Kara Maria
USA (United States)
www.karamaria.com
Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Acryl
Stil: Pop Art
Statement:
My work fuses abstraction and representation.
The pieces usually begin as abstractions, but as they progress I add in figures. For me, the figures are analogous to nouns in a sentence. The rest of the painting seems like a swirl of verbs and adjectives, and the noun anchors the image.
A wide variety of issues - from environmental crisis to international politics and war - influence my art making.
I hope the work communicates a sense of humor and playfulness as well as an engagement with the state of the world we live in today.
Although many issues are referenced in the work, the work itself remains non-linear, seeking to raise questions rather than to give answers.
Vita / Lebenslauf:
American, Born 1968, Binghamton, New York / Lives in San Francisco, California
Kara Maria’s work is inspired by current events. A wide variety of issues - from environmental crisis to international politics and war - feed into her paintings and works on paper. Sometimes the figurative elements in the work are very clearly presented, and other times they are abstracted to the point that they become nearly illegible. Although many issues are referenced, the work itself remains non-linear, seeking to raise questions rather than to give answers.
Kara Maria was born and raised in Binghamton, New York. Her parents encouraged her involvement in the arts from an early age through dance and music lessons. She began college in a music conservatory, but her interest soon turned to painting. In 1990 she moved to San Francisco to attend the University of California, Berkeley. There she earned a BA in Art Practice in 1993, followed by an MFA in 1998.
Maria’s work can be found in public collections including the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; the di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA; the de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA among others. She has been the recipient of awards such as a Masterminds Grant from the SF Weekly, San Francisco, CA; a grant from Artadia, New York, NY; and an Eisner Prize from the University of California, Berkeley. She is represented by the Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Her prints have been published by presses including Gallery 16, San Francisco; Shark’s Ink, Lyons, CO; and Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA. For more information, and to see her work, please visit www.karamaria.com.
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