About Gina

Gina Hyams is an artist, writer, editor, and (re)emerging actor based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has published a dozen books on mysterious subjects ranging from pie contests, parenting, and incense to death, spas, and décor. Her visual art explorations include photography, improvisatory quilting, drawing, and painting.

Since moving to New Mexico, she has plunged back into acting, which was her first creative passion during her teens and early 20s. She reactivated her SAG-AFTRA union membership and is currently working as a featured background actor and stand-in in film and television—privileged to work on productions with Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award winners. She aspires to speaking roles herself, but in the meantime, has become a freakin’ EGOT of extras.

Born in Sarasota, Florida, and raised in San Francisco, California, Gina has spent large swaths of adulthood in the Bay Area, the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, Houston, and as an expat in Mexico. She holds a B.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and is long married to artist Dave “DJ” Barrett. They are the proud parents of two rescue pups, Bo Diddley and Lulu, and one swell grown human, Annalena (who is named after an Italian hotel).

For sales inquiries about Gina’s art, potential writing or editing projects, acting gigs, or just to say hello, please contact her at ginahyams@gmail.com.