Biography | ||
| · Born in Binghamton, New York, 1968 | ||
| · Lives and works in San Francisco, California | ||
Education | TOP | |
| 1998 | · MFA, Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley | |
| 1993 | · BA with honors, Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley | |
Selected Solo and Two Person (*) Exhibitions | TOP | |
| 2013 | · Fine Arts Gallery, Vortex, Department of Art and Art History, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA | |
| 2012 | · Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Amerwarpornica *, Dallas, TX | |
| 2011 | · Virtuata, Cloud Nine, Milpitas, CA | |
| 2009 | · b. sakata garo, Inviting the Storm, Sacramento, CA | |
| 2008 | · Workspace, Deployment in Wonderland, San Francisco, CA | |
| · Catharine Clark Gallery, Dystopia, San Francisco, CA | ||
| 2007 | · Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Paradise Lost, Ojai, CA | |
| 2006 | · Arts Visalia, Zigzag, Visalia, CA | |
| 2005 | · Smith Andersen Editions, Airborne, Palo Alto, CA | |
| 2004 | · Miller/Block Gallery, Almost Paradise, Boston, MA | |
| 2002 | · Catharine Clark Gallery, Fools Rush In, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2001 | · Ampersand International Arts, Fabricator, San Francisco, CA | |
| · Babilonia 1808, Emerging Bay Area Artist Exhibition, Berkeley, CA | ||
| · Catharine Clark Gallery, Plastic Picnic, San Francisco, CA | ||
| 2000 | · a.o.v., Plastic Dreams, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1999 | · Cité Internationale des Arts, Doggie Doo Hop Scotch *, Paris, France | |
| 1998 | · Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Introductions, San Francisco, CA | |
Selected Group Exhibitions | TOP | |
| 2013 | · Smith Andersen Editions, The Hogarth Project, Palo Alto, CA | |
| · Studio Quercus, Just Add Water, Oakland, CA | ||
| 2012 | · George Adams Gallery, Artists' Ink, New York, NY | |
| · Electric Works, The Best of Everything, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Party Headquarters: Art in the Age of Political Absurdity, New York, NY | ||
| · Smith Andersen Editions, Gender Specific, Take it or Leave it, Palo Alto, CA | ||
| · National Steinbeck Center, Banned and Recovered, Salinas, CA | ||
| · SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Sin and Redemption, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · Library Art Gallery, XX: Women, Art, and Science, Sonoma State University, Rhonert Park, CA | ||
| · John Natsoulas Gallery, Art of Painting in the 21st Century, Davis, CA | ||
| · de Saisset Museum, Indelibly Yours: Smith Andersen Editions and the Tattoo Project, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA | ||
| · Catharine Clark Gallery, Portraiture Post Facebook, San Francisco, CA | ||
| 2011 | · Michael Rosenthal Gallery, Seduction: the Second Annual Biennial, San Francisco, CA | |
| · Smith Andersen Editions, A Taste of Tattoo, (catalogue), Palo Alto, CA | ||
| · The Performance Art Institute, Keeping An Eye On Surveillance, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · Beacon Arts Building, TEL-ART-PHONE, Inglewood, CA | ||
| · Allegra LaViola Gallery, Pornucopia, New York, NY | ||
| · Kolligan Library, Banned and Recovered, University of California, Merced, CA | ||
| 2010 | · SFMOMA, Shadowshop, The More Things Change, San Francisco, CA | |
| · Hamamjian Modern, sfTWOflatSHOW, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · Reese Bullen Gallery, Banned and Recovered, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA | ||
| · Smith Andersen North, Clear Vision, San Anselmo, CA | ||
| · Catharine Clark Gallery NY, The Drawing Room, New York, NY | ||
| · SOMArts Gallery, Prints Byte, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · de Saisset Museum, On Site/In Sight, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA | ||
| 2009 | · Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Center, Art on Market Street, Walnut Creek, CA | |
| · Smith Andersen Editions, Recall, Palo Alto, CA | ||
| · San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, It’s Not Us, It’s You, San Jose, CA | ||
| 2008 | · Charlie James Gallery, The Western Front, Los Angeles, CA | |
| · African American Museum and Library, Banned and Recovered, (catalogue), Oakland, CA | ||
| · McNish Gallery, We're All In This Together, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA | ||
| · University Art Gallery, Freedom of Expression, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA | ||
| · Gallery 16, These Are The People In Your Neighborhood, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · University of California, Worth Ryder Gallery, Make the Art You Need, Berkeley, CA | ||
| 2007 | · b. sakata garo, 7-07, Sacramento, CA | |
| 2006 | · Heritage Bank of Commerce, Obsessive Nature, San Jose, CA | |
| · McNish Gallery, Hot Shots, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA | ||
| · Mendenhall Sobieski Gallery, Group Show, Pasadena, CA | ||
| · Riverside Art Museum, Painting's Edge, Riverside, CA | ||
| · Cantor Arts Center, Conflict and Art, Stanford University, Stanford, CA | ||
| · Catharine Clark Gallery, Moxie, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · De Saisset Museum, Recent Acquisitions, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA | ||
| · Mills College Art Museum, New Acquisitions, Oakland, CA | ||
| 2005 | · jen beckman, The Pin-Upstairs (@ Fanelli), New York, NY | |
| · Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Pool Party, Ojai, CA | ||
| · Gallery 16, Recent Editions, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · Savannah College of Art and Design, Print, Process, Collaboration, Savannah, GA | ||
| · I-5 Gallery, Dialogue, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 2004 | · Intersection for the Arts, Paper Bullets, San Francisco, CA | |
| · Gallery C, See California Now, Hermosa Beach, CA | ||
| · Pelham Art Center, Terrible Danger Ahead!, Pelham, NY | ||
| · Catharine Clark Gallery, Finesse, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · International Print Center New York, New Prints 2004/Summer, New York, NY | ||
| · Off the Preserve, Comics Stripped, Napa, CA | ||
| · Kala Art Institute, High Fiber, Berkeley, CA | ||
| · Nevada Museum of Art, Robert Z. Hawkins Contemporary Gallery, Reno, NV | ||
| · Smith Andersen Editions, Large Format, Palo Alto, CA | ||
| 2003 | · Oakland Museum of California, Global Elegies: Ofrendas and Art for the Dead, Oakland, CA | |
| · Smith Andersen Editions, Recent Press Projects, Palo Alto, CA | ||
| · Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Road Trip, Ojai, CA | ||
| · Katonah Museum of Art, Food Matters: Explorations in Contemporary Art, (catalogue), Katonah, NY | ||
| · Contemporary Arts Museum, Splat, Boom, Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art, (catalogue), Houston, TX | ||
| · Catharine Clark Gallery, Sprout, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · Kellogg University Art Gallery, Intersticies, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA | ||
| 2002 | · Off the Preserve, Nature Remains, Napa, CA | |
| · 111 Minna, Gesture, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · Bickett Gallery, Eight Women, Raleigh, NC | ||
| · Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Center, High Tech/Low Tech Hybrids, Walnut Creek, CA | ||
| 2001 | · a.o.v., Recent Work, San Francisco, CA | |
| · Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Rising Tide, (catalogue), Santa Ana, CA | ||
| 2000 | · Biola University, 10 Degrees of Abstraction, La Mirada, CA | |
| · Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Center, Abstraction: From Raucous to Refined, Walnut Creek, CA | ||
| · DiRT gallery, The Hokey Pokey Show, Hollywood, CA | ||
| · Raid Projects Gallery, Spurgeon Experience II, Santa Ana, CA | ||
| 1999 | · Jack Hanley Gallery, Paintings, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1998 | · SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| · Berkeley Art Museum, MFA/UCB, (catalogue), UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA | ||
| · Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, Circus Momentous, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 1997 | · d.p.Fong Galleries, Toys in Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA | |
| · Southern Exposure, Over, Under and Around, San Francisco, CA | ||
Selected Bibliography | TOP | |
| 2012 | · Beautiful/Decay Book 9: The Seven Deadly Sins, by Amir H. Fallah, Los Angeles, CA | |
| · Dallas Morning News, "As American as sex and war", by Michael Granberry, Sunday, August 12, Dallas, TX | ||
| · San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday Datebook, image, page 38, Sunday, August 5, San Francisco, CA | ||
| 2011 | · New York Post, LES 'Porn' exhibit riles Jewish neighbors, by Rebecca Rosenberg, Tuesday, March 15, New York, NY | |
| · The L Magazine, Porn-Themed Exhibition at LES Gallery Gets Under Neighbors' Skins, by Benjamin Sutton, Monday, March 14, New York, NY | ||
| · New York Press, Porn of Plenty, by Nicholas Wells, Wednesday, February 9, New York, NY | ||
| · These Are The People In Your Neighborhood, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA | ||
| 2009 | · The Sacramento Bee, WeekendTicket, "You Gotta Have Art...", June 12, Sacramento, CA | |
| · Sacramento News & Review, "Chaos on Canvas", June 11, Sacramento, CA | ||
| · Metro Silicon Valley, “Take a Hike”, by Michael S. Gant, April 15, San Jose, CA | ||
| · The Mercury News, “It’s all about rejection at the ICA’s new exhibit”, by Karen D’Souza, April 3, 2009, San Jose, CA | ||
| · artnet Magazine, "Culture Jam", by Jesi Khadivi, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| · THE Magazine Los Angeles, “The Western Front: Inaugural Group Show”, by Peter Frank, January, Santa Monica, CA | ||
| 2008 | · Citizen LA, “Charlie James Gallery”, by Andie Villafañe, Holiday Issue, Los Angeles, CA | |
| · San Francisco Chronicle, 96 Hours, “Banned and Recovered”, Reyhan Harmanci, Thursday, August 14, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · San Francisco Chronicle, 96 Hours, 'Power Play', Reyhan Harmanci, Thursday, January 24, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · SF Weekly, 'Bombs Bursting', by Michael Leaverton, January 16-22, Volume 26, Number 51, San Francisco, CA | ||
| 2007 | · Santa Barbara News-Press, 'Porn & War', by Josef Woodard, Friday, July 13, Santa Barbara, CA | |
| · Santa Barbara Independent, 'Paradise Lost' by Kara Maria, by Heather Jeno, Thursday, July 5, 2007, Santa Barbara, CA | ||
| · Artweek, '7.07: Seven Women Artists in the Year of the Pig' at b. sakata garo, by David M. Roth, July/August, Volume 38, Issue 6, San Jose, CA | ||
| 2006 | · Visalia Lifestyle Magazine, 'The Cheerful Apocalypse', by Aaron Collins, Jun, Visalia, CA | |
| · Visalia Times-Delta, 'In Your Face Art', by Andrew Alvarez, Friday, May 19, Visalia, CA | ||
| · San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook, 'Moxie' at Clark', by Kenneth Baker, Saturday, February 18, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · Imagery: Art for Wine, by Bob Nugent, Imagery Estate Winery, Glen Ellen, CA | ||
| 2004 | · Artweek, 'Paper Bullets' at Intersection for the Arts, by Marisa S. Olson, December/January, Volume 35, Issue 10, San Jose, CA | |
| · Terrible Danger Ahead!, catalogue of exhibition, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY | ||
| · Fiberarts, 'High Fiber', by Virginia Davis, November/December, Loveland, CO | ||
| · SF Weekly, Night & Day, 'Paper Machine', by Karen Macklin, October 20, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · The Pelham Post, 'Comix Artists at PAC', August, Volume 3, Issue 8, Pelham, NY | ||
| · San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook, 'Gotta Have Heart', May 9, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · New American Paintings, Number 49, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA | ||
| 2003 | · Los Angeles Times, "A Welcome Addition in Ojai", by Josef Woodard, October 23, Los Angeles, CA | |
| · Art in America, 'Report from Houston: Learning from Comics', by Frances Colpitt, October, New York, NY | ||
| · VC Reporter, 'The Power of Subjectivity', by Rob Campbell, September 25, Ventura, CA | ||
| · Kitchen Sink, 'The Bigger Picture: Paintings and Politics', by Alison Bing, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Summer, Oakland, CA | ||
| · Shock & Awe: Responses to War, edited by Peter Laufer, Creative Arts Books, Berkeley, CA | ||
| · Food Matters: Explorations in Contemporary Art, catalogue of exhibition, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY | ||
| · Splat Boom Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art, catalogue of exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX | ||
| · Houston Chronicle, 'Pop Goes the Culture', by Patricia C. Johnson, April 12, Houston, TX | ||
| · Texas Monthly, 'Around the State', by Patricia Busa McConnico, April, Houston, TX | ||
| 2002 | · Contra Costa Times, 'Little Reflections', by Robert Taylor, November 17, Walnut Creek, CA | |
| · San Francisco Examiner, 'ArtSpeak with Kara Maria', by Anne Crump, Thursday, October 3, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · New American Paintings, Number 37, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA | ||
| 2001 | · NY Arts, "West Berkeley: A Hotbed Still", by Daniel Rothbart, November, Volume 6, Number 11, New York, NY | |
| · Copia, 'In Praise of Pork', by Sara Rath, Volume 4, Issue 02, Napa, CA | ||
| · Saturday Night, 'Beef', May 19, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada | ||
| 2000 | · Artweek, ‘Abstraction: From Raucous to Refined’ at the Bedford Gallery, by Juan Rodriguez, October, Volume 31, Issue 10, San Jose, CA | |
| · San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook, The Last Gasps of Abstraction, by Kenneth Baker, Saturday, September 2, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · Artweek, Kara Maria at a.o.v., by Juan Rodriguez, September, Volume 31, Issue 9, San Jose, CA | ||
| · Diablo Arts, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts Magazine, 'Driven to Abstraction', by Carol Egan, July - September, Walnut Creek, CA | ||
Selected Awards/Honors | TOP | |
| 2008 | · SF Weekly, Masterminds Grant, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2001 | · Artadia, Grants to Individual Artists Program, New York, NY | |
| 1997 | · University of California, Eisner Prize in Art, Berkeley, CA | |
| 1996 | · University of California, Marian Hahn Simpson Fellowship in Art, Berkeley, CA | |
| 1994 | · Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Berkeley, CA | |
Selected Residencies | TOP | |
| 2003 | · Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Artist Residency, Woodside, CA | |
| 2000 | · de Young Museum, Artist Studio Program, Artist-in-Residence, San Francisco, CA | |
| · Headlands Center for the Arts, Affiliate Artist Residency, Sausalito, CA | ||
Public Art Commissions | TOP | |
| 2004 | · Hearts in San Francisco, Civic Center Plaza, (catalogue) San Francisco, CA | |
| 2003 | · San Francisco Arts Commission, Art on Market Street, Kiosk Poster Series Commission, San Francisco, CA | |
Curatorial Projects | TOP | |
| 2004 | · San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Meat Show, (catalogue) San Francisco, CA | |
Selected Fine Art Print Publishers | TOP | |
| · Electric Works, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · Shark's Ink, Lyons, CO | ||
| · Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA | ||
Selected Permanent Collections | TOP | |
| · Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA | ||
| · de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA | ||
| · di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA | ||
| · King County Public Art Collection, Seattle, WA | ||
| · Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA | ||
| · Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV | ||
| · San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA | ||
| · San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA | ||
| · Visa, San Francisco, CA | ||
Selected Teaching Experience | TOP | |
| 2013 | · Santa Clara University, Adjunct Lecturer, Basic Drawing, Department of Art and Art History, Santa Clara, CA | |
| 2012 | · San Francisco State University, Visiting Lecturer, Drawing 1, Department of Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| · Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Between Thought and Thing: Expressive Works on Paper, Snowmass Village, CO | ||
| · Santa Clara University, Adjunct Lecturer, Basic Drawing, Department of Art and Art History, Santa Clara, CA | ||
| 2011 | · Santa Clara University, Adjunct Lecturer, Basic Drawing, Department of Art and Art History, Santa Clara, CA | |
| 2009 | · The Oxbow School, Visiting Artist, Napa, CA | |
| 2008 | · University of California, Visiting Lecturer, Approaches to Painting, Department of Art Practice, Berkeley, CA | |
| 2007 | · San Francisco State University, Visiting Lecturer, Drawing 1, Department of Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| · University of California, Visiting Lecturer, The Language of Drawing, Department of Art Practice, Berkeley, CA | ||
| 2006 | · Saint Mary's College of California, Visiting Lecturer, Advanced Drawing, Department of Art, Moraga, CA | |
| 2002 | · California College of the Arts Extension, Instructor, Pre-College Program, Drawing, Oakland, CA | |
| · California College of the Arts Extension, Instructor, Young Artists Studio Program, Drawing from Life, San Francisco, CA | ||
| 2001 | · California College of the Arts Extension, Instructor, Pre-College Program, Drawing and Painting, Oakland, CA | |
| 1998 | · University of California, Graduate Student Instructor, Introduction to Visual Thinking, Department of Art Practice, Berkeley, CA | |
| 1997 | · University of California, Graduate Student Instructor, Introduction to Visual Thinking, Department of Art Practice, Berkeley, CA | |
Selected Lectures | TOP | |
| 2012 | · Sonoma State University, Art Department, Rohnert Park, CA | |
| 2010 | · The Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, Hawaii, HI | |
| 2009 | · Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA | |
| · The Oxbow School, Napa, CA | ||
| 2008 | · Sonoma State University, Art Department, Rohnert Park, CA | |
| · San Francisco Art Institute, Graduate Campus, San Francisco, CA | ||
| 2006 | · The Urban School, Art Department, San Francisco, CA | |
| · Saint Mary's College of California, Art Department, Moraga, CA | ||
| 2005 | · Hui No'Eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Maui, HI | |
| 2004 | · Mills College, Art Department, Oakland, CA | |
| 2003 | · California State Polytechnic University, Women | |
| 2002 | · University of California, Department of Art Practice, Berkeley, CA | |
| 2000 | · Headlands Center for the Arts, Salon Series, Cartoon Doom, Sausalito, CA | |