2009
• West-Southwest: ABQ-LA Exchange; Los Angeles, CA- LA Artcore Union Center Gallery and Brewery Annex Gallery; - Installation, Albuquerque, NM- 516 Arts (Exhibition Catalogue)
• AXIS 4th National Juried Exhibition; Curator Janet Bishop (SFMOMA); Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA (Exhibition Catalogue)
• The Organics, Three-Person Exhibition, LCC Gallery, Laredo, Texas
• Art at the X: Celebrating Women; Curator Jessica Flores (Assoc. Curator of Contemporary Art, Cincinnati Art Museum), Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• CURATOR & exhibitor: Visual Individuals: Art Studio Faculty, Student Alumni, and Outstanding Students of Central New Mexico Community College; Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2008
• Albuquerque Biennial Southwest, (Curator Stephanie Hanor, San Diego MOCA); Albuquerque Museum of Art & History (Award: Best Work on Paper) (Exhibition Catalogue)
• INSIDE the INSIDE, Two-Person Exhibition with Jessica Kennedy, Petting Zoo Artspace, Albuquerque, NM
2007
• Glamour & Gluttony; Studio Site Santa Fe - Installation, Santa Fe, NM
• In the Cut; Donkey Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2006
• Juried Invitational (curator Harmony Hammond); University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Exhibition Catalogue)
• Sweet, Sweet Glee, Tamarind Institute of Lithography, Albuquerque, NM
2005
• CURATOR & Exhibitor: Contemporary Entelechy: Abstract Painting at UNM, UNM Student Union Building
• Juried Invitational (Curators Joel Peter Witkin and Linda Durham), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Exhibition Catalogue)
2004
• New Vitalists, Two-Person Exhibition with Angela Broad, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
• Juried Invitational, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Exhibition Catalogue)
• Poverty and Abundance, Trevor Lucero Studio, Albuquerque, NM
• Confluence: Southwest Geographic Arts, Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
• An Eclectic Group, Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernalillo, NM
EDUCATION
• 2006 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM; MFA (with Distinction), Painting and Drawing
• 2003 San Diego State University San Diego, California; BA, Painting and Printmaking
• 2001 San Diego State University San Diego, California; BA, Applied Design (Emphasis Ceramics) MINOR: Art History
•1997 Grossmont College, El Cajon, California; AA, Painting and Drawing
AWARDS/HONORS
• 2010 “Albuquerque Local Treasure 2010” AABA Honoree
• 2008 “Best Work on Paper” Albuquerque Biennial Southwest
PUBLICATIONS / PRESS
• Blogcritics.org; Art Review (San Diego): Drawing Expanse, July 15, 2011. Freitas, Kevin
• Studio Visit Magazine, Vol 13, 2011
• Pasadena Star News, Enigmatic and Organic, Nov 12, 2010. Daichendt, G. James
• Albuquerque Journal. Two Excursions Into the Organic. July 18, 2010. Pulkka, Wesley
• Alibi: Gallery Review. V19 No. 27, July 8-14, 2010. Sauthoff and Crane
• unclepauliesworld.blogspot.com: Lea Anderson’s Organic Lifeforms ‘Rain’ Down on Old Town. Dec 2, 2009. Niemi, Paul
• Sacramento Bee: Axis: The Little Gallery that Could…go National. Aug 7, 2009. Dalkey, Victoria
• New Mexico Business Weekly: ABQ meets L.A. in Arts Exhibit that Tests the Waters for Nonprofit Cultural Exchanges. April 3, 2009. Kamerick, Megan
• Albuquerque Tribune: Some Great Art Hangs on the Walls of Justice. Sept. 7, 2006. Salem, Nancy
PUBLIC LECTURES
2012 Hyde Gallery, San Diego County, CA
2011 Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM
2010 Thailand Cultural Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2010 Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque, NM
2009 Albuquerque Contemporary Art Society, Albuquerque, NM
2009 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM
2006 Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, NM