Alicia Tormey - American Painter
Exhibition History | Collections | Awards | Education
Selected Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions:
2025 Pyrophytic - Solo Show - Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle WA
2023 Natural Spender - Solo Show - Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle WA
2021 New Territory - Solo Show - Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle WA
2019 Gaea - Solo Show - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2018 Luminous - Solo Show -Hall / Spassov Gallery, Bellevue, WA
2017 Modern Landscapes - Solo Show - Hall / Spassov Gallery - Bellevue, WA
2016 Terra -Solo Show - Hall / Spassov Gallery, Bellevue, WA
2015 Organica - Solo Show - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Sojourns - Solo Show - Hall / Spassov Gallery, Bellevue, WA
2014 Indomitus: Untamed - Solo Show - Hall / Spassov Gallery - Bellevue, WA
2013 Installation: Seattle Art Museum @ Wa. State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2013 Renewal: Alicia Tormey & John Dempcey, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2012 Drifting: Solo Show - Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 Alicia Tormey & Anne Siems, SAM Gallery @ Taste, Seattle Art Museum, WA
2011 Trespassing - Solo Show - Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Forces of Nature - Solo Show - Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, ID
2010 Second Nature - Solo Show - Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 Evolutions: Solo Show - Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 New Encaustic Works- Solo Show - Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Alicia Tormey & Jim Kraft, - Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Sitting Pretty - Solo Show - Lunar Boy Gallery, Astoria OR
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025 Holiday Group Show - Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle WA
2024 Celebrate Art Annual Group Show - Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle WA
2024 Winter’s Light - Group Show - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2023 Celebrate Art Group Show - Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle WA
2023 Holiday Artist Group Show - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2022 Celebrate Art Group Show - Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle WA
2022 Summer Showcase Spotlight - Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle WA
2022 Group Show - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2022 Seattle Art Fair - Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle WA
2021 Gallery Artists - Group Show - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2021 Celebrate Art Group Show - Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle WA
2020 Celebrate Art Group Show - Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle WA
2019 Gallery Group Show - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2018 Art Market San Francisco - Hall / Spassov Gallery - Seattle, WA
2018 Winter Showcase - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2018 Gallery Group Show - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Fluid Foundations - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Gallery Showcase - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2016 New Works - Hall / Spassov Gallery - Bellevue, WA
2016 Gallery Group Show - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Northwest Group Show - Hall / Spassov Gallery - Seattle, WA
2015 Winter Group Show - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Artist Trust Juried Auction, Seattle WA
2014 Group Encaustic Show - Hall / Spassov Gallery - Bellevue, WA
2014 Summer Group Show - Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 User Profile - Hall / Spassov Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 Pattern & Process - Gallery Artists, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2013 Alicia Tormey, Patti Bowman, Inez Storer - Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Let Me Wander in Your Garden, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2012 ArtMRKT San Francisco, Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, ID
2012 Selected Works, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 New Paintings, Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, ID
2011 Natural Selection - Gallery Artists, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 Anniversary Exhibition, Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, ID
2011 Pratt-Annual Juried Art Auction, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
2010 Installation, Alexis Hotel- Front Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Anniversary Exhibition, Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, ID
2010 PONCHO-Juried Auction, PONCHO Invitational Auction, Seattle, WA
2009 Juried Art Auction, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
2009 Gallery Annual Group Show, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2009 Metamorphosis- Juried Exhibition, Hayden Art Center, Lincoln, NE
2009 Gallery Group Show, Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, ID
2009 Small Works, Lunar Boy Gallery, Astoria, OR
2009 Gallery Artists, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Alicia Tormey, Mike Stilkey, Megan Murphy - Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, ID
2008 Group Show - Gallery Annual, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Pinned to PONCHO- Participating Artist, PONCHO Art Auction- Bellevue, WA
2008 Anniversary Exhibition, Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, ID
2008 Featured Artist- New Works, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Hunter Museum- Juried Auction, Chattanooga, TN
2008 Gallery Artists Annual, Lunar Boy Gallery, Astoria, OR
2008 Addicted to Art, PONCHO Invitational Auction, Seattle, WA
2008 Three-Person Show - Northwest Painters, Alexis Hotel- Front Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Featured Artists, Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, ID
2007 Group Show - Gallery Annual, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Pratt-Annual Juried Art Auction, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
2007 Selected for Live Auction, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
2007 Group Show ,Lunar Boy Gallery, Astoria, OR
2006 Creative Source, Hosted by Sun Valley Center For the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
2006 Group Show, Laura Frost Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 - present
2010 - present
Corporate & Public Collections:
US State Department - Art in Embassies Program:
US Embassies: Belgrade, Serbia and Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Crown Plaza Hotel - London, UK
Hilton Flamingo Hotel: Las Vegas, NV
Hotel 1000 / Madison Tower- Seattle WA
Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport CT
Krekow Jennings Inc, Seattle WA
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Multiple Commissions - Seattle WA
University Hospitals, Cleveland OH
Swedish Orthopedic Institute, Seattle WA
East Campus - Swedish Medical Center, Issaquah WA
The Polyclinic, Seattle WA
Peterson Sullivan CPA, Seattle, WA
Publications | Media:
Western Home Journal Spring 2026 - Field Notes Feature
Western Home Journal - Winter 2025 - Artist Profile
International Encaustic Artist Magazine - Featured Article - Spring 2023 Issue
Art In Embassies - US State Department - Video Profile - Jan. 2022
Professional Artist Magazine - Cover Art Feature - Winter 2017 Issue
Encaustic Arts Magazine - Featured Article - Spring 2019, Vol 11 Issue 2
Original Lines Podcast Interview, Host: Laura Allen - Episode 10
Encaustic Arts Magazine - Featured Article - Spring 2017, Vol 7 Issue 2
Studio Visit Magazine - Featured Artists - Winter 2015 Issue
Boston Globe, Art Review, Cate McQuaid, April 8, 2015
GNU Snowboards - Artwork featured as 2013 Snowboard Design
Contemporary Statements in Encaustic, Featured Artist, pg. 32
Exhibition Catalog: 4th Annual Encaustic Invitational 2008
Embracing Encaustic, 2006 Featured Artist, pg. 67
Grants & Awards:
Artist Trust Grant for Artists Projects (GAP) Award - 2014
Best In Show – Art Institute of Seattle
Merit Award – Art Institute Of Seattle
Artists Choice Award – Pratt Fine Art Center
Education:
Graphic Design - Art Institute of Seattle - 1996
Design Internship - CNC Designs, Prague, Czech Republic - 1997
Pratt Fine Art Center - Emphasis on Encaustic Painting - 2000 - 2006
Teaching:
Guest Instructor: Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland - 2023
Guest Instructor Mulranny Art Center, Mulranny, Ireland - 2019 & 2023
Contact:
206-354-1400
