Education
BFA, Painting, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Graduate Study, Painting, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Selected Exhibitions
2025
Terrain, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Realms, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA, Jurors Kim Larson and Bradley Platz
Celebrate Women in Art, Cafe Alma, San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Fine Arts and Crafts: Selected Bay Area Artists, Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2024
A Happy Medium, the smArt Collective, San Francisco, CA
Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Patchwork, Oakland City Center, Oakland, CA (group off-site exhibition curated by SLATE Contemporary)
Urban Tides: A San Francisco Story, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Jurors Ashley Voss and Joen Madonna
Pint Size 2, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
Music of Art, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Palm Springs Modernism Show, Greg Roberts, Palm Springs, CA
Faultline 8x10, Faultline Artspace, Oakland, CA
A Gathering of Color, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, Jurors Susan Press and TaVee Lee
2023
The Space Between, The Project Gallery at Arc, San Francisco, CA, Juror Karen M. Gutfreund (online)
Refuses of the Bay, Voss Gallery and Metal Haus, San Francisco, CA (online)
Surrounding (Self), Gallery 1202, Gilroy, CA
Spirit World, Fog Far Out Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Postcards from Paradise, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
6 x 6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
On the Road, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Dark/Radiant/Expressive/Political, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hearts in San Francisco, SF General Hospital Foundation Benefit, San Francisco, CA (selected artist)
2022
Images of the Virgin, Luna Gallery, San Juan Bautista, CA
Voyage, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juror Emilee Enders (online)
Collage, Evolved SF, San Francisco, CA, Juror Doug Rhodes
Look! Up in the Sky!, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
LAND, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
Tattoo You, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, Juror Kevin B. Chen
Post Montgomery Center, San Francisco, CA (Solo off-site exhibition curated by SLATE Contemporary)
Women Rising, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
Terrain: Views of California, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mind & Hearts, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021
30x30, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
The Ties That Bind, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Altered & Reimagined, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA
SHIFT, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA, Juror Martin Segobia
Collage & Mixed Media, SFWA Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juror Lorna Stevens
TEXTural, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Jurors Agneta Falk and Elizabeth Ashcroft
6 x 6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Sway Forth, Mom and Pop Art Shop, Point Richmond, CA
ArtSpan Benefit Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
2020
Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
California Dreaming, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA, Juror Shelley Barry
Pieced Together, Think Round Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Women Rising, Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, CA, Jurors Courtney Norris and Renee DeCarlo
2019
Alphabet Soup, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ArtSpan Benefit Art Auction, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juror Philip Bewley
2018
Retrospective 11, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Contemplation and Musings, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
3, Mom and Pop Art Shop, Point Richmond, CA
24th Annual El Corazon Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX, Juror Jose Vargas
2017
Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
In Your Dreams, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA, Juror Michael Azgour
Gravity of the Heart, Art Brokers Gallery, San Rafael, CA, Jurors David Coyle and Donna Seager
2015
Retrospective 8, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Day of the Dead: Art of Dia De Los Muertos 2015, The California Museum, Sacramento, CA
Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco, San Mateo Event Center, San Mateo, CA
The Big Draw, Catalyst Gallery, Beacon, NY
Daydreams and Archetypes, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA (two person)
2014
Collage Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2013
Guerrilla Show, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Colorgraphics, San Francisco, CA
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996
Women’s Work, Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, CA
1995
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Courtyard Gallery, Alameda, CA (solo)
1994
Green World Mercantile, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Tied House, San Jose, CA (solo)
1993
10th Anniversary Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
Mission Grafica, The Spirit of the Community, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Dia De Los Muertos, Galeria Museo, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Chain Reaction 8, The Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Corazon Del Barrio, Galeria Museo, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Griffith Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Triton Hotel, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1992
Spring Fever, Gallery Sanchez, San Francisco, CA
Griffith Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1991
Why We Are Here, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
The Courtyard Gallery, Alameda, CA (solo)
Expressive Paintings, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA (solo)
1990
10th Autumn Annual, Gallery Sanchez, San Francisco, CA
1989
Farewell Exhibit, Acme Art Gallery, Austin, TX (solo)
1988
Dia De Los Muertos, Mexic-Arte Art Museum, Austin, TX
1987
Alumni Exhibit, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
1986
Splash ‘86, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, TX
Cibola Gallery, Austin, TX (solo)
1985
Figurative Figures, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (two person)
Awards and Publications
2024 HONORABLE MENTION, A Gathering of Color, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2016 1ST PLACE JUROR’S AWARD, Gravity of the Heart, Art Brokers Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2014 JUDGE’S AWARD, 2014 Benefit Auction, Shipyard Trust for the Arts, Hunter’s Point Shipyard, San Francisco, CA
1997 Pacific Paper Works, San Francisco, CA (Greeting Cards)
1994 19th Annual Open Studios, San Francisco, CA (Catalog Cover, Poster, Invitation, T-Shirts)
1993 BRONZE AWARD, Art of California Magazine, Discovery Awards Competition, Napa, CA
1992 Celebration of Craftswomen, San Francisco, CA (Poster, Bus Billboards, Invitation, T-Shirts)
1987 CASH AWARD, Alumni Exhibit, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Bibliography
How Heartbreak Changes Us, Huffington Post, February 5, 2016, Vicki Larson
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/9163578
San Rafael Exhibit Explores How Heartbreak Impacts Choices, Marin Independent Journal, February 10, 2016, Jim Baldwin
Why Two Divorced Women Wanted to Explore Heartbreak, Boredpanda, February 2016, vlarson
A Celebration of The Dead: Dia De Los Muertos in Sacramento, This is My Happiness: Travel, Culture & California Lifestyle Blog, November 2, 2015,
Jenna Francisco.
Ready, Set, Go: Museum Hosts Art of the Day of the Dead, San Francisco Chronicle, August 16, 2015, Christine Delsol
Oral Histories, Art Show at Hunter’s Point Shipyard, The Potrero View, May 1997
San Francisco Murals, Community Creates Its Muse, 1914 – 1994, Timothy W Drescher
Art on the Waterfront, San Francisco Chronicle, May 4, 1994, Karen Seriguchi
Shipyard’s Thriving Art Colony, The Independent, September 1993, Joe Strupp
Year of the Woman, San Francisco Business, November/December 1992, Daria De Lotell
Neighborhood Art and Literature, The New Fillmore, July 1992
Art for Everyone, The Daily Texan, June 26, 1989, Tempy Evens
Home is Where the Art Is, The Daily Texan, February 22, 1989, Bob Walker
Austin Chronicle, May 3, 1989, Beaju Merry
Austin American Statesman, October 24, 1987. Diane Payton Gomez
BFA, Painting, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Graduate Study, Painting, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Selected Exhibitions
2025
Terrain, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Realms, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA, Jurors Kim Larson and Bradley Platz
Celebrate Women in Art, Cafe Alma, San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Fine Arts and Crafts: Selected Bay Area Artists, Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2024
A Happy Medium, the smArt Collective, San Francisco, CA
Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Patchwork, Oakland City Center, Oakland, CA (group off-site exhibition curated by SLATE Contemporary)
Urban Tides: A San Francisco Story, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Jurors Ashley Voss and Joen Madonna
Pint Size 2, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
Music of Art, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Palm Springs Modernism Show, Greg Roberts, Palm Springs, CA
Faultline 8x10, Faultline Artspace, Oakland, CA
A Gathering of Color, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, Jurors Susan Press and TaVee Lee
2023
The Space Between, The Project Gallery at Arc, San Francisco, CA, Juror Karen M. Gutfreund (online)
Refuses of the Bay, Voss Gallery and Metal Haus, San Francisco, CA (online)
Surrounding (Self), Gallery 1202, Gilroy, CA
Spirit World, Fog Far Out Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Postcards from Paradise, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
6 x 6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
On the Road, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Dark/Radiant/Expressive/Political, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hearts in San Francisco, SF General Hospital Foundation Benefit, San Francisco, CA (selected artist)
2022
Images of the Virgin, Luna Gallery, San Juan Bautista, CA
Voyage, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juror Emilee Enders (online)
Collage, Evolved SF, San Francisco, CA, Juror Doug Rhodes
Look! Up in the Sky!, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
LAND, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
Tattoo You, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, Juror Kevin B. Chen
Post Montgomery Center, San Francisco, CA (Solo off-site exhibition curated by SLATE Contemporary)
Women Rising, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
Terrain: Views of California, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mind & Hearts, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021
30x30, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
The Ties That Bind, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Altered & Reimagined, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA
SHIFT, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA, Juror Martin Segobia
Collage & Mixed Media, SFWA Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juror Lorna Stevens
TEXTural, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Jurors Agneta Falk and Elizabeth Ashcroft
6 x 6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Sway Forth, Mom and Pop Art Shop, Point Richmond, CA
ArtSpan Benefit Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
2020
Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
California Dreaming, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA, Juror Shelley Barry
Pieced Together, Think Round Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Women Rising, Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, CA, Jurors Courtney Norris and Renee DeCarlo
2019
Alphabet Soup, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ArtSpan Benefit Art Auction, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juror Philip Bewley
2018
Retrospective 11, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Contemplation and Musings, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
3, Mom and Pop Art Shop, Point Richmond, CA
24th Annual El Corazon Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX, Juror Jose Vargas
2017
Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
In Your Dreams, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA, Juror Michael Azgour
Gravity of the Heart, Art Brokers Gallery, San Rafael, CA, Jurors David Coyle and Donna Seager
2015
Retrospective 8, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Day of the Dead: Art of Dia De Los Muertos 2015, The California Museum, Sacramento, CA
Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco, San Mateo Event Center, San Mateo, CA
The Big Draw, Catalyst Gallery, Beacon, NY
Daydreams and Archetypes, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA (two person)
2014
Collage Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2013
Guerrilla Show, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Colorgraphics, San Francisco, CA
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996
Women’s Work, Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, CA
1995
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Courtyard Gallery, Alameda, CA (solo)
1994
Green World Mercantile, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Tied House, San Jose, CA (solo)
1993
10th Anniversary Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
Mission Grafica, The Spirit of the Community, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Dia De Los Muertos, Galeria Museo, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Chain Reaction 8, The Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Corazon Del Barrio, Galeria Museo, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Griffith Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Triton Hotel, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1992
Spring Fever, Gallery Sanchez, San Francisco, CA
Griffith Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1991
Why We Are Here, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
The Courtyard Gallery, Alameda, CA (solo)
Expressive Paintings, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA (solo)
1990
10th Autumn Annual, Gallery Sanchez, San Francisco, CA
1989
Farewell Exhibit, Acme Art Gallery, Austin, TX (solo)
1988
Dia De Los Muertos, Mexic-Arte Art Museum, Austin, TX
1987
Alumni Exhibit, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
1986
Splash ‘86, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, TX
Cibola Gallery, Austin, TX (solo)
1985
Figurative Figures, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (two person)
Awards and Publications
2024 HONORABLE MENTION, A Gathering of Color, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2016 1ST PLACE JUROR’S AWARD, Gravity of the Heart, Art Brokers Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2014 JUDGE’S AWARD, 2014 Benefit Auction, Shipyard Trust for the Arts, Hunter’s Point Shipyard, San Francisco, CA
1997 Pacific Paper Works, San Francisco, CA (Greeting Cards)
1994 19th Annual Open Studios, San Francisco, CA (Catalog Cover, Poster, Invitation, T-Shirts)
1993 BRONZE AWARD, Art of California Magazine, Discovery Awards Competition, Napa, CA
1992 Celebration of Craftswomen, San Francisco, CA (Poster, Bus Billboards, Invitation, T-Shirts)
1987 CASH AWARD, Alumni Exhibit, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Bibliography
How Heartbreak Changes Us, Huffington Post, February 5, 2016, Vicki Larson
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/9163578
San Rafael Exhibit Explores How Heartbreak Impacts Choices, Marin Independent Journal, February 10, 2016, Jim Baldwin
Why Two Divorced Women Wanted to Explore Heartbreak, Boredpanda, February 2016, vlarson
A Celebration of The Dead: Dia De Los Muertos in Sacramento, This is My Happiness: Travel, Culture & California Lifestyle Blog, November 2, 2015,
Jenna Francisco.
Ready, Set, Go: Museum Hosts Art of the Day of the Dead, San Francisco Chronicle, August 16, 2015, Christine Delsol
Oral Histories, Art Show at Hunter’s Point Shipyard, The Potrero View, May 1997
San Francisco Murals, Community Creates Its Muse, 1914 – 1994, Timothy W Drescher
Art on the Waterfront, San Francisco Chronicle, May 4, 1994, Karen Seriguchi
Shipyard’s Thriving Art Colony, The Independent, September 1993, Joe Strupp
Year of the Woman, San Francisco Business, November/December 1992, Daria De Lotell
Neighborhood Art and Literature, The New Fillmore, July 1992
Art for Everyone, The Daily Texan, June 26, 1989, Tempy Evens
Home is Where the Art Is, The Daily Texan, February 22, 1989, Bob Walker
Austin Chronicle, May 3, 1989, Beaju Merry
Austin American Statesman, October 24, 1987. Diane Payton Gomez