darcie lynn ticar
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about the artist
My interdisciplinary studio practice consists of collecting discarded second-hand items that once carried importance to other people and re-creating them into paintings, assemblages and sculptures. Using repetition, color, texture, and design I depict the broken, used, and rejected... creating messages of hope that are congruent and symbolic to human life, as we ourselves make mistakes, and deem areas of ourself hopeless or unusable. In a world so quick to throw things away, I carry a fascination with the concept of time lost, regeneration and purpose, and see tremendous value in redefining the forgotten.
Darcie Lynn Ticar 2026
curriculum vitae
Darcie Lynn Ticar
EDUCATION
2025-2027 UC Davis, graduating Winter 2027, B.A. Art Studio Major
2024-2025 Solano College, Fairfield CA
2010 Napa Valley Police Academy, P.O.S.T. Certification
2004-2006 Solano College, Fairfield CA
2002-2003 Mills College, Oakland CA
AWARDS
2026 Best Of Show, 1st & 2nd Place Painting, 36th District Agricultural Association, Dixon May Fair, Dixon Ca
2025 Undergraduate Art Studio Space Award, Fall Quarter 2025, UC Davis, Davis CA
2025 Third Place, Painting, 36th District Agricultural Association, Dixon May Fair, Dixon CA
2025 Second Place, Sculpture/Recycled Art, 36th District Agricultural Association, Dixon May Fair, Dixon CA
2025 Third Place, Sculpture, 61st Annual Nor-Cal Regional Juried Art Show, Fairfield CA
2024 Second Place, Mixed Media, 36th District Agricultural Association, Dixon May Fair, Dixon CA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 36th District Agricultural Association, Dixon May Fair, Dixon CA
2026 Brain Freeze, Mondavi Center, Davis CA
2025 36th District Agricultural Association, Dixon May Fair, Dixon CA
2025 Copycat, Vacaville Art Gallery, Vacaville CA
2025 61st Annual Nor-Cal Regional Juried Art Show, Fairfield-Suisun Visual Arts Association, Fairfield CA
2024 36th District Agricultural Association, Dixon May Fair, Dixon CA
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
2025-2026 R.E and Hilda Sparling Scholarship, UC Davis, Davis CA
2025-2026 University Grant 1, UC Davis, Davis CA
2025-2026 University Grant 2, UC Davis, Davis CA
2002-2003 Mills College Scholarship, Mills College Oakland CA
RELEVANT JOBS
2026 Mural at Tremont Elementary School, Summer 2026, Dixon CA
2002-2003 Gallery Attendant, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Matchbox Magazine, 20th Edition, 2026
“Juried Art Show Wraps up January 5”, Daily Republic, 15 Dec 2024
The Walrus, Mills College Literary Journal, 2003
My future goal: to find a studio location downtown and serve my community.
