Education
MFA Video, Sculpture, Digital Media — Mills College, Oakland, CA
BA Visual Art — University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Certificate Printmaking & Art History — IL Bisonte Fondazione, Florence, Italy
Affiliations
Manna Gallery, Partner, Oakland, CA
Norton Factory Studios, Oakland, CA
Oakland Art Murmur, Venue Committee, Oakland, CA
Exhibitions
2024
East Bay Open Studios, Norton Factory Studios, Oakland, CA
Under 600: A Group Show of Small Works, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA
PINT SIZE 2: Small Scale Artwork, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
Revisiting Oakland, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA — Solo show
Metamorphosis, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA — Juror: Elena Gross, Co-Executive Director, Berkeley Art Center
2023
Look Back Look Forward, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA
Refuses of the Bay, Metal Haus & Voss Gallery, SF, CA
brush & shutter, GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA — Two-person show: Gina Gaiser & Patricia Sonnino
Nocturne, 119 North Weatherly Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN — Juror: Amanda Wirig
Living in the Moment, East Bay Photo Collective + PolaCon BayArea, Oakland, CA
Light & Shadow B&W Photo exhibit, Wailoa Center, Hilo, Hawaii — Jurors: Steve Garon & Wayne Levin
Pop-up at Forma, GearBox Gallery, Oakland Art Murmur & Holland Properties, Forma Residence, Oakland, CA
2022
Lush, Artist Alliance, Artsy — Juror: Jen Tough
Where Would I Be Without You?, East Bay Photo Collective 2022 Member Exhibition, Oakland, CA
(Un) Natural Cycles: Air, Water, Land, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO — Juror: Elizabeth Cheng Krist
Photographic Essence, the art of black and white photography, Art Works Downtown Gallery 1337, San Rafael, CA — Juror: Scott Nichols, Scott Nichols Gallery, Sonoma
Character, Artist Alliance, Artsy — Curator: Jen Tough
Chase the Light 2022, Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW), Seattle, WA
(un)planned landscapes, GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA — Two-person show: Gina Gaiser & Sarah Newton
Nature Morte, Artist Alliance Space — Juror: Emily Wilker
Isn’t it Lovely, Artist Alliance Space
Works on Paper, Artist Alliance Space — Juror: Kerry Downey
Embrace, 4th Street Fine Art (FSFA), Berkeley, CA — Jurors: Gera Hasse, Meredith A. Brown & Edward Montgomery
2021
Abstracted From Nature, Artist Alliance Space
Figures + Faces, Artist Alliance Space
Drama: A Juried Exhibit, Aurelia Gallery, Santa Fe, NM — Juror: Marius Muresanu
Through the Lens, National Juried Photography Exhibition, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA — Juror: Germán Herrera
Water Stories, Artist Alliance Space
2021 Member Show, Artist Alliance Space
Time Capsule, 24th Juried Exhibition, Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW), Seattle, WA — Juror: Shamim M. Momin, Director of Curatorial Affairs, Henry Art Gallery
Chase the Light 2021, Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW), Seattle, WA
Strange Nature, Artist Alliance Space — Juror: Malia Landis
East Bay Open Studios (EBOS) 2021, Oakland, CA
Empty Spaces, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA — Two-person show: Gina Gaiser & Sandra Wong Orloff
Women in Art 2021, Las Laguna Gallery, CA
2020
Flora & Fauna, Artist Alliance Space — Juror: Melissa Mohammadi
Art in the Time of Corona: Vol 1, A Global Juried Art Project, Dab Art (Artsy)
We the People, Artist Alliance Space — Juror: Tamera Avery
The 2nd Half, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Rough Around the Edges, Artist Alliance Space — Curator: Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery
Sanctuary, Juried Show 2020, GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA — Juror: René de Guzman, Sr Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of CA
Works on Paper 2020: 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences (LBIF), NJ — Juror: Sarah Suzuki, Curator of Drawings and Prints, MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA — Juror: Carin Adams, Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California
The Architecture of Time, Boston Society of Architecture, BSA Space, Boston, MA — Jurors: Meghan Melvin, Christine O’Donnell & Peter Vanderwarker
2019
Open Source, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDS), LA, CA
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDS), LA, CA
Portals, National Juried Small Works, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, NY — Honorable Mention Award, Juror: Franklin Hill Perrell
2018
Now Playing 2: Day of Discovery, Juried show, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
2017
Group Show, Canyon, CA
2016
Recycled/Reclaimed, Visual Arts Club, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
2015
Nostalgia, 27th Annual Faculty, and Staff Art Show, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
2011
The Gift, Community Mosaic, The Model School, Berkeley, CA
2006
Second Try, Warehouse 1310, San Francisco, CA
Group Show, Gallery of Urban Art, Emeryville, CA
2002
Greetings from the Belly of the Whale, SFMOMA offices, San Francisco, CA
2001
Group Show, Zeum: Children’s Creativity Museum, San Francisco, CA
1999
New Work from Vienna, Solo Show, Studio C, Berkeley, CA
1998
A Time and A Place, Solo Show, Top Hat Shine, Vienna, Austria
Tell It Like It Is, ESP Gallery, SF, CA — Curated by Sandra Wong
Master of Fine Arts 1998, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
1997
Group Show, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
Group Show, Mills College Library, Oakland, CA
Group Show, Works, San Jose, CA
1996
Regional Canvas, Pro Arts, Oakland — Jurors: Paul Pratchenko & Long Nyugen
Group Show, Works, San Jose, CA
Group Show, Place Pigalle, San Francisco, CA
1995
Urban Scarecrow, Oakland, CA
ben dunne side show, Place Pigalle, San Francisco, CA
Food Just Food, Place Pigalle, San Francisco, CA — Curated by Jawn Holland
1994
In Your Eye, Oakland, CA
Armitage Shanks, eSpace, San Francisco, CA
ben dunne presents, Oakland, CA
No Name Show, Carrara’s Cafe, Emeryville, CA — Curated by Tony Speirs
Group Show, Matia, San Francisco, CA
1993
Drawing First, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA — Juror: Ann Philbin
1991
Group Print Show, Sufficient Grounds, Berkeley, CA — Curated by Betty Friedman
1990
Print Show, Solo Show, Amsterdam Art, Berkeley, CA
Self-Assemblage, Amsterdam Art, Berkeley, CA
1989
IL Bisonte Printmaking Exhibition, Florence, Italy
Bianco e Nero, Solo Show, UCSC Women’s Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Residencies
In Cahoots Residency, Petaluma, CA
Stay-in-Place Residency (3 months), Artist Alliance
Artist Fellowship (3 months), Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Artist Residency (3 months), The Top Hat Shine, Vienna, Austria
Community Arts Internship, Southern Exposure (SoEx), San Francisco, CA
Teaching
Taught video, digital media, and visual arts in K-12 and higher ed schools. Integrated media literacy, environmental science, and visual arts foundation into the core curriculum.
Mills College, Visual Arts Foundation/Digital Media II, Oakland, CA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Grade 9-12, San Francisco, CA
West County Conservatory of the Arts, Pinole Valley High, CA
Richmond Art Center, Art in Schools K-2 Program, Richmond, CA
Chinese American International School, Grade 3-8, San Francisco, CA
Publications
Still Lifes of a Wounded City, Independent Review Crew, Agustin Maes, May 6, 2024
Meet Gina Gaiser, CanvasRebel, Stories and Insights, October 19, 2023
East Bay Artists 2022, ArtPush
Alumni News, Mills Quarterly, Summer 2022
Behind the scenes | Fashion Photographer - Jenny Fong, Modern Shibori, April 6, 2022
Smoky air, social distancing: Gina Gaiser chronicles subtle moments of our now, Mary Corbin, 48hills Arts+Culture, Feb 16, 2022
Artists of the Bay Area, Vol. 1, Published and Curated by Jen Tough Gallery (Available on Blurb)
Wild Lands, Published and Curated by Jen Tough Gallery (Available on Blurb)
The Book of Arts: Emotions
Art in the Time of Corona, Vol. 1, A Global Juried Art Project, Dab Art
Works on Paper Catalog, LBIF
Canyon, Glimpses of a Place
A Carnival is No Place to Make Serious Work, Make More Work At the Carnival, a self-published artist book
The Registry or Nightmare in Union Square, a self-published artist book
The Square Beast (That Deserves its Own Soundtrack), Artist's book
artbusiness.com review of Warehouse 1310: Second Try