About the Artist
Thalia Stratton Biography
Thalia Stratton graduated with Honors & Distinction from the University of San Francisco/Academy of Art University 1989 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Fashion Illustration, with honors and distinction. In 2010, she received her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting from the Academy of Art University. Ms. Stratton has owned and operated her own art and design studio since 1989. Thalia has taught at the college level, including at San Francisco State University and the Academy of Art University.
Her professional projects include illustrating for Givenchy-Paris, Neiman Marcus, Playboy Enterprises, the San Francisco Ballet and I. Magnin and Co. Thalia has also developed various product lines for the wine industry of Napa and Sonoma Valley. In the late 1990’s, Thalia entered the Fine Art world, creating pastels, illustrations and oil paintings which were sold throughout the United States.
She has also been widely published in publications including Gentry Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, American Art Collector, Southwest Art and Fine Art Connoisseur and American Art Review. She has also been awarded the award of Excellence from the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society (2015) the Ethel Gilmore-Charles J. Roman Memorial Award from Allied Artists of America (2016) and a National Honorable Mention from the Pastel Journal. She has published two books, The Art of Dining and The Art of Dining: Epicurean Delights, a cookbook she co designed with her nephew John Stratton, a San Francisco Culinary Institute, Cordon Bleu trained chef.
Thalia is also current member of several professional societies, including the Salmagundi Club in New York City, where she has also exhibited on several occasions; Oil Painters of America, where she exhibits in both the National and Western Regional Juried Exhibitions; Allied Artists of America; the National Impressionist Society, and the National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society.
Ms. Stratton is currently represented in galleries across the Western and Southwestern United States and has exhibited at the Gilcrease Museum Tulsa, Oklahoma. Most recently, Thalia was awarded the Grand Prize in the International Artist Magazine Challenge No. 120, and has been made a Signature member of both the Oil Painters of America and the National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ She is currently represented in several galleries across the Western and Southwestern United States and her paintings are and have been exhibited across the country, and recently exhibited in the prestigious De Young Museum, San Francsico, Fall Exhibition. Her career spans over three decades.
EDUCATION
2010 Master of Fine Arts, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
1989 Bachelor of Fine Arts Cooperative Degree, Academy of Art College/University of San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA
1985 Associate Arts Degree, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 “The Art of Dining: Epicurean Delights,” Arata Art Gallery, Benicia, CA
2018 “A Series of Paintings: THALIA STRATTON,” Eminent Design Gallery, Sonoma, CA
2017 “Culinary Celebrations,” Lee Youngman Galleries, Calistoga, CA
2016 “French postcards,” L’ Alliance de Francaise de San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2011 “THALIA STRATTON - An Exhibition of New Paintings”, Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
“Art of Dining, Epicurean Delights,”, Arata Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 “The Art of Dining, Recent Works ”, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 “The 30th Annual National Exhibition of Traditional Oils”, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
2020 “NOAPS 30th Best of America National Juried Exhibition”, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art. Augustine, FL
“Online Exhibition,” American Impressionist Society
“Western Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils”, Oil Painters of America
“Salon Show Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils”, Oil Painters of America,
“Annual Members’ Exhibition”, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2019 “SHARE THE BOUNTY, The Art of Food, The New Studio for the Visual Arts, Jupiter, FL
“Members Exhibition M-Z”, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
2018 “Western Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils,” Oil Painters of America,
“The Power of Pink,” The New Studio for the Visual Arts, Juniper, FL
“Black and White,” North Tahoe Arts National Juried Exhibition, Lake Tahoe, CA
“105th Annual Exhibition,” Allied Artists of America, New York, NY
“Associates Online Exhibition,” Allied Artists of America, New York, NY
“1st Best of America Small Painting,” National Exhibition Juried Exhibition
“Spring International Online Exhibition
2017 “Holiday Small Works,” National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society
“The Figure Contemporary: A National Art Exhibit,” Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
“The Art of Gastronomy II,” Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
“Western Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils,” Oil Painters of America
“18th Annual National Juried Exhibition,” American Impressionist Society
2016 “Annual Exhibition,” Allied Artists of America, New York, NY
“Arrangements in Black & White,” National Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
“17th Annual National Juried Exhibition,” American Impressionist Society, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA
“French Postcards,” Lee Youngman Gallery, Calistoga, CA
“30 Years of Fine Art,” Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2015 “Juried Salon Show Traditional Oils,” Oil Painters of America
“Fall International On-line Open Exhibition,” National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
“Best of America,” National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Corrison Gallery, North Tahoe, CA
“Santa Barbara Artwalk,” Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA
“24th Annual Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils,” Oil Painters of America
“Small Works Show,” Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA
“The Art of Gastronomy,” Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
2014 “Artists of Distinction,” Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA
“Best of America,” National Oil Acrylic Painters Society
2013 “Western Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils,” Oil Painters of America
“Juried Salon Show of Traditional Oils,” Oil Painters of America
“Salon International,” Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2011 “Great American Figurative Show,” Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
“Napa Valley Art Juried Exhibition,” Yountville, CA,
“20th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Oil Painters of America,” Coeur d’Alene, ID
2010 “Oil Painters of America Western Regional Juried Show, Jackson, WY
“Juried Spring Show”, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2009 “Juried Spring Show”, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
“The 25th Annual LGAA Juried Exhibition“, The Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
“Visual Art Competition Exhibit’s”. Supery, Winery Vineyards, Rutherford, CA
“Mustard Magic”, Culinary Institute at Greystone, St Helena, CA
“You and me and everything we never knew”, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2008 “Shadows”, San Francisco Woman Artists, San Francisco, CA
“Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, San Francisco Woman Artists, San Francisco, CA
“Nature’s Signature”, San Francisco, Women Artists, San Francisco, CA
“Delicious”, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 “Tiny”, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Juried Spring Show”, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2006 “An Exhibition of Living Artists, Homage to 19th Century Paris Salon”, Artisans Art Gallery, San Rafael, CA
“Art in Bloom”, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 “Degas Pastel Society Fourteenth Membership Juried Exhibition, Hammond, LA
2004 “Olympics in the Mediterranean: A Celebration in Paining (Juried), San Francisco, CA
“7th Annual Juried Exhibition of the International Association of Pastel Societies, Bethlehem, PA
2003 “Pastel Society of the Southwest 22nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX
“Degas Pastel Society Thirteenth Member Juried Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
“Ninth Annual National Pastel Exhibition, LA FOND GALLERIES, Pittsburgh, PA
AWARDS
2020 Grand Prize, Favorite Subjects, Challenge #120, International Artist Magazine, AZ
Signature Status Award, Oil Painters of America
Honorable Mention, Annual Exhibition, Los Gatos Art Association, Los Gatos, CA
2019 Merit Award, Power of Pink, The New Studio for The Visual Arts, Jupiter, FL
Merit Award, Black & White Exhibition, North Tahoe Arts’ Corrison Gallery, North Tahoe, CA
Honorable Mention, Southwest Art Magazine Artistic Excellence
Editors’ Choice Award, Southwest Art Magazine, October, AZ
2018 National Honorable Mention, 19th Annual Pastel 100 Competition, Southwest Art Magazine
2016 New Member Award, Bosque Art Classic, Bosque Arts Center, Clifton, TX
2015 Award of Excellence, 25th Anniversary Best of America, National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society,
Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO
2010 Honorable Mention, Jury’s Top 50, Salon International 2010, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
2009 Honorable Mention, Member Juried Show 2009, LGAA, The Los Gatos Museum, Los Gatos, CA
Curator’s Award 2009, The 25th Annual LGAA Juried Exhibition, The Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
Third Place 2009, The 25th Annual LGAA Juried Exhibition, The Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
Honorable Mention 2009, Mustard Magic, Culinary Institute at Greystone, St. Helena, CA,
2008 Merit Award, “Shadows,” San Francisco Woman Artists, San Francisco, CA
Merit Award, “Nature’s Signature” , 2008, San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA
Best Works on Paper, “Spring Show, 2008”, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2006 Merit Award, “Art in Bloom”, San Francisco Women’s’ Artists Gallery, San Francisco CA
2001 Merit Award 2001, “Fine Art of the Automobile - Lap 3”, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1999 Winner Fashion Competition, San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook Fashion Column, San Francisco, CA
September, Nomination President’s Medal 1989, University of San Francisco/Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1989 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Graduated with Honors and Distinction, San Francisco, CA
1988 Honorable Mention, Award of Excellence, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1986 Honorable Mention, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1985 Associate Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude, San Francisco, CA
AFFILIATIONS
Oil Painters of America
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Allied Artists of America New York, NY
National Impressionist Society
Los Gatos Art Association
TEACHING
2011-2007 Fashion Illustration I, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2006-2003 Fashion Illustration I, Apparel Arts, San Francisco, CA
1995-1993 Fashion Advertising, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1995-1993 Advanced Fashion Illustration Technique, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1997-1994 Fashion Illustration, Canada College, Redwood City, CA
1997-1994 Fashion Graphics, Canada College, Redwood City, CA
1997 Beginning Fashion Illustration, San Francisco, CA San Francisco City College, San Francisco, CA
1991-1990 Beginning Fashion Illustration, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA, 1990-1991
PUBLICATIONS
AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR, Juried Completion of New Work, Alcove Books, 2012
Food & Home, Fall/2011
AMERICAN art Collector
Southwest Art, June, 2011
The Art of Dining: Epicurean Delights, May, 2011
AMERICAN art COLLECTOR, April, 2011
AMERICAN art COLLECTOR, February, 2011
AMERICAN art COLLECTOR, November, 2010
The Art of Dining, Recent Works, February, 2010
AMERICAN art COLLECTOR, November, 2010
AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR, Juried Completion of New Work, Alcove Books, Volume 4 Book 2 -Western States, 2008, pg.175
AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR, Juried Completion of New Work, Alcove Books, Volume 3 Book 4 - Western States, 2007, pg.180
AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR, Juried Completion of New Work, Alcove Books, Volume 3 Book 3 - Western States, 2006, pg.100
AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR, Juried Completion of New Work, Alcove Books, Volume 2 Book - Western States, 2005, pg.
10 COVER YOURSELF, Adventures in the Rag Trade, From Start-Ups to Stars, by Sue Perkarsky Gary, 2001, pg. 7 GENTRY MAGAZINE, 1994-1995
GENTRY MAGAZINE, 1993