Recent
• BAMPFA, Museum Collection, Berkeley, CA
• SFAC 2019/2020 Prequalified Artist Pool, San Francisco, CA
• Studio relocation to Los Angeles, CA
• Arcadia: Visions and Prophecies, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, June 29-July 27, 2019
Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2017
• The Cave, Bass & Reiner, San Francisco, CA
2016
• All Summer in a Day, Tmoro Projects, Santa Clara, CA
2015
• The California Surface, 2 x 2 Solos Series 2015 commission and exhibition (Catalog by Glen Helfand: Candy flake on the bottom of the pool, and other California dreams), Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
2014
• New California Sculpture, Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• SUPAH SWEET, Studio 110 Projects, Sausalito, CA
• Irresistible Forces, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012
• Glow, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
• Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
2017
• R/SF Projects, Young Collectors Club - Spring Edition, San Francisco, CA
• Apollo on Earth, Hilde L.A., Los Angeles, CA
• Spectral Hues: artists + color, Curated by Sharon Bliss, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2016
• After Pop Life, Curated by Glen Helfand, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
• She Moonage Daydream, Cult: Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
• The Known Universe, curated by Gipe+Tell, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2015
• Indigo Mind: Celebrating the work of Oliver Sacks, curated by Cara Levine & Arianne Gelardin, STOREFRONTLAB, San Francisco, CA
• Four person show: Mystic Pizza, City Limits Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014
• Humor Risk, Curated by Daniel Jeffries and Evan Reiser, Kathleen Cullen, New York City, NY
• 34th Annual Art Auction & Exhibition: Connect & Collect, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, CA
• Root Division's 13th Annual Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
• Something Completely Different, City Limits Gallery, Oakland, CA
• MAS ATTACK [Ltd Ed], ARTRA Curatorial, Gipe+Tell, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
• The Disquiet, Bay Area Currents 2014, Selections by Dena Beard, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
• Sky: A National Juried Exhibition, Bedford Gallery of the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
• MAS ATTACK [Ltd Ed], ARTRA Curatorial, Gipe+Tell, Studio 17, San Francisco, CA
• Five Year Anniversary Show, Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013
• Choice, NCWCA National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Catharine Clark, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 8th National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Glen Helfand, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• Currency, SFAI Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
• MFA Now, Juried Exhibition, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
• Dis/Order, Juried Annual 2013, Juror: Naomi Beckwith, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
• SFAI MFA Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
2012
• Continuing MFA Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Citizen Change, Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
• SFAI MFA Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
2009
• Locality: An SFAI Group Show, San Francisco, CA
Awards
2018
• Bullseye Projects Artist in Residence, April – June 2018, Emeryville, CA
• Residency, The Artist House at St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD
• San Francisco Arts Commission, 2017/18 Prequalified Artist Pool, San Francisco, CA
2016
• 2017 SECA Art Award nominee, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
2015
• San Francisco Arts Commission, 2015/16 Prequalified Artist Pool, San Francisco, CA
• ProArts 2 x 2 Solos commission and exhibition, Oakland, CA
2013
• Anne Bremer Memorial Prize (2nd Place), Best in Show SFAI Graduate Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
• Isaac M. Walter Sculpture Prize, SFAI. San Francisco, CA Nominee,
• Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, SFAI. CA
Press
• The Point News, Brown Bag Lunchtime Artist Talk: Tamra Seal, http://thepointnews.net/2017/10/brown-bag-lunchtime-artist-talk-tamra-seal, 10/29/2017
• Dissolve, Why and How to Collect Art, http://disolvesf.org/trace, 5/11/2017
• Blouin Artinfo, "The Cave" at Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco, http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/2166460/the-cave-at-bass-reiner-gallery-san-francisco, 5/5/2017
• CARLA, Apollo on Earth at HILDE, http://contemporaryartreview.la/apollo-on-earth-at-hilde/ 3/22/2017
• Modern Luxury Silicon Valley, Cultivating Creativity, Palo Alto Art Center marks 45 years of bringing art to the community, https://modernluxury.com/silicon-valley/story/cultivating-creativity March/April 2017
• Palo Alto online, Like a Rainbow, Palo Alto Art Center celebrates anniversary with vivid exhibition about color, http://paloaltoonline.com/news/2017/02/02/like-a-rainbow 2/2/2017
• City of Palo Alto, CA, Interview with Spectral Hues Guest Curator Sharon Bliss (News), http://www.publicnow.com/view/C44731CAAE24A19F0A3CA8190565172EE2CA5615?2016-12-29-18:00:18+00:00-xxx7676 12/29/2016
• New Palo Alto Art Center Exhibition Explores the Power of Color, http://patch.com/california/paloalto/new-palo-alto-art-center-exhibition-explores-power-color 12/14/2016
• Vice.com, The Creators Project, Prince Inspires a Sexy Purple Art Show, http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/prince-inspires-sexy-purple-art-pop-life 10/3/2016
• The (art) Scene Podcast, Episode 9: Tamra Seal, www.artscenepc.com/285-2/ 9/30/2016
• East Bay Express, Picks, The California Surface, 10/13-20/2015
• KQED, The Do List, Layers of Paint Transform Everyday Objects at Pro Arts, 10/12/2015
• Curiously Direct, Pro Arts//Tamra Seal: The California Surface, 10/8/2015
• KQED, Fall Arts Preview 2015, 8/26/2015 East Bay Express, From Interventions to Architecture: An Array of East Bay Art, 8/26/2015
• SFAQ, City Limits: Making Space, Flat Files, and Mystic Pizza, 2/2015
• Roguerave.com, Rogue Review, New California Sculpture at Ever Gold Gallery, 1/2/2015
• ArtBusiness.com, EVER GOLD, 11/21/2014
• East Bay Express, Picks, Irresistible Forces, 7/2-8/2014, p.28 SFAQ Pick: "Irresistible Forces" solo exhibition by Tamra Seal at Interface Gallery, Oakland, 6/16/2014
• Artandeducation.net/annoucements, SFAI Presents PRINCIPAL: 2014 MFA exhibition, 5/10/2014
• Art in America, 3/2014, p.168
• San Francisco Magazine, Best of the Bay Area, 7/2013, p.129
• SquareCylinder.com northern California art, "Currency"-SFAI's MFA Show @The Old Mint, 5/29/2013
• KQED Arts, SFAI MFA Students Overtake The Old Mint in 'Currency', 5/19/2013
Education
• MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, 2013
• School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Studio Diploma, Boston, MA
• Tufts University, B.S. in Art Education, Boston, MA