Portland-based artist Tia Factor received her M.F.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 2001 and her B.F.A. from the California College of the Arts (CCA) in 1997. She taught at the Oxbow School in Napa, California and for the Department of Art Practice at the University of California at Berkeley. Factor has curated several exhibitions and has been included in numerous solo and group shows in galleries and museums both nationally and internationally. She has completed residencies in India, Vermont and Tasmania. Factor is currently organizing the exhibition, Past Frontiers: Tasmania on the North American West Coast, a show that will tour the West Coast in 2010 featuring artists from Tasmanian exploring issues of place in their work. Factor is represented by Swarm Gallery in Oakland, California.
