Cara Ober
EDUCATION
2002-2005 M.F.A. in Painting. Maryland Institute College of Art.
1992-1996 B.A. in Fine Art. Phi Beta Kappa. American University.
AWARDS
2006 Individual Artist Grant Recipient for Painting. Maryland State Arts Council.
2006 Best in Show Award. Juried Painting Exhibit. Target Gallery. Alexandria, VA.
2006 Semi-Finalist. Bethesda Painting Awards. Fraser Gallery. Bethesda, MD.
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2007 The Jolly Cowboy. DC Arts Center. Warhol Grant Curatorial Initiative. Washington, DC.
2006 Arbitrary Specifics. Sub-Basement Studios. Baltimore, MD.
2006 From Sea to Shining Sea. District of Columbia Arts Center. Washington, DC.
2004 Inward Gazes: Creating Pieces of the Identity Puzzle. Rosenberg Gallery. Goucher College.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Prayers and Joking: New Works by Cara Ober. Flashpoint Gallery. Washington, DC.
2006 Moving Sideways. Moxy Studios. New Orleans, LA.
2006 An Accumulation of Little Things. Lump Gallery. Raleigh, NC.
2005 Passing Notes by Cara Ober & Julie Benoit. SpareRoom. Baltimore, MD.
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2006 Test Patterns. Artscape Public Art Exhibition. Bunting Gallery, MICA. Baltimore, MD.
2006 Stretched Tight. Target Gallery. Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Jack Rasmussen.
2005 MFA Graduate Exhibition. Arlington Arts Center. Arlington, VA.
2005 Systematic. Delaware Center for Contemporary Art. Wilmington, DE. Juror: Kristen Hileman.
2003 Critic’s Picks: Artist in Residency Program. MAP. Jurors: Carter Ratcliff. & Eugene Redmond.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 The Living Room. Randall Scott Gallery. Washington, DC.
2007 Fresh Paint. Arlington Arts Center. Arlington, VA. Curator: Carol Lukitch.
2006 MAP turns 25. Maryland Art Place. Baltimore, MD. Curator: Julie Ann Cavnor.
2006 Mostre Rossi (The Red Show). Zuni Gallery. Ferrara, Italy. Curator: Rachel Bradley.
2006 New Western Art. Schiesser Gallery. Steamboat Springs, CO. Curator: Susan Schiesser.
2006 Riviera Triennial. Riviera Gallery. Brooklyn, NY. Curator: John Timikiw.
2006 Here and Now. MSAC Exhibition at MICA’s Meyerhoff & Decker Galleries.
2006 Hopes and Schemes: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints. The Riviera Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.
2006 Born to be Wild. Studio Gallery 27. Steamboat Springs, CO.
2006 Femme Effect Part Deux. Gallery Imperato.
2005 By Invitation Only. Maryland Art Place. Baltimore, MD.
2005 Birds of a Feather. Tribes Gallery. 285 East 3rd Street, New York, NY.
2005 Under Construction. Current Gallery. Curator Michael Benevento. Baltimore, MD.
2005 Spring Group Show. Cubicle 10. Baltimore, MD. Curator: Billy Colbert.
2005 Picture Window. Sponsored by the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.
2004 Systems, Codes, Chaos. Seed Vector. Baltimore, MD.
2004 a journey. Chela Gallery. Baltimore, MD. Curator: Push & Pull Productions.
PRESS COVERAGE
2007 Washington City Paper. January 26. “Prayers and Joking.” By Kriston Capps.
2007 Georgetown Voice. January 25. “A local artists’s guide to suburbia.” By Madeline Reidy.
2006 Peek Review Volume Five. Exhibition Review and Interview by Jack Livingston.
2006 Baltimore City Paper. June 26. “Underworld: Edgy Underground Group Show” by J. Bowers.
2006 Baltimore City Paper. March 15. “Femme Effect Part Deux” by J. Bowers.
2005 Baltimore City Paper. October 13. “Passing Notes: A Visual Collaboration” by Bret McCabe.
2005 Washington Post. “On Exhibit: New Sensations” by Michael O’Sullivan.
2004 Baltimore Sun. December 9. “Intimate and Unsettling.” by Glen McNatt.
2004 Baltimore City Paper. October 13. “Seeds of Promise.” by J. Bowers.
2004 Baltimore City Paper: March 17. “Journey: A Traveling Art Show.” by Blake de Pastino.
2004 Baltimore City Paper: February 25. “Secret Signs.” by Ned Oldham.
2003 Maryland Art Place Critics in Residency Catalogue. “A Critic’s Notes” by Carter Ratcliff.