TRACY TAYLOR GRUBBS

Artist Biography

Tracy Taylor Grubbs is a visual artist and writer who lives and works in San Francisco, CA. Grubbs studied art and art history at the San Francisco Art Institute, U.C. Berkeley, the Academy of Art University, and continues to make frequent trips to study in Italy. She holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Political Philosophy from St. Lawrence University.

Grubbs’ works are inspired by encounters with the world and its vast capacity for change. Working with a variety of materials from paper, paint and found ephemera, as well as figurative and abstract imagery, she explores what the shifting nature of form might teach us. Often drawing from her background in environmental conservation and political philosophy.

Grubbs’ work has been exhibited worldwide, including the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka, CA, the Oppland Kunstenter in Lillehammer, Norway, Arc Gallery in Chicago, IL, Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Santa Monica, CA, and the Venice Printmaking Studio in Venice, Italy. Grubbs has been awarded residencies at the Venice Printmaking Studio, the La Cipressaia Artist Workshop in Montagnana, Italy, the Morris Graves Foundation, and the Yosemite Renaissance Foundation. Grubbs was also selected for the prestigious John H. Hauberg Fellowship at the Pilchuck School of Glass in 2013.