About
Violet Fields
Lives & works in Oakland, CA
Born to devout Christian parents and raised in West Oakland, Fields' art practice is rooted in her faith. The twin themes of service and spirituality have been present throughout her career which spans 60+ years.
Fields served as an art educator in West Oakland while continuing to exhibit her paintings nationally and internationally. Her work has been shown at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Museum of Modern Art Rio de Janeiro, Stanford University, The San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, and most recently at Metal Haus Gallery in Oakland. Violet's art has also had her work publicly collected and displayed throughout Washington state, Los Angeles, and especially throughout every Kaiser Permanente facility in Northern California.
Violet Fields received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1973 and her MFA from the California State University, Sacramento in 1976. She received her teaching credentials from the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1979. She then went to serve as Master Teacher there for the Art Education Department.
She continues to reside in West Oakland, California.