ANDIE THRAMS
1952
Born, Oakland, California
EDUCATION
1975
BA, Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Cynthia Sears Collection, Bainbridge Island, WA
Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library Special Collection, Provo, UT
Chugach State Park, Eagle River Visitor Center Collection, Eagle River, AK
Emory University, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Atlanta, GA
Glacier National Park Museum Collection, West Glacier, MT
Indiana University, Lily Library Special Collections, Indianapolis, IN
Indiana University-Purdue University, Herron Art Library Special Collections, Indianapolis, IN
Key Bank Collection, Portland, OR
Mary K. Austin Archive, San Francisco, CA
Nevada Museum of Art, Center for Art+Environment Collection, Reno, NV
Pratt Institute Libraries, New York, NY
Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Savanah College of Art and Design, Jen Library Special Collections, Savannah, GA
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, The W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library, Boston, MA
Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Claremont, CA
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Collection, Otis, OR
Swarthmore College, McCabe Library Archives & Special Collections, Swarthmore, PA
Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, W.Van Alan Clark Jr. Library, Boston, MA
Union College Library, Schaffer Library Special Collections, Schenectady, NY
University of California, Bancroft Library Special Collections, Berkeley, CA
University of California, Davidson Library Special Collections, Santa Barbara, CA
University of California, McHenry Library Special Collections, Santa Cruz, CA
University of California, Shields LIbrary Special Collections, Davis, CA
University of California, Young Research Library, Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA
University of Denver, Penrose Library Special Collections, Denver, CO
University of Georgia, Special Collections Libraries, Athens, GA
University of Iowa, Special Collections & Archives, Iowa City, IA
University of Nevada, Special Collections Library, Reno, NV
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Philadelphia, PA
University of Southern California Library, Doheny Memorial Library Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA
University of Tennessee, Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, Knoxville, TN
University of Vermont, Jack and Shirley Silver Special Collections Library, Burlington, VT
University of Washington, Allen Library Special Collections, Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin, Special Collections, Madison, WI
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library Special Collection, Logan, UT
Washington University Library, Special Collections, St. Louis, MO
Yale University Library, Faber Birren and Beinecke Library Collections, New Haven, CT
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Codex International Book Arts Fair & Symposium, Berkeley and Oakland, CA
2023
Westward Bound, Daniel Tucker Gallery at the Ah Haa Center for the Arts, Telluride, CO
Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Miners Foundry, Nevada City, CA
Yosemite Renaissance 37, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park, and multiple venues, CA
Dreams, Collins Memorial Library | 23 Sandy Gallery, University of Puget Sound, WA
2022
Boundless, Bainbridge Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
Codex International Book Arts Fair & Symposium, University of California, Berkeley and Richmond, CA
FOREST⇌FIRE Project, Nevada City Arts Council, Truckee, CA
Arts Faculty Exhibition, Roger Hall Gallery, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park, CA
Wild and Scenic Film Festival Art Exhibition, Nevada City, CA
2021
FOREST⇌FIRE Project, Nevada City Arts Council, Truckee, CA
Forest Prayer Flags Installation, Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, CA
Yosemite Renaissance 36, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park, CA
Content: Artist Book Exhibition, The Artery, Davis, CA
Reclamation: Artists Books on the Environment, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Sitka Center for Art & Ecology Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2020
Bird, Nest, Nature, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Yosemite Renaissance 35, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park, CA
Book Art Invitational, The Herrett Center for Arts & Science, College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, ID
Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Miners Foundry, Nevada City, CA
2019
Artists’ Book Cornucopia X, Abecedarian Gallery/Art Gym, Denver, CO
Open Sesame, Bainbridge Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
Twenty Sixth Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
Codex International Book Arts Fair & Symposium, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2018
Yosemite Renaissance 32, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park, CA
Twenty Fifth Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2017
Yosemite Renaissance 32, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park, CA
Wanderlust, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
Twenty Fourth Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2016
Yosemite Renaissance 31, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park, CA
Twenty Third Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2015
Botanica, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
The Codex International Book Arts Fair & Symposium, University of California, Berkeley & Richmond, CA
Twenty Second Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2014
The Stories Women Tell, Cawein Gallery, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
Twenty First Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2013
Eco Editions, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
Autumn Field Studies: Forest Flora & the Artist’s Book, Special Collections, McHenry Library, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Twentieth Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
Tongass Rainforest Festival, Clausen Museum, Petersburg, AK
Hand Bookbinders of California, Skylight Gallery, SF Public Library, San Francisco, CA
In Forests, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Focus on Book Arts, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
In Forests, Mrs. Dalloways Literary & Garden Arts, Berkeley, CA
The Sketchbook Show, Hanford Gallery, Sutter Creek, CA
The Codex International Book Arts Fair & Symposium, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2012
The Wild Book Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
Ninteenth Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
In Forests, Rowboat Gallery, Pacific City, OR
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology: Five Artists, Cannon Beach Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
No Library Card Required: An Invitational Exhibition of Book Art, Center for Book Art and Printmaking, Santa Fe, NM
Yosemite Renaissance XXVII, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite, CA
Curated, Nevada City Arts Council/Wild and Scenic Film Festival, SYRCL, Nevada City, CA
A Forest of Words, Ketchikan Museum, Ketchikan, AK
2011
Rebound: A Survey of Contemporary California Artists’ Books, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA
The Codex International Book Arts Fair & Symposium, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Eighteenth Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
One By One, Clausen Museum, Petersburg, AK
BookWorks 2011, Pacific Center for the Book Arts, San Francisco Public Library Skylight Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Focus on the Book Arts, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
San Francisco Center for the Book Faculty Exhibition, Fresno Community College Gallery, Fresno, CA
Yosemite Renaissance XXVI, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite, CA
Un-Speak-Able, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
Artist Journals and Sketchbooks, Asheville BookWorks Gallery, Asheville, NC
2010
Unbound: A Short Survey of Book Art, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Interior Markings, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
Drawing on Nature, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Albuquerque, NM
Seventeenth Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
Book Power!, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
San Francisco Center for the Book Art Auction, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Yosemite Renaissance XXV, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite; Kings Art Center, Hanford; San Mateo Office of Education, Redwood City, CA
2009
The Codex International Book Arts Fair & Symposium, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Yosemite Renaissance XXIV, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite, CA
Focus on Book Arts, Beaverton Public Library, Beaverton, OR and Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
California Fine Art, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
Sixteenth Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
The Calendar Show, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
2008
Fifteenth Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2007
Arcadia: Artists Celebrate Trees, SomARTS Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sense and Sensuality, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
Artists’ Books 2007, Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
Focus on Book Arts, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR and Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
Commons: The Second Wednesday Salon, Thoreau Center, San Francisco, CA
The Codex International Book Arts Fair & Symposium, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Sitka Center Residency Program Open House, Boydon Studio & Gallery, Sitka Center, Otis, OR
2006
The Calendar Show, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Fourteenth Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
Roadworks: Steamroller Prints & Book Arts, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
I Give You Irgazine Green, HUNT+GATHER, Santa Fe, NM
2005
Arcadia: Artists Celebrate Trees, SomARTS Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Thirteenth Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
The Calendar Show, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Prescott College Biennial Arts Auction, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ
Roadworks: Steamroller Prints & Book Arts, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
2004
Uncharted Terrain: Contemporary Approaches to Landscape & Nature, Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo, CA
The Art of Saving Oaks, Arboretum at University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Sitka Center Residency Program Open House, Edelman Studio & Gallery, Sitka Center, Otis, OR
Pro Arts Open Studios, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Sixth Annual Botanical Art Exhibit, Filoli Center, Woodside, CA
Art Alumni Benefit Exhibition, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Twelfth Annual Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2003
Winter Open Studio, Berkeley, CA
East Bay Open Studios, Berkeley, CA
The Artist in the Studio, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
The Art of Seeing, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
The Art of Saving Oaks, Filoli Center, Woodside, CA
Pro Arts Open Studios, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Kalligraphia X, Skylight Gallery, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
Fifth Annual Botanical Art Exhibit at Filoli, Filoli Center, Woodside, CA
2002
East Bay Open Studios, Berkeley, CA
Flowers, Flowers, Flowers, Resurrection Bay Gallerie, Seward, AK
Pro Arts Open Studios, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2001
Illuminations, Seventh Heaven, Berkeley, CA
Residency Open Studio, Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park, MT
Berkeley Artisans Open Studios, Berkeley, CA
Calligraphic Enigma, The Mill Gallery at the Guildford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT
2000
Botanical Illuminations: Paintings, Drawings & Journals, Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture, Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco, CA
Pro Arts Annual, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
California Species, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
California Small Works, Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
Dear Diary… Voyeurism, Confession and Other Lies, Cesar Chavez Center Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Oceans, Fortaleza Museum, Sagres, Portugal
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Annual Exhibit, King Dom Manuel Palace, Evora, Portugal
Experiment, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
Ten into Two Thousand, Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, CA
Northwest Flower and Garden Show Exhibition of Botanical Art, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
1997
California Species, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1996
Foothill Regional Arts Festival, North Columbia Cultural Center, North San Juan, CA
1994
Guild Artists Annual Exhibition, Western Washington University Gallery, Bellingham, WA
1991
Denali Summer, Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture, Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco, CA
Recent Works, Biota Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1990-1995
Larkspur Winter Open Studio, Diamond Springs, CA
1984
Guild Artists Annual Exhibition, Burke Gallery, Seattle, WA
California Species, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1979
Department Artists and National Fiber Artists Invitational, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
Biocommunications Salon, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
1977
Open Studio, Nexus Institute, Berkeley, CA
Fabric Artists of Pacific Basin, Pacific Basin Textile Arts, Berkeley, CA
1974
Printmaking: Students of University of California at Berkeley, Richmond City College, Richmond, CA
AWARDS & HONORS
2021
Commission, FOREST⇌FIRE Project, Nevada County Arts Council, Nevada City, CA
Jurors Award, Yosemite Renaissance 35, Yosemite Valley, CA
Artist Residency, Oregon State University, Andrews Experimental Forest Spring Creek Project, Blue River, OR
Artist Residency, Sierra Nevada Research Institute/California Naturalist Training
Artist Residency, University of California Natural Reserve System, Yosemite National Park, CA
Artist Residency, University of California Natural Reserve System, Sequoia National Park, CA
2020
Jurors Award, Yosemite Renaissance 35, Yosemite Valley, CA
Jurors Honor, Wild & Scenic Film Festival/Nevada County Arts Council, Nevada City, CA
Artist Residency, University of California Natural Reserve System, Sequoia National Park, CA
2019
Artist Residency, Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab, University of California Natural Reserve System, Mammoth Lakes, CA
Artist Residency, Valentine Camp Eastern Sierra Reserve, University of California Natural Reserve System, Mammoth Lakes, CA
Artist Residency, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California Natural Reserve System, Yosemite National Park, CA
2016
Artist Residency, Cassidy Art & Music Retreat, Stanley, Idaho
2014
Artist Residency, Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite National Park, CA
2012
Artist Residency, Bunnell Street Arts Center/Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Homer, AK
2011
Artist Residency, United States Forest Service/International Year of the Forest, Petersburg, AK
Artist Residency, Rae Stedman Elementary School, Petersburg, AK
2010
Juror’s Top Honor, Yosemite Renaissance XXV, Yosemite National Park, CA
2009
Juror’s Top Honor, Yosemite Renaissance XXIV, Yosemite National Park, CA
Juror’s First Prize, California Fine Art, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
2007
Artist Residency, Yosemite Art and Education Center, Yosemite National Park, CA
Artist Grant, William T. Colville Foundation for the Arts, Santa Barbara, CA
Scholarship, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
Artist Residency, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
2004
Artist Residency, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
2003
Artist Residency, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
2001
Artist Residency, Glacier National Park, MT
1990
Publication Award, National Park Service Cooperating Association Publications Award, Artwork for “Yosemite Field Seminars”
Publication Award, Gallery of Printing, Artwork for “Flower Cards”
1985
Commission, University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA
1983
Artist Residency, Wonder Lake Research Camp, Denali National Park, AK
1981
Artist Grant, Alaska State Council on the Arts, Eagle River, AK
1978-1980
Artist Residency, Visual Art Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
1977
Commission, Sequoia National Park, CA
TEACHING
1994-2022
In-person and online art instruction for adults and children in techniques for drawing, painting, color theory, field journals, and the book arts have been offered at the following venues, with most recent listed first (for a more detailed teaching resume, please contact Andie Thrams):
TreeSong Nature and Awareness Center, Online instruction and in Washougal, WA
Private art instruction and individual artist mentoring, Coloma, CA
Instagram TV, Online instruction
University of California at Merced, California Naturalist Training, Yosemite, CA
University of California at Merced, ¿Field Curious?, Yosemite, CA
San Francisco State University Sierra Nevada Field Campus, Sattley, CA
Northwoods Book Arts Guild, Fairbanks, AK
The Net Loft, Cordova, AK
Alaska Botanical Garden, Anchorage, AK
Regional Parks Botanic Garden in Tilden, Berkeley, CA
San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
Rae Stedman Elementary School, Petersburg, AK
Tongass Rainforest Festival, Petersburg, AK
The School of Arts and Design, Center for Book Arts and Printmaking, Santa Fe, NM
Focus on Book Arts Conference, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
Green Heron Book Arts/The Accidental Book Maker, Forest Grove, OR
Yosemite Conservancy Outdoor Program, Yosemite National Park, CA
Indian Creek Elementary School, Placerville, CA
American River Nature Center, Coloma, CA
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
The Gardens at Heather Farm, Walnut Creek, CA
Book Arts Group, Santa Fe, NM
Neskowin Valley School, Neskowin, OR
Sonoran Art League, Cave Creek, AZ
Prescott College, Prescott, AZ
Department of Art, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Friends of Calligraphy, San Francisco, CA
ArtWorks, Salida, CO
HUNT+GATHER, Santa Fe, NM
Department of Landscape Design and Architecture, University of California, Davis, CA
Central California Art Association, Modesto, CA
Koch Studios, Santa Cruz, CA
Glacier Institute, West Glacier, MT
National Park Service, Glacier National Park, MT
California Academy of Science, San Francisco, CA
CURATING & JUDGING
2012 & 2013
Judge: Poetry Out Loud, El Dorado County Competition, Placerville, CA
2002
Juror: The Art of Seeing, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
Andie Thrams Shares Notes on the FOREST⇌FIRE Project, Truckee Arts Alliance News, Truckee, CA, 2022
Boundless, Exhibition Catalog, Bainbridge Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA, 2022
Andie Thrams and the Forest Prayer Flags Project, YouTube, Andie Thrams Artworks, 2022
Deep Wild: Writing from the Backcountry, Deep Wild Journal, Petaluma, CA, 2022
Inside the Studio with Andie Thrams, Sitka Center For Art & Ecology, Online Series, Otis, OR, 2022
Red Wheelbarrow Magazine, Art | Poetry | Prose, DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA, 2022
Climate Exhibitions Look Beyond Declarations of Calamity, Tess Thackara, New York Times, 2021
Wander, Wonder: From Symbiosis Between Plants to Human Biophilia, Jonathon Keats, FOREST⇌FIRE Project, Truckee, CA 2021
Wildfires and Art, Amy Alonzo, Reno Gazette Journal, Reno, NV, 2021
Shelter in Studio with Andie Thrams, San Francisco Center for the Book, Online Series, San Francisco, CA, 2021
Seeing Forests: Artist Andie Thrams Deciphers Forests in a Changing World, Emily Underwood, Flora Magazine, California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, CA, 2021
On Considering Extraction, Andie Thrams, Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss, Codex Foundation, Berkeley, 2020
A Book Arts Invitational, Angela Batchelor, Bound & Lettered, Greensboro, NC, 2020
Open Sesame, Exhibition Catalog, Bainbridge Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA, 2022
Deep Wild: Writing from the Backcountry, Deep Wild Journal, Petaluma, CA, 2019
1000 Artists’ Books, Sandra Salamony, Rockport Publishers/Quarry Press, Minneapolis, MN, 2012
Making Handmade Books, Alisa Golden, Lark Crafts/Sterling Publishing Co. Inc., New York, NY, 2010
Book, Art, Object, David Jury, Editor, Codex Foundation, Berkeley, CA, 2008
500 Handmade Books, Suzanne Tourtillott, Editor, Lark Books, New York, NY, 2008
Yosemite: Paradise for Artists, Guy Keeler, Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA, 2008
In Forests: An Interview with Andie Thrams, Sarah Juniper Rabkin, Writing Nature, Brattleboro, VT, 2007
Focus on Book Arts (catalog), Marilyn Worrix, Editor, Pacific University, OR, 2007, 2009 & 2011
On the Same Page, Polly Summar, Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe/North, Santa Fe, NM, 2006
Andie Thrams Illuminates the Process of Journaling, Phawnda Moore, Friends of Calligraphy, San Francisco, CA, 2006
Tree Time, Brandon Ford, News-Times, Newport, OR, 2004
Drawing Inspiration, Jesse Hamlin, San Francisco Chronicle, April 18, San Francisco, CA, 2003
The Art of Seeing: Notes on Biological Illustration, Vicky Jennings, The Museum of California, Spring, Oakland CA, 2003
The Art of Seeing (catalog), Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA, 2003
Larkspur Graphics, over 250 images published as limited edition prints, posters, and note cards, 1980-2003
Calligraphic Enigma, Letter Arts Review Annual, John Neal Books, Greensborough, NC, 2001
GNSI Annual Members Exhibit (catalog), Evora, Portugal, 2000
Oceans (catalog), Sagres, Portugal, 2000
Living Your Yoga, Rodale Press, Berkeley, CA, 2000
Yosemite Field Seminars, Yosemite Association, El Portal, CA, 1990
Denali Roadside Guide, Alaska Natural History Association, Anchorage, AK, 1984
Grasslands and Tundra, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, 1983
Displays, murals, maps and nature guides, Chugach State Park, Anchorage and Eagle River, AK, 1978-1984
The Congress Trail, Sequoia Natural History Association, Ash Mountain, CA, 1978
A Guide to the Seaweeds of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon & Northern California, Poseidon Press, Berkeley, CA, 1976
Human Impact on the Backcountry of Yosemite National Park, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1976
REPRESENTATION
Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, Birmingham, AL
Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO