Education
2022-25 MFA, Studio Art, concentration in Photo, Video and Imaging, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2019 BA, Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR
Teaching Experience
2023-2025 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ First Year Photography, Gaze (Instructor of Record)
Related Work Experience
2021-22 Archival Producer and Assistant Editor, Children of the Setting Sun, Bellingham, WA
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2021-22 Fellowship and unrestricted funds, Nia Tero PNW Arts Fellowship, Seattle, WA
2021 Grant, Artist Trust Grant for Artists in Progress, Seattle, WA
2020-21 Fellowship, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Boot Camp, Seattle, WA
Exhibitions
2026 Chrysalis, Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts, Olympia, WA
2025-26 Solo Exhibition, Boren Banner Series, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA (Curator: Alexis Silva)
2025 Border as Network, Pidgin Palace Arts, Tucson, AZ
2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2024 SHIB Exhibition, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA
2024 The Sienna Collection, La Linea Gallery, Nogales, AZ
2024 Diversity in Art, Nogales Museum of Art ,Nogales, Sonora, Mexico 2023 Paradise is Trouble, The Loft Cinema, Tucson, AZ
2022 Solo Exhibition, Doorways, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2021 Solo Exhibition, The Specter of the Young and Indigenous, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA (Curator: Amy Chaloupka)
Public Art and Commissions
2021-23, 2024-26 Juried list, City of Seattle Public Art Artist Roster, Seattle, WA
2021-25 Juried list, ArtsWA Public Art Roster, Olympia, WA
2023 Yard Signs Commission, Seattle, WA
Funder: yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective Details: $1500 Honoraria for 18”x24” vinyl prints,
2023 Mural Commission, Seattle, WA
Funder: InterIM Community Development Association
Details: $3000 production and honoraria for 9’ x 11’ vinyl prints Location: Uncle Bob’s Place Apartments Mural
2021 Temporary public art exhibition commission, Seattle, WA Funder: Seattle Office of Arts and Culture
Details: $7000 production and honoraria for 1 8’x’8 & 4 3’x4’ Dibond prints Location: Seattle Center
2020 Group VR Exhibit Commission, Seattle, WA
Funder: Friends of Waterfront Seattle
Details: $2000 honoraria for photographs included in FUTURE VR exhibit and artist statement included on plaques in pier
Location: Waterfront Park
2020 Land Acknowledgement Art Group Project, Seattle, WA
Details: collaboration with lead artist Jordan Remington Location: Town Hall Seattle
Bibliography
Cassidy, Benjamin. “Pier 62 Shows Seattle in Its Best Light.” Seattle Met, March 2, 2021. https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2021/03/pier-62-shows-seattle-waterfront-in-its- best-light
Claassen, Christina. “Jac Trautman Show Highlights Young and Indigenous Podcast.” Whatcom Museum, February 11, 2021. https://www.whatcommuseum.org/jac-trautman-exhibition-young- and-indigenous/
Davis, Brangien. “ArtSEA: DIY Bumbershoot at Seattle Center This Weekend | Cascade PBS,” September 2, 2021. https://www.cascadepbs.org/culture/2021/09/artsea-diy-bumbershoot-seattle-center-weekend
Lovejoy, Bess. “Boren Banner Series: Camille Trautman @ The Frye: Reframing history and identity.” The Ticket. The Seattle Times. October 23, 2025. https://theticket.seattletimes.com/top-picks/boren-banner-series-camille-trautman-the-frye/
Manitach, Amanda. “Outside the Frame” [Interview]. Seattle Magazine. November 2025.
Norris, Kyle, prod. “The 6 Best Reasons to Leave Your House in February.” Meet Me Here, with Jeannie Yandel. KUOW, NPR member station, January 14, 2026. https://www.kuow.org/stories/the-6-best-reasons-to-leave-your-house-in-february.
“Seattle’s $700M ‘woke’ Waterfront May Backfire, Critics Warn.” Fox News. Fox News, June 1, 2021. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/seattle-waterfront-may-backfire-critics-warn.
The Seattle Times. “Explore Bellingham’s Beauty and Culture | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers,” May 26, 2021. https://www.seattletimes.com/sponsored/explore-bellinghams-beauty- and-culture/.
Rodriguez, Maddie, “Exploring Identity Through Camille Trautman’s Lens” [Interview]. The Spectator. November 12, 2025. https://seattlespectator.com/2025/11/12/exploring-identity-through-camille-trautmans-lens/
Lectures, Presentations, Workshops
2026 Plein Air Portraiture: Workshop with Camille Trautman, Instructor, Frye Art Museum & Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, Apr 11 &16
2025 Regional Resonance: Camille Trautman, Colleen RJC Bratton, and Akoiya Harris in Conversation, Panelist, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Nov 20
2024 “Spatial Futures Fellows Convening”, Artifakes, Guest Speaker, sponsored by PolicyLink, Seattle, WA, June 2
2021 Framing your photos, Lecture, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA, Mar 13
Professional Service
2022-23
Board of Directors, Duwamish Tribal Services, Seattle, WA
2022
Jurist, Seattle Center Art Activations, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, Seattle, WA
2021
Jurist, King County International Airport Coast Salish large sculptural commission, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2020-22
Council Member, Duwamish Tribe, Seattle, WA