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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