EDUCATION

M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California 2004
B.A. Columbia University, Department of Visual Arts, New York, New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 West Coast Paintings Quint Gallery, La Jolla
2021 Lilith and the Sun TOTAH, New York
2019 LIGHTBRIDGE Hunter Shaw Fine Art, Los Angeles
2018 Talisman TOTAH, New York City
2016 Lead Me Through the Dawn Quint Projects, San Diego
2016 Driving Sunset Edward Cella Art and Architecture, Los Angeles
2015 Vice City Holly Hunt, Miami
2013 Even if the Lights Go Out Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2013 Cruise Collection 2013 Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2013 Elegies: A Project in Print Artist in Residence, Irvine Fine Arts Center
2011 saltus fidei/ Leap of Faith Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2010 CERCA Series: Mara De Luca Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
2002 911: Flags and Mannah Abstruse Space, London, England
Political Pop: Mara De Luca and David Cerny
Galerie Chromosome, Berlin, Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 The Shadow TOTAH New York, NY
2019 Edge to Air DENK Gallery, Los Angeles
2019 Dreamin’ of A… Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles
2018 Distant Light Quint Projects, San Diego
2016 Cosmic Connections TOTAH New York, NY
2016 Gathering Light Nancy Toomey Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2015 Atmospheric Abstraction: Larry Bell, Gisela Colon, Mara De Luca and Heather Gwen Martin, Quint Gallery, La Jolla
2015 Transcending Cool: Tripping through California Abstraction Royale Projects Palm Desert
2015 The Bliss Point Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA
2015 Unbound Edward Cella Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Surface to Edge Cypress College Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Promo Lane Outpost Projects, Joshua Tree, CA
2014 Freeway Studies #2: Inside the Quad OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery
2013 EXPO Chicago: Mara De Luca and Heather Gwen Martin Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2013 De Stil Curated by Carl Berg, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles
2013 Searchin’: Los Angeles and the Quest for the Sublime Curated by Mary Coyne, Angels Gate Cultural Center San Pedro, CA
2013 MAS: Attack (Mutual Appreciation Society) LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
2012 The New Moderns: Matter Beyond Surface PULSE Miami, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2012 The Crash of Ruin Fitfully Resounds Curated by Carole Ann Klonarides, Luis De Jesus
2012 ARTrageous Palm Springs Art Museum Palm Springs, CA
2011 Abstract Smallness POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Immanent Domain II Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011 W.O.P.: Immanent Domain Part One West Los Angeles Community College
2010 Air Pressure Glendale College Art Gallery Los Angeles, California
2007 Suburban Sublime Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
2006 Decoys and Destructions: Nancy Buchanan, Mara De Luca, Hillary Mushkin, Martha Rosler. Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Incognito 2005 Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Supersonic Wind Tunnel, Pasadena, CA
2003 Transit: Video Works Gallery D301, CalArts, Valencia, CA
Drawings Studio 18, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Venus Project: Mara De Luca and Veronika Drahotova Galerie Chromosome at Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
2001 Text und Textur Galerie Chromosome, Berlin, Germany

LECTURES and DISCUSSIONS

2018 Mara De Luca and Rachel Corbett, on Rilke TOTAH, New York
2018 Lecture on recent work, Cal State Fullerton
2016 Mara De Luca in Conversation with Kristine McKenna Edward Cella Gallery, L.A.
2014 Mara De Luca California State University, Fullerton, Department of Art
2013 Cruise Collection Palos Verdes Art Center
2012 Why Abstract? Kristina Newhouse, Peter Frank, Mara De Luca, Daniel Cummings and Eben Goff Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Beverly Hills, CA
2011 Faith, Hope and FX: Creating the Contemporary Sublime
In Conversation with Farrah Karapetian and Holly Myers Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2010 Up For Discussion: Mara De Luca Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego

SCREENINGS

2005 Salon Series Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, (LACE)
2004 Echo Underground International Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA

PUBLICATIONS/ PROJECTS

2019 TALISMAN exhibition catalogue with essays by Fionn Meade and Mary L.Coyne
2013 Elegies Editioned Boxed Prints
2010 Believe in Yourself Material Press Online Artist Project

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

2010 Drive-By Stations Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
2000 Bordel/Boudoir Schloss Senzke, Berlin, Germany

BIBLIOGRAPHY

TheGuide.Art Jun 2021, “Lilith and the Sun”
LALA Magazine, Spring Issue 2019 “Shades of the City”, Cecilia Latiolais
Artsy Magazine. Artsy.net, June 7, 2018 “The Artists Who Have Made the Night Sky Their Muse”, Alina Cohen
The Fullest Fall/Winter 2017 “Home is Where the Art is For Artist Mara De Luca”, Chelsea McCarthy
ArtForum March, 2016 “Atmospheric Abstraction”, Suzanne Hudson
Cultured Magazine Winter Issue 2015/2016 “The Twenty-Five”, Janelle Zara
Art Ltd. July/August 2015 “Unbound at Edward Cella Art and Architecture”, Marlena Doctorcyzk-Donohue
artsy.net  May 14, 2015, "A Group Show at Edward Cella's New Location Allows Painting to Be Itself",  Maxwell Williams
Society805.com, June 7, 2013, “An Interview with Mara De Luca”, Erik Reel
Artweek L.A., April 2012, “Thirteen Questions: Interview with Mara De Luca”, Tracey Harnish
Los Angeles Times, January 22, 2012, “Pacific Standard Time: Young Artists Talk About the Sweeping Exhibit”, Holly Myers
Society805.com, December 12, 2011, “Mara De Luca at Luis De Jesus”, Erik Reel
Huffington Post, November 19, 2011, “Mara De Luca: Leap of Faith”, Tracey Harnish
Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2006, “Generational Differences”, Holly Myers
Time Out London, July 10-17, 2002 “Mara De Luca: Abstruse Space”, Martin Herbert
Tip Berlin Magazin, June 6 – June 19, 2002 “New Pop”, Christina Wendenburg
Nordbayerischer Kurier, July 8, 2000 “Licht, Schatten und Stimmung...”, Claudia Savelsberg
Nordbayerischer Kurier, July 14, 2000 “Die Rauten einer Berliner Romantik”, Frank Piontek
!Szene Magazin, August 2000 “Faszination Weiblichkeit”, Magazine Interview