Double Goddess, acrylic, 48"x36"
Vitae
Tricia Grame, Ph.D.
Education
2000
Ph.D., Integral Studies, Specialization Women’s Spirituality, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA. Dissertation: Life Into Art: Art Into Life: Transformative Effects of the Female Symbol on a Contemporary Woman Artist
1995-1996
California Institute of Integral Studies, Women’s Spirituality, Masters Program, San Francisco, CA. graduate work
1993-1995
M.A., Humanities: Concentration Art History, Dominguez Hill University, CA. Samsara Series, A Creative Project
1986-1988
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA., graduate work
1979-1981
M.S., Art Education, California State University, CA., Creativity and Art Education
1979
California Teaching Credential, Art Education, California State University, CA
1975-1978
B.A., Fine Art, California State University, Hayward, CA
Curator
1996-present
California Institute of Integral Studies, Women’s Spirituality, Ph.D.& MA Programs, San Francisco, CA
2002
New College, Women’s Spirituality MA & MFA Programs, San Francisco, CA
1996-1999
Stanford University, Women’s Center, Palo Alto, CA
Published Papers & Art Work
future has an ancient heart. african legacy of caring, sharing and healing on migration paths. case of the mediterranean, Alberobello, Italia, Laboratorio Poiesis, 2010, cover by Tricia Grame.
La mere noire. Origine africaine et memoire a travers les ages, author, Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum, Paris, France, Editions Menaibuc, 2007, cover by Tricia Grame.
She is Everywhere, Anthology of Writing in Womanist/Feminist Spirituality, gathered by Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum, Ph.D., produced by Belladonna Publishing, 2008, Vol. 2, The Symbol, A Source of Empowerment. p. 381-391
She Is Everywhere, Anthology of Writing in Womanist/Feminist Spirituality, gathered by Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum, Ph.D., produced by Belladonna Publishing, 2005, Vol. 1, back cover and art by Tricia Grame.
dark mother: african origins and godmothers, author, Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum Ph.D., Universe Publishers, 2001, cover by Tricia Grame.
Métis, A Feminist Journal of Transformative Wisdom, 1997, CIIS, San Francisco, CA., cover and art by Tricia Grame.
Lectures & Invited Papers
2010The Painted Word, CIIS, MFA Program, Dr. Cindy Shearer, S.F., CA Art Chat Lecture Series, Growing Your Art Career and Becoming a Gallery Artist, Village Theatre Gallery, Danville, CA.
2009 The Symbol, American Association of University Women, Danville, CA
Ineffable Woman-A Bi-Coastal Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, N.Y.C., Minna Gallery, CIIS, San Francisco, CA
Women’s Exhibition, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
The Symbol, American Association of University Women, Danville, CA
2008 Girls Gone Wild, Lesa Johnson Gallery, Lafayette, CA
2007 Art Into Life: Life Into Art, Lesa Johnson Gallery, Lafayette, CA
Curating Art Nationally & Internationally, National Women’s Caucus For The Arts, Conference, New York City
2006 The Scholar and the Artist, National Women’s Caucus For The Arts Conference, Boston, MA
Women, Art & Spirituality, Conference,”Embodied Space”, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
Woman As Symbol, Art Vietnam Gallery, Susan Lecht, Director, Hanoi
Symbols in Stone & Gems, Barbara Witt, Italian Museo, S.F., CA
2005 The Symbol, Faculty Lecture & Exhibition, Las Posidas College, Livermore
2004 Annual Solo Mujeres Exhibition “Women and Spirituality, “Solo Mujeres” lecture, The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Patricia Rodrigues, director, San Francisco, CA
2003 Women Against Violence, Violence Against Women, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2003 The Symbol: A Source of Empowerment, Craft & Cultural Arts, Oakland, CA
2002 The American Academy of Religion/Western Region, Invited Lecture, Religion and Arts, Embodied Transformations, The Body, the Vessel: Why All the Mystery and Embarrassment”, St, Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
2002 The American Institute of Medical Education, Creativity & Madness, Psychological Studies of Art and Artists, Life Into Art: Art Into Life: Transformative Effects of the Female Symbol on a Contemporary Woman Artist”, Santa Fe, N.M.
2001 Serpentina, Invited Lecture,”The Transformative Effects of the Female Symbol”, Women’s Cultural Center, Montclair, Oakland, CA
2000 Graduate Program, Creative Writing, Prof. Cindy Shearer, “A Personal Journey”, CIIS, San Francisco, CA
1999 Solano Community College, Path of the Feminine, Group Exhibition, Suisun, CA
1998 The Westin Dragonara, IL Mara, Group Exhibition, St. Julians, Malta
1997 Quan Yin Gallery, Exhibition, Beyond the Symbol, Quan Yin Gallery, Oakland, CA
1996 Graduate Program, Woman’s Spirituality, Prof. Mara Keller, “Creativity & Art”, CIIS, San Francisco, CA
1993 Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Women’s Spirituality, Group Exhibition, Danville, CA
1991 Concord Gallery, “The Journey of the Artist”, Group Exhibition, Concord, CA
Field Research
Documentation of research correlating religious traditions with iconographic images of the female symbol.
2007-201
France, Thailand, India, Italy: Iconographic and contemporary art, field research.
1998-1999
Greece, Italy, Sicily & Malta: Iconographic and contemporary art, field research.
1997
Mexico City: The Goddess Gate- a cross-cultural exploration of feminine power and divine. Iconographic and contemporary art, field research.
1996
Tuscany, Sicily, Malta, Buenos Aires & Salta, Argentina: Iconographic and contemporary art, field research.
1995
Singapore: Iconographic and contemporary art field research.
Exhibitions
2012,
Telling Stories Through Art, Invitational, curators, Dr. Cindy Shearer, Dr. Tricia Grame, Diablo Valley College, Concord, CA
2011
Images of the Virgin, 20th annual, juried exhibition, curator, Tricia Grame, Woman In Stone,director, Jennifer Colby, Galeria Tonantzin Center For Art and Humanities Monterey Bay WCA, Nov. 18 - Jan. 15., San Juan Bautista, CA
Offerings, Images & Text, Indisciplinary Event, Invitational, curator Cindy Shearer, Village Theartre Gallery, Danville, CA
Telling Tales & Mixing Metaphors, Invitational, curator, Tanya Wilkinson, Don't Worry, Tricia Grame, Jan 7-25, Village Theartre Gallery, Danville, CA.
2010
What Are Women Artists Doing? Juried & Invitational, Kevin Milligan Gallery, Danville, CA.
Twisted-Chiseled-Fired , Invitational, Village Gallery, Danville, CA
2009
Ineffable Woman, A Bi-Coastal Exhibition, Minna Gallery, CIIS, San Francisco, CA, Ceres Gallery, N.Y.C.
Women’s Exhibition, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA.
2008
Rejoice, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA.
The Other, Pioneer Gallery, Danville, CA.
Girls Gone Wild, Lesa Johnson Gallery, Lafayette, CA.
Annual Open Studio Exhibition, Danville, CA
2007
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Bancroft Gardens, Walnut Creek, CA.
Express Yourself, Gensler Design Gallery, San Ramon, CA.
Open Studio, Danville, Alamo Arts Association, Danville, CA.
2006
The Symbol, Art Vietnam Gallery, Susan Lecht, curator, Hanoi, Vietnam Ancient Symbol and Adornment, T. Grame, B. Witt, Italian Museo, San Francisco, CA.
2005
Faculty Exhibition, T. Grame & C. Shearer, Las Posidas College, Livermore, CA.
2004
Personae, Images, Costume and Visual Narrative, Off-Market Theater Gallery, Tricia Grame, Tanya Wilkinson, Cynthia Tom, San Francisco, CA.
2003
Source of Empowerment: Woman As Symbol, sponsored by Spirit in the Arts & Women’s Spirituality Philosophy and Religion, CIIS, San Francisco, CA
2002
Beneath the Surface, Four Perspectives from the Institute, Minna Gallery, CIIS, CA. dark mother, african origins and godmothers, group exhibition, featuring author, Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum. Sponsored by Women’s Spirituality, CIIS, CA.
Garden Exhibition, sponsored by Barbara Witt, Oakland, CA.
2001
Torture, Exhibition of European Instruments of Torture and Capital Punishment from the Middle Ages to the Present, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA.
The Vessel, The Female Symbol, Women’s Spirituality, CIIS, San Francisco, CA.
Transformative Effects of the Female Symbol, selected works, Ph.D. dissertation, CIIS, San Francisco, CA.
Poetry & Art, Iranian & American Artists, Ovissi Gallery, Emeryville, CA.
3-Visions, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
2000
Temples-Malta, Images & Inspirations, traveling exhibition, CIIS, San Francisco, The Scottish Rite Temple, Oakland, The Bade Museum, Berkeley, CA.
1999
Path of the Feminine, Solano Community College, Suison, CA.
IL Mara II, St. Julians, Malta
Oltre II Simbola, curators, Lynn Streeter & Tricia Grame, Centrol Culturale, Pietrasanta, Italy.
1998
La Feminine, California Institute of Integal Studies, San Francisco, CA.
Archetype, Quan Yin Gallery, Oakland, CA.
Through Our Eyes, Hayes Gallery, San Francisco CA.
Women’s Art, A Homage to Inspiration, Danville, Fine Arts Gallery, CA.
IL Mara, St. Julians, Malta
Goddess Remembered, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA.
La Vascella, Quan Yin Gallery, Oakland, CA.
The Language of the Goddess, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
Malta & Beyond, Quan Yin Gallery, Oakland, CA
La Symbol, Wente, Livermore, CA
Synchronicity, Archeomythology Conference, Madouri, Greece
1997
Mixed Media, Women’s Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
The Female Form & Spirit, The Sculpture Gallery, Blackhawk, CA.
Power of the Divine Feminine in Art, La Casa de la Luz, Lafayette, CA.
Mary, Hearst Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA.
Receptivity, Graduate Theology Union, Hewlett Library, Berkeley, CA.
Woman’s Images, Women’s Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Dance of Gender, Quan Yin Gallery, Oakland, CA.
Meter, Montclair Women’s Cultural Arts Center, Oakland, CA.
Women Artists, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA.
1991
New Work, Aparicio Fine Arts, Salta, Argentina,
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