Mara Held
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2014 Mara Held and Margrit Lewczuk, Imogen Holloway Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2013 Mara Held, Gary Snyder Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2009 Resonant Frequencies, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Projects, Spoonbill and Sugartown, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Voluptuous Moves, Artefact/Galleria Pardo, Milan, Italy
2001 Plan, The Roger Williams, New York, New York
1999 Coloratura, Christiane Nienaber Fine Art, New York, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 Sideshow Nation II at the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/Brooklyn, NY
Paperazzi 3, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Sensory Impact, , Morgan Stanley International Headquarters, Purchase, New York
To Leo, A Tribute from the American Abstract Artists, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/Brooklyn
American Abstract Artist :Print Portfolio, (Traveling Exhibition) Essay by Rob Storr
Martin Art Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
University of Mary Washington Galleries, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2013 American Abstract Artist :Print Portfolio (Traveling Exhibtion) Essay by Rob Storr
Sarah Moody Gallery, U of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Ewing Gallery, UT School of Art, Knoxville, TN
Miami Project, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, NY
Dynamic Invention: American Abstract Artists at 75, The Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
Drafted, Schema Projects, Bushwick/ Brooklyn, New York
Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
Paperazzi 2, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2012 Cowgirls of the Hudson River Valley 4, Curator/ Rich Timperio/ Brik Gallery, Catskill, N.Y.
Summer Snacks:Works on Paper, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
The Armory Show 2012, Gary Snyder Gallery, New York, NY
Abstract Artists International 75th Anniversary, paris CONCRET, Paris, France
MIC:CHECK, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2011 Abstraction to the Power of Infinity, The Icebox Gallery/Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Summer Weekend, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, New York
American Abstract Artists: 75 Aniversary, OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
75 Aniversary: American Abstract Artists International, Galerie oqbo, Berlin, Germany
Splendor of Dynamic Structure: Celebrating 75 Years of the American Abstract Artists, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Paper 2011, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, New York
It’s All Good, (Apocalypse Now), Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
2010 Art Basel/Miami Beach, Gary Snyder Projects, New York, NY
Summer Love, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, New York
Cowgirls of the Hudson River Valley 3, Curator/ Rich Timperio/ Brik Gallery, Catskill, N.Y.
American Abstract Artists International, The Aragonese Castle of Otranto, Italy
It’s a Wonderful Life 10, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
Paper Works, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, New York
2009 It’s a Wonderful Life, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
Year Five, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2008 Fashion Forward, Curator/ Karen Shaw, Islip Art Museum, New York
American Abstract Artists:Tribute to Esphyr Slobodkina, Curator Stephen Maine/Painting Center, New York, NY
A Roller Coaster In The Dark, Curator/ Ben La Rocco/Galeria Janet Kurnatowski Brooklyn, New York
2007 Cowgirls of the Hudson Valley 2, Curated by Rich Timperio/Brik Gallery, Catskill, New York
Continuum: Celebration of 70 years of American Abstract Artists, St. Peters College, NJ
War is Over 2, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
2006 War is Over, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
2005 Waves of Light, The Factory, Hudson, New York
Along the Way: Celebrating 20 Years of Public Art, UBS Art Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Merry/Peace 2004, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
SHARE, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2003 Harlem Art Project, Ray of Light Foundation, Saatchi and Saatchi, New York, NY
Merry/Peace, 2003 Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/Brooklyn, New York
Going Public, American Institute of Architects, New York, NY
Inaugural Exhibition Pardo / St Croix Gallery, Milan, Italy
Masterwork Award Exhibition, The Municipal Art Society of New York, New York
Square NY/Piazza Rome, Robert Pardo Gallery and Galleria Le Bateleur, Rome, Italy
Works on Paper, Volume 1, Voelcker & Freunde Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2002 Flat Files 2002, Voelcker & Freunde Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Merry/Peace 2002, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2002 The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Selection 1, The Brooklyn Rail @ Wythe Studio, Brooklyn, New York
2001 Merry/Peace, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Annual Report, Issue 14 The Unbearables Assembling Magazine Oct. 2001
Over Times Square 2, Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, New York
Made in Brooklyn, curator/Chris Martin/ S. Cono, Brooklyn, New York
That Which Remains, Lowe Art Gallery, New York, New York
21st Suffragettes, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
8 New York Artists, Ice House Gallery, Telluride, Colorado
That Which Remains, Bernadette Salvage, Brooklyn, New York
2000 North and South/ Other Directions, Splendid, Brooklyn, New York
1999 Helter Skelter, Bernadette Salvage, Brooklyn, New York
Gallery Artists, Voelcker & Freunde Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1998 Strong Modern, Williamsburg Art & Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY
1996 Gallery Artists, Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock, New York
1994 Paint, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Invitational, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, New York
Gallery Artists, James Cox Gallery, Woodstock, New York
Public Commissions
2002 El in 16 Notes” 16 Faceted Glass Panels/ MTA Arts for Transit / Jamaica Line
Grants, Nominations and Awards
2009 Babayan Culture House Residency Grant, Cappadocia, Turkey
2004 I.M. Pei, Cobb, Freed and Partners Project, Percent for Art, New York City
Percent for Art Finalist
2003 George Sugarman Foundation Grant
The Municipal Art Society of New York
New York City Masterwork Award/ Best New Public Art 2002;
“El in 16 Notes” / Hewes Street Station / Jamaica Line /MTA Arts for Transit
2002 Wurlitzer Foundation Residency Grant
Public Collections
The New York Public Library, NY, NY
MoMA Library Special Collection, NY, NY
The International Artists’ Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Bayerische Landesbank, New York Branch, New York, NY
The Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein Girozentrale (LB Kiel) New York Branch New York, NY
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York
Art in Embassies, US Department of State
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
Phillips Collection of Art, Washinton, DC
Bibliography
75 Anniversary American Abstract Artist Print Portfolio, essay by Rob Storr, The Ewing Gallery of Art and Archetecture, The Univesity of Tennessee 2013
“Art Show: Mara Held “ Elle Décor Magazine by Vicky Lowry, October 2013 (p.158-160)
“Mara Held “ at Gary Snyder Gallery, Joanne Mattera Art Blog: Painting in Chelsea, March 3, 2013
“Mara Held “ at Gary Snyder Gallery, Steven Alexander Journal, February 28, 2013
“Mara Held” at Gary Snyder Gallery Review, Ken Johnson/The New York Times, February 22, 2013
“Mara Held” at Gary Snyder Gallery Review, Phong Bui/The Brooklyn Rail, February 2013
“Summer Love” at Janet Kurnatowski, Steven Alexander Journal August 18, 2010
“Mara Held “ at Kurnatowski Steven Alexander Journal October 18, 2009
Resonant Frequencies Catalogue essay by Shane McAdams October 2009
“Where Fashion Meets Its Artistic Match” Benjamin Genocchio New York Times January 9, 2009
“A Twofer from the ‘Burg” James Kalm Report, blip.tv/file/877811 2008
Open Studios: Who What Where Why Slektaviciute, Pardo,Comerlati, Morgan & Sansone 2007
Along the Way MTA Arts for Transit, Sandra Bloodworth and William Ayres 2006
"J Train Parsons/Archer to Broad Street” stationreporter.net 2004
"Subway Artist Mara Held" Robinson, Dorothy Metro New York October 21, 2004
"Crosby Willet and Willet Stained Glass Studios: Three Generations of Glass for the Ages"
Waggoner, Shawn. Glass Art Magazine January/February 2003
"Edgy New York Artwork" Levek, Amy. Telluride Watch August 2001
"Review of Coloratura at Nienaber" Everett, Deborah. NY Arts, Vol. 4, #11 1999
"Submerge Yourself in "Paint" for a Truly Colorful Time" Courier Lifestyles 1994
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2014 Mara Held and Margrit Lewczuk, Imogen Holloway Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2013 Mara Held, Gary Snyder Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2009 Resonant Frequencies, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Projects, Spoonbill and Sugartown, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Voluptuous Moves, Artefact/Galleria Pardo, Milan, Italy
2001 Plan, The Roger Williams, New York, New York
1999 Coloratura, Christiane Nienaber Fine Art, New York, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 Sideshow Nation II at the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/Brooklyn, NY
Paperazzi 3, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Sensory Impact, , Morgan Stanley International Headquarters, Purchase, New York
To Leo, A Tribute from the American Abstract Artists, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/Brooklyn
American Abstract Artist :Print Portfolio, (Traveling Exhibition) Essay by Rob Storr
Martin Art Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
University of Mary Washington Galleries, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2013 American Abstract Artist :Print Portfolio (Traveling Exhibtion) Essay by Rob Storr
Sarah Moody Gallery, U of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Ewing Gallery, UT School of Art, Knoxville, TN
Miami Project, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, NY
Dynamic Invention: American Abstract Artists at 75, The Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
Drafted, Schema Projects, Bushwick/ Brooklyn, New York
Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
Paperazzi 2, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2012 Cowgirls of the Hudson River Valley 4, Curator/ Rich Timperio/ Brik Gallery, Catskill, N.Y.
Summer Snacks:Works on Paper, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
The Armory Show 2012, Gary Snyder Gallery, New York, NY
Abstract Artists International 75th Anniversary, paris CONCRET, Paris, France
MIC:CHECK, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2011 Abstraction to the Power of Infinity, The Icebox Gallery/Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Summer Weekend, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, New York
American Abstract Artists: 75 Aniversary, OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
75 Aniversary: American Abstract Artists International, Galerie oqbo, Berlin, Germany
Splendor of Dynamic Structure: Celebrating 75 Years of the American Abstract Artists, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Paper 2011, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, New York
It’s All Good, (Apocalypse Now), Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
2010 Art Basel/Miami Beach, Gary Snyder Projects, New York, NY
Summer Love, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, New York
Cowgirls of the Hudson River Valley 3, Curator/ Rich Timperio/ Brik Gallery, Catskill, N.Y.
American Abstract Artists International, The Aragonese Castle of Otranto, Italy
It’s a Wonderful Life 10, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
Paper Works, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, New York
2009 It’s a Wonderful Life, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
Year Five, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2008 Fashion Forward, Curator/ Karen Shaw, Islip Art Museum, New York
American Abstract Artists:Tribute to Esphyr Slobodkina, Curator Stephen Maine/Painting Center, New York, NY
A Roller Coaster In The Dark, Curator/ Ben La Rocco/Galeria Janet Kurnatowski Brooklyn, New York
2007 Cowgirls of the Hudson Valley 2, Curated by Rich Timperio/Brik Gallery, Catskill, New York
Continuum: Celebration of 70 years of American Abstract Artists, St. Peters College, NJ
War is Over 2, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
2006 War is Over, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/ Brooklyn, New York
2005 Waves of Light, The Factory, Hudson, New York
Along the Way: Celebrating 20 Years of Public Art, UBS Art Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Merry/Peace 2004, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
SHARE, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2003 Harlem Art Project, Ray of Light Foundation, Saatchi and Saatchi, New York, NY
Merry/Peace, 2003 Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/Brooklyn, New York
Going Public, American Institute of Architects, New York, NY
Inaugural Exhibition Pardo / St Croix Gallery, Milan, Italy
Masterwork Award Exhibition, The Municipal Art Society of New York, New York
Square NY/Piazza Rome, Robert Pardo Gallery and Galleria Le Bateleur, Rome, Italy
Works on Paper, Volume 1, Voelcker & Freunde Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2002 Flat Files 2002, Voelcker & Freunde Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Merry/Peace 2002, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2002 The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Selection 1, The Brooklyn Rail @ Wythe Studio, Brooklyn, New York
2001 Merry/Peace, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Annual Report, Issue 14 The Unbearables Assembling Magazine Oct. 2001
Over Times Square 2, Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, New York
Made in Brooklyn, curator/Chris Martin/ S. Cono, Brooklyn, New York
That Which Remains, Lowe Art Gallery, New York, New York
21st Suffragettes, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
8 New York Artists, Ice House Gallery, Telluride, Colorado
That Which Remains, Bernadette Salvage, Brooklyn, New York
2000 North and South/ Other Directions, Splendid, Brooklyn, New York
1999 Helter Skelter, Bernadette Salvage, Brooklyn, New York
Gallery Artists, Voelcker & Freunde Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1998 Strong Modern, Williamsburg Art & Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY
1996 Gallery Artists, Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock, New York
1994 Paint, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Invitational, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, New York
Gallery Artists, James Cox Gallery, Woodstock, New York
Public Commissions
2002 El in 16 Notes” 16 Faceted Glass Panels/ MTA Arts for Transit / Jamaica Line
Grants, Nominations and Awards
2009 Babayan Culture House Residency Grant, Cappadocia, Turkey
2004 I.M. Pei, Cobb, Freed and Partners Project, Percent for Art, New York City
Percent for Art Finalist
2003 George Sugarman Foundation Grant
The Municipal Art Society of New York
New York City Masterwork Award/ Best New Public Art 2002;
“El in 16 Notes” / Hewes Street Station / Jamaica Line /MTA Arts for Transit
2002 Wurlitzer Foundation Residency Grant
Public Collections
The New York Public Library, NY, NY
MoMA Library Special Collection, NY, NY
The International Artists’ Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Bayerische Landesbank, New York Branch, New York, NY
The Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein Girozentrale (LB Kiel) New York Branch New York, NY
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York
Art in Embassies, US Department of State
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
Phillips Collection of Art, Washinton, DC
Bibliography
75 Anniversary American Abstract Artist Print Portfolio, essay by Rob Storr, The Ewing Gallery of Art and Archetecture, The Univesity of Tennessee 2013
“Art Show: Mara Held “ Elle Décor Magazine by Vicky Lowry, October 2013 (p.158-160)
“Mara Held “ at Gary Snyder Gallery, Joanne Mattera Art Blog: Painting in Chelsea, March 3, 2013
“Mara Held “ at Gary Snyder Gallery, Steven Alexander Journal, February 28, 2013
“Mara Held” at Gary Snyder Gallery Review, Ken Johnson/The New York Times, February 22, 2013
“Mara Held” at Gary Snyder Gallery Review, Phong Bui/The Brooklyn Rail, February 2013
“Summer Love” at Janet Kurnatowski, Steven Alexander Journal August 18, 2010
“Mara Held “ at Kurnatowski Steven Alexander Journal October 18, 2009
Resonant Frequencies Catalogue essay by Shane McAdams October 2009
“Where Fashion Meets Its Artistic Match” Benjamin Genocchio New York Times January 9, 2009
“A Twofer from the ‘Burg” James Kalm Report, blip.tv/file/877811 2008
Open Studios: Who What Where Why Slektaviciute, Pardo,Comerlati, Morgan & Sansone 2007
Along the Way MTA Arts for Transit, Sandra Bloodworth and William Ayres 2006
"J Train Parsons/Archer to Broad Street” stationreporter.net 2004
"Subway Artist Mara Held" Robinson, Dorothy Metro New York October 21, 2004
"Crosby Willet and Willet Stained Glass Studios: Three Generations of Glass for the Ages"
Waggoner, Shawn. Glass Art Magazine January/February 2003
"Edgy New York Artwork" Levek, Amy. Telluride Watch August 2001
"Review of Coloratura at Nienaber" Everett, Deborah. NY Arts, Vol. 4, #11 1999
"Submerge Yourself in "Paint" for a Truly Colorful Time" Courier Lifestyles 1994
