Mara F. Szalajda
2510 Williams Court, Bellmore, NY 11710-4805
cell: 516-635-3221 land: 516-826-7980
marasz@verizon.net
www.studiomara.com
Art Education: M. F. A. with Distinction,
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York 1988 Major: Painting, Minor: Art History
B. F. A. Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pa. 1982 Major: Painting
B. J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
Visions 2020 January 5 to February 3, 2020
Harvest of Artists November 29 – January 3, 2019 Opening December 7, 2019 6-9 PM
National Association of Women Artists
Fairleigh Dickinson University: Edward Williams Gallery “Joyous Light” November 18-January 10, 2019 Opening Saturday December 7, 2019 2-4 PM
Beamesderfer 4: Real/ Unreal September 5 to October 31, 2019 Opening September 5, 6-8PM
129th Annual Members Exhibition, 195 Chrystie St, South Gallery October 6-18, 2018, Opening October 11, 2018 6-8 PM
128th Annual Members Exhibition, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery August 22-September 14, 2017 Opening August 31, 2017 6 to 8
Rise Up! Mansion at Strathmore, MD September 10 – November 6, 2016
Crossing Boundaries-Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Fl. December 1—29, 2016
The Art Guild of Port Washington: Abstraction: What is True for You? December 1 to January 7, 2019 Reception December 2, 3:00 to 5:00
St Josephs College: The Board Room Gallery, 155 West Roe Blvd
January 20 – March 2, 2017
Omni Gallery: Verses of Color curated by Dawn Lee Uniondale, NY June 1 to November 8, 2015
Omni Gallery: Repetition, Reason and Repose curated by Dawn Lee, Uniondale, NY January to May, 2009
Studio 26 Gallery
Asian Contemporary Art Fair, Hong Kong, March 12-15, 2015
Select Art Fair, 548 West 22nd Street, New York, May 13-17, 2015
Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, October 1-5, 2015
American Society of Contemporary Artists
Ceres Gallery, 100th Annual Exhibition, January 3 to January 27, 2018, Opening Reception, January 11, 2018 6 to 8 PM
Ceres Gallery , 98th Annual Exhibition, February 2 to February 27, 2016, Opening Reception February 6, 2016
Westbeth Gallery, “Creative Epiphanies”February 28 to March 16, 2015, Opening Reception February 28, 2015 2-4:30 PM
The High Line Loft. “97th Annual Exhibition” October 16 to November 1, 2014, Opening Reception, October 18, 2014, 2-4 PM
Long Island Graphic Eye Gallery
Artists Invite Artists February 6 to March 29Opening Reception February 8, 2015 2-4 PM
Holiday Magic December 4 to February 1, 2014 Opening Reception December 14, 2014 2-4 PM
Harvest, September 4 to September 28, 2014 Opening Reception September 14, 2014, 2-4 PM
40th Annual Gala Exhibition, July 3 to August 31, 2014 Opening Reception, July 13, 2014, 2-4 PM
Artist Invites Artist January 30 to March 30, 2014Opening reception February 9, 2014, 2-4 PM
Holiday in Port November 13 to January 26, 2014 Opening Reception December 15, 2-4 PM
Kitty Archie, Fay Biegun, Mara Szalajda October 4 to October 28, 2012
Angles & Curves: Mara Szalajda & Raisy Derzie May 30 – June 24, 2007
Quantum States: Mara Szalajda July 28—August 22, 2004
Graphic Eye Annual Exhibits:Holiday, Summer Group Show, Works on Paper: Defined and Explored, Artist Invites Artist 1999-2015
52nd Long Island Artists Juried Exhibit at Jeanie Tangelsen Gallery, Huntington, NY 2008
Land Fill Art: Artist Reclamation Project-ongoing
Honors:
Washington Square Outdoor Art Show: Salmagundi Club Award, September, 2000
Pratt Institute: Gertrude Schweitzer Scholarship 1987-88, Graduate Assistantship – Department of Art History, Fall 1987, Seventh Annual Symposium March – May I987, Graduate Fellowship, 1986-87
Philadelphia Watercolor Club Commencement Prize, 1982, Philadelphia College of Art: Dean’s List 1979-82
Private Collections: New York City, NY, Port Washington, NY, Setauket, NY, Glen Cove, NY, Stockholm, Sweden, Principality of Andorra, Pittsburgh, PA
