BIO
Tibi Geis was born in Venezuela in 1959. Obtained a BFA in Painting, 1985, and in 1996 graduated from San Jose State University with an MFA in Pictorial Arts.
In 1999, she moved to Fort Bragg with her husband, where she has resided ever since.
EXHIBITIONS:
Solo Shows:
2025 “Space & Ornament”, Cobalt Gallery, 430 N Main St., Fort Bragg, CA
2008 Guest Artist, Artists Co-op of Mendocino, 45270 Main Street, Mendocino, CA
1998 Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, CA
1996 City Gallery, San Jose City College, San Jose, CA
1994 UOP Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stanley E McCaffrey Center, Stockton, CA
1989 W.W Meade, Inc, Bodega, CA
Group Shows:
2025 Hidden Treasures, Backstreet Gallery, 312 S A St., Santa Rosa, CA
2015 Creative Space, A Flockworks Group Exhibit, Oddfellows Hall, Mendocino, CA
1997 Icons: Past, Present & Future, Helios Gallery, Ashland, OR
1997 Fantasy & the Surreal, Invitational Group Show, Curated by Mary Lou N Haugh
La Esperanza Salon of the Arts, Dublin, CA
The Third Dimension, An exhibition of 3;D Art, Juried by Marvin Lipofsky
Center for Visual Art Oakland, CA
Verdades, Voces y Visiones, Invitational Group Show,
Mountainview Center for the Performing Arts, Mountainview, CA
Symbolist/Abstract Contemporary Collection, Invitational Group Show
Curated by Mary Lou N Haugh, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Lipstick Ecology and Right-Brain Theories of Evolution, Invitational Three-women Show
Curated By Erin Goodwin-Guerrero, MACLA, San Jose, CA
1996 Latin American Art in the 90’s, Department of Fine Arts & The Committee for Latin
American & Caribbean Studies, St. John’s University, University Gallery, Jamaica, NY
12th Annual National Juried Exhibition – Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media
Juried by Geno Rodriguez, Founder and Director of the Alternative Museum, NYC
Berkeley Art Center Association, Berkeley, CA
California Works, 2-D/Mixed Media juried by Mike Henderson, California State Fair,
Sacramento, CA - *Award of Excellence*
Out of State, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA
1995 Kaleidoscope, Juried by Carlos Loarca, Bayfront Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sixth National Juried Exhibition, Juried by Lisa Dennison, Curator, Guggenheim Museum
Viridian Gallery, New York, NY
1994 National Juried Painting/Print Exhibition, Juried by Theodore F. Wolfe, Art Critic
Gallery 84, Inc, New York, NY
1994 2D Contemporary, Juried by Squeak Carnwath, San Jose Art League Gallery, San Jose, CA
Scene Unseen III – (Catalogue) — Juried by Luis Jimenez, Eastern New Mexico University
Portales, NM
Sacred Cows, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
The Priva B. Gross International
Juried by David Herbert, Art Critic/Dealer/Curator, founder of the Feigen/Herbert Gallery, NY
QCC Art Gallery, Bayside, NY
1993 Women Artists ‘93, Juried by Cornelia Schulz and Kathleen Kasper-Noonan, Matrix Gallery
Sacramento, CA - *Honorable Mention*
14th Annual Bay Arts, Juried by Rupert Garcia, The San Mateo County Art Council,
Manor House Gallery, Belmont, CA
63rd Annual Statewide Exhibition, Juried by George Rivera, Santa Cruz Art League
Santa Cruz, CA
Berkeley Art Center Association’s 9th Annual Exhibition, Part III
Juried by Karen Tsujimoto,Curator, San Francisco MOMA
Berkeley Art Association, Berkeley, CA
Images & Objects 1993, Juried by Franklin Williams and Hanna Hannah, ACCI Gallery
Berkeley, CA
1989 California Small Works, Juried by Robert Hudson
California Museum of Art at The Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA
REVIEWS:
“Lipstick Tracers, Three MACLA artists pinpoint changes in spiritual and gender
landscape”, by Ann Elliot Sherman, METRO, June 5-11, 1997,Vol. 13, No 14.,
San Jose, CA
“Painter Shows Mastery of Art at UOP Exhibition”, by Sand Kakuda, The Record,
10/19/1994, Stockton, CA
“Powerful Messages From Women in Annual Matrix Competition”
By Victoria Dalkey, The Sacramento Bee, 12/05/1993