – 8th Annual Holiday Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA
20th Anniversary Show, Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Wildflowers: Women Artists of the Monterey Peninsula
Pacific Grove Art Center,
Pacific Grove, CA
2001 – Juried Exhibition, Monterey Museum of Art,
Monterey, CA, Curator: Cathy Kimball
The Colors of Courage, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Gallery Artists, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2000 – Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Invitational Miniature Show, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
Contemporary Monotypes, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Twenty-One for Twenty-One, Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Artstravaganza, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, Curator: Helene Seeman
Gallery Artists, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
1999 – Small Things Come in Good Packages,
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Summer 1999, Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1998 – Gallery Artists, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Juried Exhibition, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Curator: Bolton Colburn
Alumni Exhibition, Mt. St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery Artists, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
1997 – Gallery Artists, Artspace II, Birmingham, MI
Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Gallery Artists, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
1996 – Juried Exhibition, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Curator: David Ligare
Atlanta 1996, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Gallery Artists, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Five Gallery Artists, Los Angeles County Museum Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery Artists, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Monotype: Method to Magic, Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, Curator: Tobin Keller,
Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
1995 – Janet Turner National Print Competition, California State University, Chico, CA,
Curator: Marion Epting
Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Gallery Artists, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Brand Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
National Works on Paper VII, Valdosta University, Valdosta, GA
Curator: William Walmsley
Gallery Artists, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
1994 – Central Coast Art Association Juried Exhibition
Marjorie Evans Gallery, Carmel, CA
Patron’s Show, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
Juried Exhibition, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA, Curator: Robynn Smith
Gallery Artists, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
1993 – Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Juried Exhibition, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
Curator: Robynn Smith
Gallery Artists, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
2009 – Encaustic and Beyond: A Guide to Creating Fine Art with Wax, by Lissa Rankin, Watson-Guptill Publishing
Mindful Inversions, Tracey Adams, ePress Books, San Francisco, CA
Exhibition catalog, Insight/Inside L.A., Mt. St, Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA
Exhibition catalog, Fourth Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Cover art, Heart to Heart, Christine Robinson and Alicia Hawkins, Skinner House Books, Boston, MA
Artworks Magazine, Art Book Report, Mindful Inversions, by Erin Clark, Fall Issue, Carmel, CA
2008 – 15 Bytes: Artists of Utah, Color from the Hive, by Geoff Wichert, September
THE Magazine, Trans + Lucent, by Steve Buck, Los Angeles, CA, December
The Monterey Herald, Small Art a Big Deal, by Lisa Crawford Watson, November 18
2007 – Encaustic 2007, catalog for traveling exhibition curated by Joan Snyder, Ball State University, Ohio
Denver Westward, Four Encaustic Artists, Michael Paglia, Denver, CO, December 20
2006 – Santa Fe Reporter, The Perfection of Imperfection, Patricia Sauthoff, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 6
Geoform, Artist Interview for online publication which focuses on the use of geometric form and structure
Homestyle Magazine, Designed with Local Art, Michael Chatfield, Monterey, CA, summer issue
Exhibition catalog, SFMOMA Art Auction 2006, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
2005 – The Monterey Herald, The Symmetry of Asymmetry: Tracey Adams Uses Ancient Technique to Explore Nature’s Harmonics, by Lisa Watson, February 17
Exhibition Catalog, The Symmetry of Asymmetry, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Coast Weekly, Shape Shifter, by Rick Deragon, January 20
2004 – Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Advanced States of Concentration, Winter Issue
Exhibition Catalog, Between the Lines: Traveling Full Circle, Carl Cherry Center, Carmel, CA
2003 – Exhibition Catalog, Pictures in Vermont, Andy Warhol Museum, Medzilaborce, Slovakia
Korzar, Pripomina vlnu i cudnu husenicu, March 24
Vytvarnicka, Television Interview at Vychodoslovenska Galeria, by Andrea Tomaschova, March 25
Kosicky Vecer, Hladam ludi, ktori ma zaujmu, by Miloslava Hriadelova
March 26
Coast Weekly, Tracey Goes to Slovakia, by Sue Fishcoff, April 3
Coast Weekly, Ancient Voyages, by Rick Deragon, November 26
2002 – Exhibition Catalog, Intervals: Gesture to Icon, Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Coast Weekly, Her Art, Her Story, by Rick Deragon, November 7
Coast Weekly, Big Deal, Tiny Art, by Rick Deragon, Dec 4
2001 – KMEX Television, Life in the Arts, printmaking lecture/demo and interview by Maia Carroll,
January 17
Artweek, Previews: Tracey Adams, by Berin Golonu, November 1
Exhibition Catalog, Intimate Possibilities, Carson Masuoka Gallery,
Denver, CO
Rocky Mountain News, Small and Intimate on Display, by Mary Voelz Chandler, November 30
2000 – Chattanooga Free Press, Artstravaganza 2000, by Ann Nichols,
May 21
1998 – KUSP (NPR Radio), Focus on the Arts, interview by Heidi Hybl, Santa Cruz, CA, July 1
1997 – Adventures in Dining, Women Artists Reflect Diversity, by Terri Vandercook, October 18
1996 – Monterey Herald, Monotype Artist’s Plate is Full with Art, Exhibits, and Teaching, by Kathryn
M. Nichols, February 1, p. 8
Exhibition Essay, Monotype: Method to Magic, by Tobin Keller, February
Artistwriter, Magical Monoprints, by George Rivera, March/April
Monterey Herald, Tracey Adams: Orchestrating her Artistry, by Lisa Crawford Watson, August 4
1995 – Exhibition Catalogue, Valdosta National Works on Paper VII, by Stephen Anderson,
Valdosta University, Valdosta, GA
The Valdosta Daily Times, National Juried Art Exhibit Opens Today, by Paul Leavy,
February 14
Monterey Peninsula Review, Show of Monotypes, Woodcuts Opens with Public Reception, May
Coast Weekly, Synchronicity, by Terri Vandercook, May 25
Chico Enterprise-Record, Quality Shows in Turner Print Collection, by Michelle French,
Nov. 25, p.21
2007 – 3rd Place, California Views, Portals and People, National Steinbeck Museum, Salinas, CA, Curator, Scott Shields
2005 – Bemis Center for the Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, invited to spend one week to work on project with 2 artists.
2004 – Artist’s Grant, Ministry of Culture, Slovak Republic, Multiserv Slovensko, Slovak Republic, U.S. Steel, Kosice, Slovakia, Between the Lines: Traveling Full Circle.
Trillium Press, Brisbane, CA, invited to publish series of monoprints.
2003 – Artist’s Grant, State Dep’t:, Images of Vermont, Andy Warhol Museum, Medzilaborce, Slovakia
Artist’s Grant, U.S. Steel, Images of Vermont, Andy Warhol Museum, Medzilaborce, Slovakia, and U.S. Steel Towers, Pittsburgh, PA
2002 – Who’s Who in the World; Who’s Who in America
1996 – Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
Scholarship, CSU, Long Beach, The Transient Image
1995 – Artist’s Grant, Printmaking, The Community Foundation of Monterey
Artist’s Fellowship Grant, Vermont Studio Center
Beverly Hills Public Library, Beverly Hills, CA
Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, CA
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Hot Springs, AK
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA (commission)
Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH (commission)
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C.
U.S. Army, Washington D.C.
University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
University of California Medical Center, San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA (commission)
University of Wisconsin Medical Center, Madison, WI (commission)
Selected Corporate Collections
Adobe Systems, San Jose, CA
AT&T Corporate Building, Los Angeles, CA (commission)
Bell Labs, Pale Alto, CA (commission)
Canon Corporation, San Jose, CA (commission)
Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico (commission)
Charles Schwab Corporate, San Francisco, CA (Commission)
The Chubb Group, Warren, New Jersey
Clarify, Inc., San Jose, CA (commission)
Crowne Plaza, Harrisburg, PA (commission)
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens,
Dallas, Texas (installation commission)
David and Lucille Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA
Deloitte and Touche, New York, NY
Department of the Army, Seoul, Korea
Doubletree Hotel, Tampa, FL (commission)
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA (commission)
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI
Four Seasons Hotel, Scottsdale, AZ, Dallas, TX, Hawaii
Fujitsu, Dallas, TX
General Electric Corporation, Stamford, CN (commission)
General Telephone and Electronics, San Francisco, CA
Hallmark: Corporate Headquarters, Kansas City, MO
Hambrecht and Quist, San Francisco, CA
Hilton Hotel, Alexandria, VA, Austin, Texas
i2, Dallas, TX
Intel, Inc., San Jose, CA
Kaiser-Permanente Hospital, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Oakland, CA, Santa Clara, CA
Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips, Los Angeles, CA
Marcus and Millichap, Detroit, MI, Washington D.C.
Marriott Associa, Nagoya, Japan
Marshall Fields, Chicago, IL
McKinsey & Co., Washington, DC (commission)
MGM Grand Hotel, Spa Collection, Las Vegas, NV (commission)
Nippon Electric Corporation (NEC), San Francisco, CA
Nokia, San Diego, CA (commission)
Oral B Laboratories, Redwood City, CA
Pacific Island Hotel, Hong Kong (commission)
Pfizer Pharmaceutical, New York
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Boston, MA ·
Rio Convention Center and Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Royal Island Pacific Hotel, Hong Kong (commission)
Rush Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, CA (commission)
Saban Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA (commission)
Shin Tokorozawa Hospital, Tokorozawa, Japan
Sony Corporation, San Jose, CA (commission)
Sprint: Corporate Headquarters, Overland Park, KS
Toyota Corporation, Torrance, CA
Vintage II, Palm Desert, CA (commission)
Wellington Towers, New York, New York (commission)
VISA: Corporate Headquarters, San Francisco, CA