BIOGRAPHY

Cara Ober earned an MFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2005 and a BA in fine arts in 1996 from the American University. She is a 2008 and 2009 Baltimore City Presenting Grant recipient, a 2006 MDSAC Individual Artist Grant recipient, and took second prize in the 2007 Bethesda Painting Awards. She received a Warhol Grant for Emerging Curators in 2006, and a Best in Show Award at the Torpedo Factory’s Juried painting exhibit in 2006. Cara is commercially represented by The Randall Scott Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, Divergence Fine Art in Baltimore, MD, and Civilian Art Projects in Washington, DC. She has participated in numerous international art fairs in the past year, including Art Miami, Aqua Wynwood Miami, and Bridge Fair in London.

Cara writes art reviews for various publications like ArtNews, The Examiner Newspaper, Art US Magazine, Art Papers, Gutter Magazine, and publishes her own award-winning art blog, BmoreArt.