KARA MARIA b. 1968. Education: University of California at Berkeley (MFA, 1998; BA with honors, 1993). Selected Solo Exhibitions: Doggie Doo Hop Scotch, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (1999); Recent Paintings, University YWCA, Berkeley, CA (1996). Selected Group Exhibitions: From Start to Finish: The Making of Food in Contemporary Art, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY (2003); Splat, Boom, Pow! The Influence of Comics in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (2003); Interstices, University Art Gallery, Cal Poly, Pomona, CA; Commission 02, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (2002); High Tech/Low Tech Hybrids, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA (2002); Rising Tide, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA (2001); Chill Factor, New Langton Arts, San Francisco (2000). Selected Collections: Babilonia Wilner Foundation, Berkeley; di Rosa Preserve. Selected Awards and Honors: Jury Award, The ArtCouncil, Grants to Individual Artists Program, San Francisco (2001); Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito (2001, 2000); de Young Artist Studio, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco (2000); Eisner Prize in Art, University of California at Berkeley (1997); Marian Hahn Simpson Fellowship in Art, University of California at Berkeley (1996-1998); Director's Choice Award, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA (1996); First Place Award, FringeArts Festival, Sacramento, CA (1996).

Donated by Kara Maria; Courtesy Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco