EDUCATION

M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California 2004
B.A. Columbia University, Department of Visual Arts, New York, New York 1995

ONE- AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2011 saltus fidei/ Leap of Faith Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2010 CERCA Series: Mara De Luca Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
2004 Camouflages MFA Thesis Exhibition, CalArts Valencia, CA
2002 911: Flags and Mannah Abstruse Space, London, England
Political Pop: Mara De Luca and David Cerny
Galerie Chromosome, Berlin, Germany
2000 Wallpaper Campus Galerie der British American Tobacco, Bayreuth,Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Abstract Smallness POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Immanent Domain II Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011 W.O.P.: Immanent Domain Part One West Los Angeles Community College
2010 Air Pressure Glendale College Art Gallery Los Angeles, California
2007 Suburban Sublime Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
2006 Decoys and Destructions: Nancy Buchanan, Mara De Luca, Hillary Mushkin, Martha Rosler. Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Incognito 2005 Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Supersonic Wind Tunnel, Pasadena, CA
2003 Transit: Video Works Gallery D301, CalArts, Valencia, CA
Drawings Studio 18, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Venus Project: Mara De Luca and Veronika Drahotova
Galerie Chromosome at Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
2001 Text und Textur Galerie Chromosome, Berlin, Germany
2000 3. Senzker Symposium Schloss Senzke, Berlin, Germany

LECTURES
2010 Up For Discussion: Mara De Luca Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego

SCREENINGS

2005 Salon Series Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, (LACE)
2004 Echo Underground International Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA

PUBLICATIONS/ PROJECTS

2010 Believe in Yourself Material Press Online Artist Project

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

2010 Drive-By Stations Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
2000 Bordel/Boudoir Schloss Senzke, Berlin, Germany

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

British American Tobacco, Germany
Universitetets Kunstsamling University of Oslo, Norway
Alexander Plaza Berlin, Germany
New York Medical College, New York

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2006, "Generational Differences", Holly Myers
Time Out London, July 10-17, 2002 "Mara De Luca: Abstruse Space", Martin Herbert
Tip Berlin Magazin, June 6 – June 19, 2002 "New Pop", Christina Wendenburg
Nordbayerischer Kurier, July 8, 2000 "Licht, Schatten und Stimmung...", Claudia Savelsberg
Nordbayerischer Kurier, July 14, 2000 "Die Rauten einer Berliner Romantik", Frank Piontek
!Szene Magazin, August 2000 "Faszination Weiblichkeit", Magazine Interview

TELEVISION PRESS

WISO-ZDF, "Bezahlbare Kunst" Germany August 8, 2001
Journal-Oberfranken TV, "Campus Galerie" Germany June 20, 2000
Journal-Oberfranken TV, "Mara De Luca: Wallpaper Ausstellung" Germany August 1, 2000

AWARDS AND GRANTS

The Durfee Foundation Artist's Resource for Completion Grant 2009
CalArts Scholarship Award 2002, 2003
British American Tobacco Traveling Exhibition Grant 2002
Berufsverband Bildende Kuenstler: Atelier Buero Studio Subsidy Award 2001-2003

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

Sept 10 – May 11
East Los Angeles College
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art Department

Jan 06 – May 10
University of California, San Diego
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts
Drawing A: Representing the Subject
Drawing B: Practices and Genre
Drawing C: Portfolio Projects
Painting A: Image Making
Painting B: Practices and Genre
Painting C: Portfolio Projects

Sept 08 – May 09
University of California, Riverside
Lecturer, Painting and Drawing

Dec 04 – Jan 11
Santa Monica College, Emeritus Department
Art and Architecture (historical and critical survey)
Beginning and Advanced Painting
Advanced Drawing

May 06 – Currently
Transart Institute, Krems, Austria
Off-site M.F.A. Mentor
Painting and Interdisciplinary Practices

Sept 02 – May 04
California Institute of the Arts
Faculty Teaching Assistant: Anoka Faruqee and Julie Burleigh
Painting Seminar