Born 1974 in Westminster, MD
Currently lives 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 Best of Baltimore ‘MVP’ Visual Arts Award, Baltimore Magazine
2009 Baltimore City Presenting Grant Recipient
2008 Baltimore City Presenting Grant Recipient
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 Award. Stretched Tight Juried Painting Exhibit. Target Gallery. Alexandria, VA, Juror: Jack Rasmussen
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Glittering Generalities. Randall Scott Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
2009 Tragicomedy. Gallery Imperato. Baltimore, MD
2009 Love Letters. Civilian Art Projects. Washington, DC
2009 Short Fictions. Lark and Key. Charlotte, NC
2008 I Am Who I Pretend to Be. The Randall Scott Gallery. Washington, DC
2007 Cursed Blessing. Gallery Imperato. Baltimore, MD
2007 Prayers and Joking. Flashpoint Gallery. Washington, DC
2006 An Accumulation of Little Things, A Collaboration. Lump Gallery. Raleigh, NC
2006 Moving Sideways. Moxy Studios. New Orleans, LA
2005 To Live Outside the Law. Fox Gallery. MICA. Baltimore, MD
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Aqua Art Fair. Randall Scott Gallery Booth. Miami, FL
2009 Scope Art Fair. Civilian Art Projects Booth. Miami, FL
2009 It's a Wonderful Life. Randall Scott Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
2009 FAX. The Contemporary Museum. Baltimore, MD
2009 From Sketchbook to Suspension. St. Johns College. Annapolis, MD
2009 Trawick and Bethesda Painting Winners. MICA. Baltimore, MD
2009 Letters, Words, and Phrases. Goucher College. Baltimore, MD
2009 AAF. Gallery Imperato Booth. New York, NY
2009 To the Teeth. Amalie Rothschild Gallery. Baltimore, MD
2009 Exhibition of Gallery Artists. Randall Scott Gallery. Washington, DC
2008 Art Miami. Randall Scott Gallery Booth. Miami, FL
2008 Seven Deadly Sins. Maryland Art Place. Baltimore, MD
2008 New Works. L&M Artworks. Atlanta, GA
2008 Studio Visit Magazine: Volume One. A Juried Exhibition in Print
2008 Penned: A Juried Exhibition. Bunting Gallery, Baltimore, MD and Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2007 Bethesda Painting Awards Exhibit of Finalists. Fraser Gallery. Bethesda, MD
2007 Aqua Wynwood. Randall Scott Gallery Booth. Miami, FL
2007 Fall Group Show. Artizen Fine Arts. Dallas, TX
2007 Bridge Art Fair. Randall Scott Gallery Booth. London, UK
2007 Riviera Real Estate. Riviera Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
2007 Fresh Art. Karin Sanders Gallery. Sag Harbor, NY
2007 Token. Pyramid Atlantic. Silver Spring, MD
2007 The Living Room. Randall Scott Gallery. Washington, DC
2007 Fresh Paint. Arlington Art Center. Arlington, VA
2006 Hopes and Schemes. The Riviera Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
2006 Mostri Rossi (The Red Show). Ferrara, Italy
2006 Riviera Triennial. Riviera Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
2006 Femme Effect Part Deux. Gallery Imperato. Baltimore, MD
2005 Birds of a Feather. Tribes Gallery. New York, NY
2005 By Invitation Only. Maryland Art Place. Baltimore, MD
2005 Systematic. Delaware Center for Contemporary Art. Wilmington, DE
2004 London Biennale: “Draw_ Drawing.” Curated by Giacimo Picca. London, UK
2004 A Journey. Chela Gallery. Baltimore, MD
2004 Systems, Codes, Chaos. Seed Vector. Baltimore, MD
2003 Critic’s Picks: Artist in Residency Program. MD Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2002 Defnitions. The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
PRESS COVERAGE
2009 Washington City Paper, Arts & Events. “I Love to Love You From Afar at Civilian Art Projects” by Maura Judkis. 9/16.
2009 Washington Post, Express Night Out. “Roses are Red, Violets are Confusing: Love Letters” by Fiona Zublin. 9/17.
2009 Baltimore Magazine. “Best of Baltimore: Visual Art MVP Award.” September.
2009 Baltimore City Paper. “Signs of the Times” by Martin Johnson. 4/15.
2009 Style Magazine. “Dear (Food) Diary” by Carrie McFadden. January.
2008 Baltimore Sun. “Creating a Baltimore Frame of Mind” by Ed Gunts. 11/23.
2008 Baltimore City Paper. “Adorn Identity” by Kate Noonan. 8/13.
2008 Washington Post. “Cara Ober is who she pretends to be” by Fiona Zublin. 4/9.
2008 Washingtonian Magazine. “Guide to Washington’s Art Galleries” by Kriston Capps. March.
2008 The DCist. “Interview with Cara Ober” by Amy Cavanaugh. 3/31.
2008 Baltimore Sun: Critical Mass. “Pretending not to Notice” by Glen McNatt.
2008 Washington Citypaper, City Desk. “The Sincerest Form of Flattery?” by Kriston Capps. 1/28.
2008 Washington Post. “Look Alike Works…” By Blake Gopnik. 1/26.
2008 Baltimore Sun. “In the Eye of the Beholder.” By Sam Sessa .1/25.
2007 Baltimore City Paper. “Dream Catchers” by Deborah McLeod. 9/5.
2007 Washington Post. “Unexpected Outcomes” by Michael O’Sullivan. 6/15.
2007 The Independent Newspaper. Hamptons, NY. “Gallery” by Joan Baum. 6/6.
2007 The Urbanite Magazine. “Eye to Eye.” By Alex Castro. 5/1.
2007 Washington City Paper. “Prayers and Joking” by Kriston Capps. 1/24.
2006 Baltimore City Paper. “Femme Effect Part Deux” by J. Bowers. 3/15.
2006 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.
2005 Baltimore City Paper. “Critics Picks: Passing Notes” by Bret McCabe. 10/13.
2005 Washington Post. “New Sensations” by Michael O’Sullivan.
2004 Baltimore Sun. “Intimate and Unsettling” by Glen McNatt. 12/9.
2004 Baltimore City Paper. “Seeds of Promise” by J. Bowers. 10/13.
2004 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.
PUBLISHED WRITING
2009 ARTnews. December. “Sublime Struture at Grimaldis Gallery.”
2009 ARTnews. November. “Manon Cleary at Addison-Ripley.”
2009 ARTnews. September. “Moira Hecht at The Ralls Collection.”
2009 ARTnews. March. “Leo Rubenfein at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.”
2009 ARTnews. February. “Emerging Forces.”
2009 ARTnews. January. “Nick and Shiela Pye at Curator’s Offce” and “Kendall Messick at Hemphill.”
2009 Examiner Newspaper. Art Examiner for The Examiner dot com.
2009 BmoreArt Blog. Various reviews, essays, and interviews.
2008 ARTnews. December. “Chul-Hyun Ahn: Visual Echo at Grimaldis Gallery.”
2008 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
2007 Art US Magazine. April. “Denise Tassin: Fairyland’ at Spare Room.
2007 Art US Magazine. January. “Dan Steinhilber: Project Room at BMA.”
2007 “The Jolly Cowboy: Curatorial Essay” at the DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
2007 “Token: Exhibition Essay.” Pyramid Atlantic. Silver Spring, MD
2006 Art US Magazine. April. “Louise Bourgeois: Femme” at the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2006 Art US Magazine. January. “Blur of the Otherworldly” at UMBC
2005 Art Papers. September. “Artscape at the BMA” Baltimore, MD
2005 Art Papers. July. “Transmodern Age” Baltimore, MD
2005 Peek Review. “Directions: Cai Guo-Qiang” at the Hirshhorn Museum