"Faded" | Mara Light

"Dreams" | Mara Light

"Surface" | Mara Light

Education:
1993 B.F.A, Art Center College Of Design, Pasadena, California.
Events:
2016

~May 14, 2016, 6-9 pm, AAP 105th Annual Exhibition, curated by Lehrer-Graiwer, Los Angeles.

2015
Interviews, Blogs, and Features:
~February 16,2016, Featured Artist, Hi*Fructose Magazine.
~ March 19 2015, Featured Artist, "Escape Into Life", online magazine, curated by Maureen Doallas.
~May 28,2015, Trend Hunter, "Fragmented Female Forms."
~June 29, 2015, Interview with Brian Sherwin, "Art Talk On The Edge.

~May 28th 2015 ,The painting "Silence" won an award at the AAP Preview Opening, Hotel Monaco, Pittsburgh, PA.
~June 14th 1:00-4:00pm, opening and award ceremony for the AAP Annual. Trumbull Branch of the Butler Institute of American Art, Howland Township, Ohio.
~Release of the reprint of the book "Bear" by Marian Engel. My painting was chosen for the cover. -"Back Study" 36x24

2014
~Accepted to The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh;
~Awarded The Abraham C. Frank Award.
~Chosen as a juror for Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
~GLSD Purchase Award, "Portrait Study" voted as favorite among guests.
~May 30,2014, Featured Artist, "Glimpsed Beauty" in The Blog "One Beatiful Thing."

Exhibitions:

2017
~June 12, 2017, "New This Week" Curated bu Rebecca Wilson.
~May 29, 2017, "New This Week" Curated by Rebecca Wilson.
~April 17,2017, "New This Week" Curated by Rebecca Wilson.
~March 27, 2017, "New This Week" Curated by Rebecca Wilson.
~January 30, 2017, "New This Week" Curated by Rebecca Wilson.
~January 8,2017, "Inspired by Sargent" Curated by Katherine Hennings, Senior Associate Director.
2016
~May 14-August 15th 2016, Carnegie Museum of Art, AAP Exhibition.
~January 2016 Smashing into 2016, A Group Show, Smash Gallery.
~January 2016 Los Angeles Art Show, represented by Smash Gallery.
~December 12, 2016, "New This Week" Curated by Rebecca Wilson.
2015
~January 12, 2015, Saatchi Online, Featured on the homepage in "Naked Promise- Original Nudes Collection." Painting; Figure Study 6.
~January 19,2015: Saatchi Online, "New This Week 1-19-2015 Collection."
~January 2015~Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery Crawl and AAP New Members Exhibition, Downtown Pittsburgh, PA
~April 6, 2015, Saatchi Online, "All About Face: New Portraits Collection".
~April 27,2015, Saatchi Online, "New This Week 4-27-15 Collection.
~ June 15, 2015, Saatchi Online, "New This Week 6-15-2015."
~June 22, 2015, Saatchi Online, "New This Week 6-15-2015 Collection."
~July 20, 2015, Saatchi Online, "Statement Peices for $5000.00 and Over Collection."
~August 24, 2015, Saatchi Online, "New This Week August 24,2015"
~August 31, 2015, Saatchi Online, Made In The USA Collection."
~September 14, 2015, "New Nudes Collection."
~October 2015, Smash Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Figurative Group show, "Falling Into Form", curated by David Fenton.
~ March 19 2015, Featured Artist, "Escape Into Life", online magazine, curated by Maureen Doallas.
~ June 14- July 19th 2015 "Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 104th Annual Exhibition", curated by Dr. Louis A. Zona, Trumbull Branch of the Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio.
~January 2015~Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery Crawl and AAP New Members Exhibition, Downtown Pittsburgh, PA

2014
~ February 25, 2014, Saatchi Online, "New This Week Collection."
~April 15, 2014,Saatchi Online, "The Contemporary Portraits Collection."
~June 9, 2014, Saatchi Online, "Curators Picks for $5000.00 Or More."
~ June 23, 2014 Saatchi Online, "Making Faces -New Portraits Collection".
~August 11, 2014 Saatchi Online, "Through The Looking Glass- New Portraits."
~ November 24, 2015, Saatchi Online,"New This Week 11-24-14 Collection."
~ December 2014, Saatchi Online, Featured "Artist of the Day."
~Westmoreland Museum Of Contemporary Art, AAP Annual Group Show; juror, Barbara Jones, Pennsylvania.
~GLSD Jury Exhibition for Acquisitions and Purchase Award, Pennsylvania.
~The Frame House, AAP Exhibition, curated by John Carson, Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania.

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