EDUCATION

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

SOLO EXHIBITION

2010      New Drawings, Barry Sakata Gallery, Sacramento, CA

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2010      Aida Gamez/Carrie Lederer, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008      New Work, Barry Sakata Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1998      Show Thirteen, Gallery Oboy, San Francisco, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007      Day of the Dead exhibition, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
2007      7 / 07 - Seven Woman Artists, Barry Sakata Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2007      I Want Sugar, Mama Buzz Café, Oakland, CA
2006      See Jane Run, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
2006      Department of Art Practice Faculty Exhibition, Worth Ryder Gallery,
            University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2005      MACLA, Changing Forms, San Jose, CA
2004      Gallery Route One, Three-Person Juried Exhibition, Point Reyes, CA
2003-06
            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
2002      Faculty Show, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, 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
2001      CSSSA Faculty Show, CalArts Gallery, San Francisco, 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      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
                                                                                                                                                                   

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

1997      Homegrown: Fields of Califas, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
1987      Latin American Prints, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA

PUBLICATIONS

Mentioned in the following:

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 2005

AWARDS

1994            Eisner Prize for Highest Achievement in the Creative Arts,
                  University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

1995            Art Practice Fellowship,
                  University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

1994            Graduate Opportunity Fellowship,
                  University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA