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EDUCATION

M.F.A., University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

B.F.A., California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013      Aida Gamez, Barry Sakata Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2010      Aida Gamez, Barry Sakata Gallery, Sacramento, CA

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2010      Aida Gamez & Carrie Lederer, Marcia Woods Gallery,Atlanta, GA

2007      Aida Gamez & Linda Geary, Barry Sakata Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1998      SHOW THIRTEEN, Two-Person Exhibition, Gallery Oboy, San Francisco, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013      IN OUR HANDS, HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia

2013      A TRAPPED IN YOUR MIND FEELING, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA

2012      CREATURES, Echo Gallery, Calistoga, CA

2007      DAY OF THE DEAD, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA

2007      SEVEN WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG, B. Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2007      THE CUPCAKE SHOW, Mama Buzz Gallery, Oakland, CA

2006      SEE JANE RUN, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA 2

2005      MACLA, CHANGING FORMS, San Jose, CA

2004      GALLERY ROUTE ONE, Three-Person Juried Exhibition, Point Reyes, CA 2

003-06   NEEDLE ART: A POSTMODERN SEWING CIRCLE, EXHIBITS USA (5-CITY TOUR):

J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries, College Station, TX

Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, TX Milton

Hershey School Art Museum, Hershey, PA

Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA

Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA

2003      USF VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2001      SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, ARTIST’S GALLERY, San Francisco, CA

2001      WENDY SUSSMAN MEMORIAL EXHIBITION, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

1999      NEEDLE ART, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA

1998      HAND AND HAND, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

1997      OBSERVATIONS / REMEMBRANCE, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA

1997      SPIRALING THROUGH THE CENTER, New College of California, San Francisco, CA

1997      ASTROTURF, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

1997      FOOTBALL, Memorial Stadium, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

1996      BERKELEY ART MUSEUM, MFA Show, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

1996      JAMES BRESLIN MEMORIAL EXHIBITION, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

1987      ARTISTAS MEXICOS / AMERICANOS DE SAN FRANCISCO, Loteria Nacional, Mexico City, D.F.

1986      NEW PERSPECTIVE, Lillian Paley Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA

1986      SANGRE NUEVA (NEW BLOOD), Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, CA

1985      OCHO MUJERES EN LAS ARTES PLASTICAS, Centro Bolivariano de Cultura, Casa Macondo, San Francisco, CA –

ARTIST RESIDENCY

2014      Guapamacataro Art and Ecology, Maravatio, Michoacan, Mexico

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2006      University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

2006      Bedford Gallery Show, Walnut Creek, CA

2005      San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

1998      Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

1997      HOMEGROWN: FIELDS OF CALIFAS, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA

1988      LATIN AMERICAN PRINTS, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA

PUBLICATIONS

Mentioned in the following:

2006      Diablo Arts magazine, a publication of the Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, September

2006      Contra Costa Times, May 4,

2006      Oakland Tribune, May 1,

2006      Metro, Silicon Valley’s Weekly Newspaper, August

2005      San Jose Mercury News, July 31,

2005      El-Observador, Calendario, July