The first retrospective of this San Francisco–based artist featured work from the mid-1970s to the present. In addition to more than 30 paintings, the exhibition included a large-scale Day of the Dead altar installation—the centerpiece of the retrospective—12 papel picado (paper cutouts), and an artist’s book.

Carmen Lomas Garza: A Retrospective was sponsored by AT&T.

Traveled: San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, June 2–August 26, 2001; South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, TX, September 15–December 9, 2001; Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX, January 1–April 14, 2002; National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, April 27–July 28, 2002; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL, November 1, 2002–January 12, 2003