Education
1983 MFA, Painting, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1978 BFA, Painting, California College of the
Arts, Oakland, CA
Solo Exhibitions:
2017 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Indra’s Net, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Art & Design Center Gallery, UC Berkeley
Extension, San Francisco, CA
2010 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Jamie Brunson: The Veil Paintings, Marin
Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
2007 Jamie Brunson: Veils & Lattices, Michael
Rosenthal Contemporary Art, Redwood
City, CA
2005 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Fort Mason,
San Francisco, CA
2004 Jamie Brunson: Flourish, Cline Fine Art,
Scottsdale, AZ
2003 Jamie Brunson: Flourish, Cline Fine Art,
Santa Fe, NM
2002 Jamie Brunson: New Paintings, Traywick
Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1999 Place/Memory/Process, Traywick Gallery,
Berkeley, CA
1998 Traveler, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
(Catalogue)
1996 Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA
1995 Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA. SFMOMA
Artists Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
1992 Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 Khiva Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 Jamie Brunson: Emblematic Paintings, Plaza
Gallery, Bank of America World
Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
1985 Khiva Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Two-Person Exhibitions
2025
Jamie Brunson and Walter Robinson,
StARTup Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
2018 Jamie Brunson and Walter Robinson:
Coded Language, Turner Carroll Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
2017 NEW New Mexico Abstraction: Jamie
Brunson and Nina Tichava, Turner Carroll
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1990 Jamie Brunson & Maria Porges: The
Writing on the Wall, Downtown Gallery,
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
& Truckee Meadows College Gallery,
Reno, NV
1989 Jamie Brunson/Carrie Lederer, Napa
Valley College Gallery, Napa, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 Freedom of Choice, Turner Carroll
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Taos Abstract Artists Collective Spring
Exhibition, Taos Center for the Arts, NM
2023 Transcendent, Turner Carroll Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
To the Max, di Rosa Center for
Contemporary Art, Napa, CA
2022 Inaugural Exhibition, Taos Abstract Artists
Collective, Taos Center for the Arts, NM
2021 Renegades: Women Artists of Historic
Consequence, Turner Carroll
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2020 Summer Salon, Anne Loucks Gallery,
Glencoe, IL
2018 A Few of Our Favorite Things, Turner
Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Illusionary Abstractions: Recent
Acquisitions, Triton Museum,
Santa Clara, CA
Group 2018, Andrea Schwartz Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
2017 Your Mind, This Moment: Art and the
Practice of Attention, San Jose Museum of
Art, CA
Women, Children and Immigrants: Major
Voices in Contemporary Art, Turner
Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2016 The World is Flat, Not Round, Philspace,
Santa Fe, NM
ROY G BIV, Turner Carroll Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
2015 I Love It, Turner Carroll Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
Metaphysical Abstraction, Morris Graves
Museum, Eureka, CA
Glow: Excerpts from Beauty Reigns,
Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Red, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Metaphysical Abstraction, Yuma Fine Arts
Center, Yuma, AZ
(n)collage, Petaluma Art Center,
Petaluma, CA
Shift: Five Decades of California
Contemporary Painting from
the Collections of the Monterey Museum
and the Community Hospital of the
Monterey Peninsula, Monterey Museum
at La Mirada, Monterey, CA
2013 Permutation Unfolding, Root Division,
San Francisco, CA
The Big Painting Show, Gray Loft Gallery,
Oakland, CA
2012 Terra Incognito: Imaginary Landscapes,
Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
Gender Specific: Take It or Leave It, Smith
Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
Summer in South Park (Again), Andrea
Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Material Abstraction, Robischon Gallery,
Denver, CO
Contemporary Visions of Surface Design:
Textile As Painting/Painting As Textile,
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2011 Admit Eight, Andrea Schwartz Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Fort Mason,
San Francisco, CA
Kala Artist’s Annual, Kala Institute,
Berkeley, CA
2010 CCA Alumni Exhibition, Sanchez Art
Center, Pacifica, CA
Picturing the Word, Center for Arts,
Religion and Education, Graduate
Theological Union, Berkeley, CA
Secret Drawings, Palo Alto Art Center,
Palo Alto, CA
2009 Metaphysical Abstraction, Berkeley Art
Center, Berkeley, CA
2009 Cut the Edge, Weave the Line, Mobilia
Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2008 Kala Artists Annual Exhibition, Kala Institute,
Berkeley, CA
Patterns & Rhythms, Los Angeles Municipal
Art Gallery & Terminal One, Los Angeles
International Airport, CA
Flourish, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2007 CCA @ di Rosa Preserve: Celebrating the
Centennial Anniversary of the California
College of the Arts, di Rosa Preserve,
Napa, CA
Current, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
30 x 30, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2006 Drawn, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
In the Viewing Room: Paintings by David
Kroll, Christopher Pelle and Jamie Brunson,
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Virology, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
2005 Ornamentation: The Art of Desire, San Jose
Institute of Contemporary Art, CA
Five, Emmanuel Gallery, Auraria Campus,
Denver, CO
Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent
Collection, San Jose Museum of Art,
San Jose, CA
2005 Transversal, Robischon Gallery,
Denver, CO
Neo Mod: Recent Northern California
Abstraction, The Monterey Museum of
Art, Monterey, CA
2004 Neo Mod: Recent Northern California
Abstraction, The Crocker Art Museum,
Sacramento, CA (Catalogue)
It’s About Time: Celebrating 35 Years,
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
(Catalogue)
Hidden Order: Pattern & Content in
Contemporary Abstraction, Oakland Art
Gallery, Oakland, CA
2003 Dichotomies, Robischon Gallery,
Denver, CO
Travelers, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Visible Rhythm, Koret Gallery, San Jose
Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Surface Tension, Western Gallery, Western
Washington University, Bellingham, WA
A to Z: Contemporary and Historical
Works on Paper, Cline Fine Art,
Santa Fe, NM
New Year: Gallery Selections, R. B.
Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA
2002 Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Traywick
Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Being There: 45 Oakland Artists,
The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Surface Tension: Pattern & Ornament in
Contemporary Painting, Mills College Art
Museum, Oakland, CA
Being There: Here, Oakland International
Airport, Oakland, CA
2001 Small Works 2001, Sonoma Museum of
Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
Art Takes: Contemporary Work by CCAC
Alumni, Oakland International Airport,
Oakland, CA
Contemporary Pattern, The Mills Building
Art Program, San Francisco, CA
2000 Pregnant Pause, Traywick Gallery,
Berkeley, CA
2000 Yellow: The First Color, Bedford Gallery,
Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts,
Walnut Creek, CA
1999 At the Millennium: Contemporary Painting
from Northern California, Monterey
Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Recent Works by Alumni, Oliver Art
Center, California College of Arts and
Crafts, Oakland, CA
Shifting the Familiar, Robischon Gallery,
Denver, CO
1998 20th Anniversary Exhibition, SFMOMA
Artist’s Gallery, Fort Mason,
San Francisco, CA
Revolver, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
444 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
1997 Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA
1996 Painting Is Not Dead, The Luggage Store
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 Oscar Wilde: A Man of Great Importance,
Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Anonymous Arrangement, Richmond Art
Center, Richmond, CA
1994 Homage to the Bard, Terrain Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
Brunson/Middlebrook/Long, Site Lines
Gallery, James Irving Foundation,
San Francisco, CA
Something In Common, Collector's Gallery,
The Oakland Museum, CA
1993 The Return of the Cadavre Exquis,
The Drawing Center, New York, NY
1992 Out of Bounds: The Word Becomes Art,
Scottsdale Center for the Arts,
Scottsdale, AZ
Working On Paper, SFMOMA Artist’s
Gallery. Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
1991 Do You Hear What I'm Saying?
Transamerica Pyramid Gallery,
Transamerica Corporation,
San Francisco, CA
conTEXTual, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery,
Chicago, IL
Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fired, SOMAR Cultural Center,
San Francisco, CA
For Better or For Worse--Artist's Views on
Romance, Monterey Museum of Art,
Monterey, CA
1990 Con Text, Richard Bennett Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
Lines of Force, Bayfront Gallery,
Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Faculty Exhibition, Academy of Art Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
The Painted Word, Richmond Art Center,
Richmond, CA
1989 Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Faculty Exhibition, Academy of Art Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
Home/Homeless, Angels Gate Cultural
Center, San Pedro, CA
1988 Signs of the Times, Hewlett-Packard
Corporate Headquarters, Palo Alto, CA
Syntex Gallery, Syntex Corporation,
Palo Alto, CA
1988 Contention, New Langton Arts,
San Francisco, CA
1987 Faculty Exhibition, Academy of Art Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 The Faculty Collects, University Art Gallery,
California State University, Hayward, CA
The Artist And The Myth, Monterey
Museum of Art, Monterey, CA (Catalogue)
On The Horizon: Emerging In California,
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
Alumnae Artists Invitational, Mills College
Museum, Oakland, CA
1986 Khiva Gallery, San Francisco, CA
She, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
The Critic As Artist, Creative Growth Gallery,
Oakland, CA
Shelter, Richmond Art Center,
Richmond, CA
Partners, Creative Growth Gallery,
Oakland, CA
Toward The One: The Mystery of Sign
Lillian Paley Center For The Visual Arts,
Oakland, CA
1985 A Summer Place, Sarah Renschler Gallery,
New York, NY
Signs & Symbols, Palo Alto Cultural Center,
Palo Alto, CA
Pro-Arts Annual, Pro-Arts Gallery,
Oakland, CA (Catalogue)
1984 Paper/Fiber VII, The Arts Center, Iowa City, IA
31st Annual Exhibition, Richmond Art Center,
Richmond, CA (Catalogue)
1983 California Mystique: Contemporary Women
Artists
Julian McPhee Galerie, Cal-Poly State
University, San Luis Obispo, CA
California Works Exposition, California State
Fair, Sacramento, CA
Houses, University Art Gallery, California
State University, Hayward, CA
Residency Awards
2011 Winter Residency, Djerassi Resident Artists
Program, Woodside, CA
2005 James Irvine Foundation Honorary
Fellowship, Djerassi Resident Artists Program,
Woodside, CA
Public Commissions
Banana Republic, Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA
The Dolce Hayes Mansion, San Jose, CA
The MGM Grand Mansion, Las Vegas, NV
Neiman Marcus, Atlanta, GA / Walnut Creek, San Francisco and Palo Alto, CA
The Peninsula Hotel, New York City, NY
Western Assets, New York City, NY
Public and Corporate Collections
The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Aratex Corporation, USA
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA
The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA
Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA
Embassy of the United States of America, Doha, Qatar
The Fairmont Hotel, Chicago, IL
Hewlett-Packard Corporation, USA
Intercontinental Miami Airport, Miami, FL
Jackson International, Denver, CO
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
New Mexico State University Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
The Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
The Westin Hotel, Pusan, Korea
Publications
Levy, Mark. “Altered Consciousness and Modern Art.“ Altering Consciousness, Volume 1 : Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Ed.Etzel Cardena and Michael Winkelman. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2011. pp. 350-352. Print.
Reflections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection, San Jose, CA: San Jose Museum of Art, 2004. pp. 44-45
New American Paintings 2000: Pacific Coast, Volume 31, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA
New American Paintings 1997: Pacific Coast, Volume 13, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA
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Gallery Representation:
Turner Carroll Gallery, 725 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-986-9800
http://www.turnercarrollgallery.com/index.html
Robischon Gallery, 1740 Wazee Street, Denver, CO 80202
303-298-7788
http://www.robischongallery.com/html/home.asp
Anne Loucks Gallery, 309 Park Avenue, Glencoe, IL 60022
847-835-8500