TRACY PIPER
Curriculum Vitae
Born 1987, Oakland, California, USA
Lives and works in Portland, Oregon
EDUCATION
2012
BFA, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Illustration, Graduated with Distinction
EXHIBITIONS
2026
SEEN Vol. 5, Art Tower, Portland, OR, July 31–August 27 (solo)
2025
DANGEROUS, Moxy Wynwood, Miami, FL, December 1–7 (solo)
DANGEROUS, PBOT, Portland, OR, November 6–16 (solo)
SEEN Vol. 4, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, May 14–31 (solo)
SF Art Guide, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, January 16 (group)
2024
Art Is for Everyone, Kimpton Angler’s South Beach, Miami Beach, FL, December 2–8 (solo)
Ethereal Bloom, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, September 18–October 12 (group)
Art Is for Everyone, The Wilson, San Francisco, CA, September 21–22 (solo)
Urban Tides: A San Francisco Story, Ferry Building and Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, July 13–August 31 (group)
SEEN Vol. 3, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, July 13–August 31 (solo)
2023
All the Feels, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, August 25–September 23 (solo)
SEEN Vol. 2, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June 2–24 (solo)
2022–2023
16 x 16, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, CA, December 16, 2022–January 16, 2023 (group)
2022
SEEN, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, November 18–December 17 (solo)
Four Seasons, Heron Arts, San Francisco, CA, September 29–October 27 (group; with Helice Wen, Chelsie Kirkey, Jocelyn Tsaih, and Olympia Altimir)
Bloom, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, March 18–April 16 (solo)
2021
SCOPE Art Show, SCOPE Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL, November 30–December 5 (two-person presentation with Gale Hart)
Life Is Hard But It’s Better with Art, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA, August 19–September 5 (group)
The Art of Art, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, August 14–September 4 (group)
2020
Down the Rabbit Hole, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, August 14–September 5 (artist residency and solo exhibition)
All I Need, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, February 7–29 (solo)
2019
WORTHY, Art Attack SF, San Francisco, CA, March 6–31 (solo)
Superfine! LA, Magic Box LA, Los Angeles, CA, February 14–17 (group exhibition and installation)
2018
Spectrum Miami, Mana Wynwood, Miami, FL, December 5–8 (solo)
Art San Diego [SOLO] Project, Del Mar Fairgrounds, San Diego, CA, October 18–21 (solo)
Mi Lucha, Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA, September 8 (group)
Anniversary Exhibit, 212 Arts, New York, NY, September 7 (group)
Anti-Trump Art Show, Creative Debuts, London, UK, July 12 (group)
10 Days in Wonderland…, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June 1–28 (group)
stARTup Art Fair, Hotel Del Sol, San Francisco, CA, April 27–29 (solo presentation)
Illustrating Resistance, Biennial CCA Alumni/Faculty Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, January 18–August 24 (group)
2017
Discolandia, Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA, December 9, 2017–January 31, 2018 (group)
Simply Frida II, Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA, July 8–August 24 (group)
Wearable Art Gala, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, April 29 (group)
Nasty Women, Omni Gallery, Oakland, CA, April 7 (group)
2016
Fundraiser for Ghost Ship, Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA, December 10–30 (group)
Día de los Muertos, Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA, October 22–November 18 (group)
Bill Murray Affair, Public Works SF, San Francisco, CA, July 23 (group)
Director’s Choice, 19 Karen Gallery, Gold Coast, Australia, June 17–July 31 (group)
Happy, 19 Karen Gallery at Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Australia, May 13–June 30 (group)
100.100.100, Sketchpad Gallery, San Francisco, CA, March 11–24 (group)
4th Annual 12 x 12, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA, March 11–April 1 (group)
2015
Hidden in Plain Sight, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA, November 18–December 10 (group)
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Semifinalists, Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 30 (group)
Summertime Series, 19 Karen Gallery, Gold Coast, Australia (group)
Your Love Is Wild, The York, Los Angeles, CA, October 1–31 (solo)
12 x 12, Woot Bear Belly, San Francisco, CA, July 3–August 3 (group)
Forever Young, ArtNowNY, New York, NY, June 18–July 11 (solo)
Buzz Art Auction, Miami, FL, June 12 (group)
Vinyl, Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA, June 12–July 18 (group)
3rd Annual 12 x 12, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA, March 14–April 18 (group)
Your Love Is Wild, Converge Gallery, Williamsport, PA, January 2–February 28 (solo)
2014
Gauntlet Gallery 2 Year Anniversary, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA, December 12–26 (group)
Select Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL, December 2–7 (two-person presentation with Gumshoe Art)
2 Blocks of Art, Monarch, San Francisco, CA, October (solo)
Push It, ArtNowNY, New York, NY, April 3–26 (group)
CA 12 x 12, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA, March 8–29 (group)
SCOPE New York, ArtNowNY, New York, NY, March 6–9 (art fair)
2013
SCOPE Miami, ArtNowNY, Miami Beach, FL, December 3–8 (art fair)
Gauntlet Canvas Collection, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA, November (group)
Music Sounds Better With You, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October (group)
I Love New Dork, Bunny Cutlet, Brooklyn, NY, August 23–September 20 (group)
Visions and Reflections, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April (group)
Boss Battle, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA, March (group)
2012
Tracy Piper, Monarch, San Francisco, CA, December (solo)
Let There Be Rock, SupperClub SF, San Francisco, CA, November (solo)
Intrinsic Exuberance, Nieto Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, July 20–August 17 (two-person exhibition with Craig Poindexter)
PUBLIC ART & MURALS
2025
Mr. Tipple’s Recording Studio, San Francisco, CA (commissioned mural)
2022
CLASS Academy, CLASS Academy, Portland, OR (commissioned permanent mural)
2022
Few and Far — Art Basel Miami, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL (temporary mural; group project with 50+ women muralists)
Three public mural projects organized in partnership with Voss Gallery, Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA (temporary), including:
— I Left My Heart in SF + I Love You in ASL
— Art Is for Everyone
— In This Together
2021
Mr. Tipple’s Recording Studio, San Francisco, CA (commissioned mural)
2021
Don't Wait, Vaccinate, The Painted Ladies, San Francisco, CA — temporary mural; rotating public mural exhibition
2020
Commissioned Mural I, The Box Shop, San Francisco, CA
Commissioned Mural II, The Box Shop, San Francisco, CA
2020
Black Lives Matter, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA (temporary public mural; featured in Painting the Streets: Oakland Uprising in the Time of Rebellion)
We Can Do It, Paint the Void, The Lexington Standard, San Francisco, CA (temporary public mural; featured in The City Canvas)
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2017
Winner, Skin Wars: Fresh Paint, Game Show Network
2015
Semifinalist, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED PRESS & MEDIA
Create! Magazine — “What Does It Mean to Feel Seen? Inside The Tracy Piper’s SEEN Portrait Project”
Create! Podcast — “What Does It Mean to Feel Seen? A Conversation on Community and Serving Through Art with Artist The Tracy Piper,” interview
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine — “Kaleidoscopic Art Activism: ‘The Tracy Piper’ On Being WORTHY”
Create! Magazine — “‘All The Feels’ by The Tracy Piper Opens at Voss Gallery This Friday, August 25,” Alicia Puig, 2023
7x7 — “20 Fun Things to Do This Week,” 2023
Broke-Ass Stuart — “Best Bay Area Events,” 2023
Broke-Ass Stuart — “A Celebration of Sight: Tracy Piper’s Vibrant Eye Portraits”
CanvasRebel — “Meet ‘The Tracy Piper’”
The Daily Californian — “‘All I Need’ Exhibit Shows Colorful Sensuality, Self-Love at Voss Gallery”
ArtBusiness.com — Nieto Fine Art, July 20, 2012
PUBLICATIONS
2026
SEEN Vol. 5, artist book
2025
SEEN Vol. 4, artist book
2024
SEEN Vol. 3, artist book
2023
SEEN Vol. 2, artist book
2022
SEEN, artist book
2020
WORTHY, artist book
2020
Work featured in Painting the Streets: Oakland Uprising in the Time of Rebellion
RESIDENCIES
2020
Artist in Residence, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA; culminating in Down the Rabbit Hole solo exhibition
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
SEEN, 2022–present
Creator of an ongoing participatory portrait and publishing project exploring the question, “What does it mean to feel seen?” Five volumes comprising 250 original painted portraits and participant stories as of 2026.