Civilian Art Projects

Cara Ober lives and works in Baltimore, MD

EDUCATION
- 2005 M.F.A. in Painting. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
- 1996 B.A. in Fine Art. Phi Beta Kappa. American University, Washington, DC
- 1995 Art Historical Studies at The American University in Rome, Italy
AWARDS
- 2009 Baltimore City Presenting Grant Recipient for the Bmore Art Blog
- 2008 Baltimore City Presenting Grant Recipient for the Bmore Art Blog
- 2007 Second Prize. Bethesda Painting Awards.
- 2006 Individual Artist Grant Recipient for Painting. Maryland State Arts Council
- 2006 Warhol Grant Recipient for Emerging Curators.
- 2006 Semi-Finalist. Bethesda Painting Awards.
- 2006 Best in Show. Stretched Tight Painting Exhibit. Target Gallery. Alexandria, VA. Juror: Jack Rasmussen
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2009 Love Letters. Civilian Art Projects. Washington, DC
- 2009 Short Fictions. Lark and Key. Charlotte, NC
- 2008 New Works. L&M Artworks. Atlanta, GA
  I Am Who I Pretend to Be. The Randall Scott Gallery. Washington, DC
- 2007 Cursed Blessing. Gallery Imperato. Baltimore, MD
  Prayers and Joking. Flashpoint Gallery. Washington, DC
- 2006 An Accumulation of Little Things. Lump Gallery. Raleigh, NC
  Moving Sideways. Moxy Studios. New Orleans, LA
- 2005 To Live Outside the Law. Fox Gallery. MICA. Baltimore, MD
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2009 MICA presents Trawick and Bethesda Painting Award Winners. Meyerhoff Gallery. MICA. Baltimore, MD
  From Sketchbook to Suspension. St. Johns College. Annapolis, MD
  je ne sais quoi. SBS Gallery. Baltimore, MD
  Letters, Words, and Phrases. Goucher College. Baltimore, MD
  To the Teeth. Amalie Rothschild Gallery. Baltimore, MD
  Exhibition of Gallery Artists. Randall Scott Gallery. Washington, DC
- 2008 Art Miami. Randall Scott Gallery. Miami, FL
  MICA Trawick and Bethesda Painting Winners. Center Club. Baltimore, MD
  Seven Deadly Sins. Maryland Art Place. Baltimore, MD
  Summer Group Show. Gallery Imperato. Baltimore, MD
  Studio Visit Magazine: Volume One. A Juried Exhibition in Print
  Penned: A Juried Exhibition. Bunting Gallery, Baltimore, MD and Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
- 2007 Bethesda Painting Awards Exhibit of Finalists. Fraser Gallery. Bethesda, MD.
  Aqua Wynwood. Art Basel. Miami, FL.
  Fall Group Show. Artizen Fine Arts. Dallas, TX
  Bridge Art Fair. Randall Scott Gallery. London, UK. Trafalgar Hotel.
  Riviera Real Estate. Riviera Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
  Fresh Art. Karin Sanders Gallery. Sag Harbor, NY
  Token. Pyramid Atlantic. Silver Spring, MD
  The Living Room. Randall Scott Gallery. Washington, DC
  Fresh Paint. Arlington Art Center. Arlington, VA
- 2006 Hopes and Schemes. The Riviera Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
  Mostri Rossi (The Red Show). Ferrara, Italy
  Riviera Triennial. Riviera Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
  Femme Effect Part Deux. Gallery Imperato. Baltimore, MD
- 2005 Birds of a Feather. Tribes Gallery. New York, NY
  By Invitation Only. Maryland Art Place. Baltimore, MD
  Systematic. Delaware Center for Contemporary Art. Wilmington, DE
- 2004 London Biennale: “Draw_ Drawing.” Curated by Giacimo Picca. London, UK
  A Journey. Chela Gallery. Baltimore, MD
  Systems, Codes, Chaos. Seed Vector. Baltimore, MD
- 2003 Critic’s Picks: Artist in Residency Program. MD Art Place, Baltimore, MD
- 2002 Definitions. The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
SELECT PRESS COVERAGE
- 2009 Style Magazine. “Dear Diary.” By Carrie McFadden. January.
- 2008 Washington Post. “Cara Ober is who she pretends to be” by Fiona Zublin. 4/9.
  The DCist. “Interview with Cara Ober” by Amy Cavanaugh. 3/31.
  Baltimore Sun: Critical Mass. “Pretending not to Notice” by Glen McNatt.
  Washington City Paper City Desk. “The Sincerest Form of Flattery?” by Kriston Capps. 1/28.
  Washington Post. “Look Alike Works…” By Blake Gopnik. 1/26.
  Baltimore Sun. “In the Eye of the Beholder.” By Sam Sessa .1/25.
- 2007 Baltimore City Paper. “Dream Catchers” by Deborah McLeod. 9/5.
  Washington Post. “Unexpected Outcomes” by Michael O’Sullivan. 6/15.
  The Independent Newspaper. Hamptons, NY. “Gallery” by Joan Baum. 6/6.
  The Urbanite Magazine. “Eye to Eye.” By Alex Castro. 5/1.
  Washington City Paper. “Prayers and Joking” by Kriston Capps. 1/24.
- 2006 Baltimore City Paper. “Femme Effect Part Deux” by J. Bowers. 3/15.
  Baltimore City Paper. “Critics Picks: Femme Effect” by Mike Guliano. 3/1.
- 2005 Baltimore Sun. “Daring Exhibits launch new art center at Towson University” by Glen McNatt. 11/2.
  Baltimore City Paper. “Critics Picks: Passing Notes” by Bret McCabe. 10/13.
  Washington Post. “New Sensations” by Michael O’Sullivan.
- 2004 Baltimore Sun. “Intimate and Unsettling” by Glen McNatt. 12/9.
  Baltimore City Paper. “Seeds of Promise” by J. Bowers. 10/13.
  Baltimore City Paper. “Journey” by Blake de Pastino. 2/25.
- 2003 Maryland Art Place Critics in Residency Catalogue. “A Critic’s Notes” by Carter Ratcliff.
SELECT PUBLISHED WRITING
- 2009 ARTnews. March. “Leo Rubenfein at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.”
  ARTnews. February. “Emerging Forces.”
  ARTnews. January. “Nick and Shiela Pye at Curator’s Office” and “Kendall Messick at Hemphill.”
  Examiner Newspaper. Art Examiner for The Examiner dot com.
  BmoreArt Blog. Various reviews, essays, and interviews.
- 2008 ARTnews. December. “Chul-Hyun Ahn: Visual Echo at Grimaldis Gallery.”
  Baltimore City Paper. “The Year in Art: Franz West at the BMA and Clif Evans at The Library Project.
- 2007 “Women’s Work: Exhibition Catalog Essay” Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
  Art US Magazine. April. “Denise Tassin: Fairyland’ at Spare Room.
  Art US Magazine. January. “Dan Steinhilber: Project Room at BMA.”
  “The Jolly Cowboy: Curatorial Essay” at the DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
  “Token: Exhibition Essay.” Pyramid Atlantic. Silver Spring, MD
- 2006 Art US Magazine. April. “Louise Bourgeois: Femme” at the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
  Art US Magazine. January. “Blur of the Otherworldly” at UMBC
- 2005 Art Papers. September. “Artscape at the BMA” Baltimore, MD
  Art Papers. July. “Transmodern Age” Baltimore, MD
  Peek Review. “Directions: Cai Guo-Qiang” at the Hirshhorn Museum