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LIVES AND WORKS        Dublin, California



EDUCATION

2015     MBA, Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, AL
2009     BA, in Painting, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2007     Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS



2024     New Landscapes, Sutter Creek Gallery, Sutter Creek, CA

2020     New Landscapes, Hanford Inn, Sutter Creek, CA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025     Botanicals, Light Space Time, Virtual. 
              Radiant Visions, JOR Fine Art Gallery, Clayton, CA
              Infinite Affection, JOR Fine Art Gallery, Clayton, CA
              Winters Embrace, JOR Fine Art Gallery, Clayton, CA
2024     New Dawn, Dougherty Arts & Community Center, San Ramon, CA
              Summer Radiance, Blackhawk Gallery, Danville, CA 
              Amador County Fair, Plymouth, CA
              Bright Colors, Dublin San Ramon Service District, CA
              Imagination Expressed, Museum on Main, Pleasanton, CA
2023     Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA
2020     New Emerging Artists, Hayward 21st Century Library and Learning Center,
              Hayward, CA
2019     Celebrating HARD at 75, Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, CA
2014     Walnut Creek Turns 100: Celebrating the City Through Art, Walnut  Creek, CA
2013     Rush Philanthropic and Bombay Sapphire Series (Semi-finalist), 
Joyce Gordon
              Gallery, CA.
2013     The Story of the Creative, SeeMe, Long Island City, NY
              San Leandro Art Festival, San Leandro, CA 
2012      Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, CA
              San Leandro Art Festival, San Leandro, CA
2011      Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, CA
              San Leandro Art Festival, San Leandro, CA
2010     Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, CA
2009     Senior Art Show, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2008     Student Art Show: Tribute to Vivien Westwood, The De Young Museum,
              San Francisco, CA
2008     California State University Florence Art Show, CSU Firenze, Florence, Italy


AWARDS

2025    Light Space Time: Special Merit.

2025    PBS KVIE Art Auction: Jurors Award.
2024    Amador County Fair; (1) Best of Show, (1) Best of Division, (2) 1st Place, (1) 2nd
             Place.



GRANTS

2025    Quick Grant Award from the Center for Cultural Innovation.

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS 



2011          Grazzini Mural, San Leandro, CA





LECTURES

2025     Artist Panel, Apricity Literary Magazine Event, University of Texas at Austin,
              Austin, TX

2013     Art Lecture, Blick Art Store, Berkeley, CA

2010     Class Room Lecture, Del Rey Elementary School, San Lorenzo, CA



BOOKS

2013     "Sparky's Adventure", Illustrated and written by Chelsea Tikotsky. Children's
              Book about a mischievous cat.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2025     "Meet Chelsea Tikotsky", Artist Interview, February 12.
2024     Kotze, Adele. "Interview with Chelsea Tikotsky,” Artist Close Up, December 27. 
2024     "KVIE to Auction Oil Painting by Dublin Artist," The Independent, September 26.
2024     “Sutter Creek Gallery June Featured Artist, Chelsea Tikotsky,” Ledger Dispatch,
               May 24. 
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 

2024 -Present      Dublin Art Collective (DAC), Dublin, CA
2024-Present       Alliance for the Visual Arts (AVA)
2024                      Gallery Blackhawk, Danville, CA
2024                      Livermore Arts Association (LAA), Livermore, CA
2023 - 2024         Pleasanton Art League (PAL), Pleasanton, CA
2023 - 2024         Alamo Danville Artists' Society (ADAS), Pleasanton, CA
2019 - 2024         Sutter Creek Gallery, Sutter Creek, CA
2014 - 2019         Saatchi
2014 - 2018         BellaGrace Vineyards Winery Tasting Room, Sutter Creek, CA
2013 - 2018         UGallery



FUNDRAISER ART AUCTIONS

2025     PBS KVIE, Sacramento, CA
2025     JOR Fine Art Gallery, Clayton, CA

2024     PBS KVIE, Sacramento, CA

2024     DAC USS Hornet Art Fundraiser, Alameda, CA