Lives and works in San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION

2011-2013    MFA in Social Practice, California College for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
1997-2001   National School for the Arts, UNAM, Bachelors in Fine Art, Mexico City
2000          UC Berkeley, International Undergraduate Student Exchange, Berkeley, CA   

SOLO SHOWS

2011        Pullulate, Swarm Gallery Project Space, Oakland, CA
2008       Ana Labastida @ LOLA, Berkeley, CA
2007       The Defense of the Delicate, Consulate of Mexico in San Francisco, CA
2003       Ana Labastida: Permanent Installations at Mexico's National University Radio Station, Mexico City,

GROUP SHOWS

2013        MFA Show, California College for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
                CATALYSTRANSIT, in a car from Oakland to San Francisco, CA
                Morphologies, Edo Salon, San Francisco, CA
                Touring the Imaginary, PLAySPACE, San Francisco, CA
2012        Ben Kinmont: Prospectus, SF MOMA, CA
                The Feminist Economics Department’s Beauty Salon, Ictus Gallery, San             Francisco, CA
                Standing in for Truth, Artpad, San Francisco, CA
2011         Wherehoused? PLAySPACE, CA
2010        Juried Annual 2010, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
                The Enchanted Forest, S.H. Silver Company, Menlo Park, CA
                More Photographs than Bricks, George Washington University Gallery, Washington DC
2009       EXONOME, Consulate of Mexico in San Francisco, CA
2008       The Environmental Paradigm, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005       Arts on Fire, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
                Collective Punch, Emeryville, CA
2003       Homage to Tradition, Galería Universitaria, Baja California, Mexico
2001        The Weight of Lightness, Espai Agusti Massana, Barcelona, Spain
                The Susceptible House, Galería Luis Nishizawa, Mexico City, Mexico
2000       288 Hours, Plaza Loreto Mall, site specific installation, Mexico City, Mexico

SOLO ARTIST-LED PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS

2013        CATALYSTRANSIT, in a car commuting from Oakland to San Francisco, CA   
2012        The Diplomatic Petting Zoo, CCA Open Studios, San Francisco, CA

COLLECTIVE ARTIST-LED PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS

2013- ongoing   Speaking Tributaries, in collaboration with Sadie Harmon and Jesus Landin-Torrez
2013                 Model Model UN, Social Practice Workshop, CCA, San Francisco, CA

CURATORIAL WORK

2012        Medicine Cabinet, site-specific exhibition for the Richmond Health Center, CA
2011         Numina Femenina, (Co-curator), Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco, CA
2010        Mexico 2010 @ the de Young, (Co-curator),  De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2009       EXONOME, (Co-curator), Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco, CA

PUBLICATIONS

2013        Touring the Social Imaginary, edited by G. Acebo and T. Weinberg, PLAySPACE 2013       
2012        Social Practice Book 2012, CCA, San Francisco, CA
2010        More photographs than bricks, exhibition catalogue,George Washington University, Washington DC.
2008        EXONOME, exhibition catalogue, published by the Consulate of Mexico in San Francisco, CA
2008        The Environmental Paradigm, exhibition catalogue, essay by Cecilia Nuin, San Francisco, CA

LECTURES

2012         Significant Otherness, Overca$h, Oakland, CA   
       
SCHOLARSHIPS / FELLOWSHIPS /GRANTS

2013        Open Circle Foundation Grant

2012        CSF Fellowship at ArtsChange, Richmond, CA

2011         Merit Scholarship, California College for the Arts
                Diversity Scholarship, California College for the Arts
                California College for the Arts Scholarship