CV
Born 1973, Washington, D.C.
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
2010 CERCA Series: Mara De Luca, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (planned, March 2010)
2004 Camouflages, MFA Thesis Exhibition, CalArts Valencia, CA
2002 911: Flags and Mannah Abstruse Space, London, England
2002 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
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
2003 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
1997 Vision 21: A Vision of the 21st Century, Half Human Concert Hall, New York, NY
1997 Landscapes, Roger Smith Gallery Project Room, New York, NY
1997 Erin Parish and Mara De Luca, GENART, New York, NY
1996 The Art Market: First Exposure Series, GENART, New York, NY
1996 Oracle: Eight Emerging Artists, Primus Studio, New York, NY
1995 Four Painters, Postscrypt Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
SCREENINGS
2005 Salon Series, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, (LACE)
2004 Echo Underground International Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2000 Bordel/Boudoir, Schloss Senzke, Berlin, Germany
1997 Bridge, New York Medical College, Bradhurst Art Project, Westchester, New York
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 08 – Currently
University of California, Riverside
Lecturer, Painting and Drawing
Jan 06 – Currently
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
Dec 04 – Currently
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 |