Solo/Two-person Exhibitions
2023
Kaleidoscope Eyes: Mara Held and Julia Kunin, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
2021
Mara Held: Gates of Cilicia, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
2017
Mara Held: Errant Traveler, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
2015
Mara Held: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
2014
Mara Held and Margrit Lewczuk, Imogen Holloway Gallery, Saugerties, New York
2013
Mara Held, Gary Snyder Gallery, Chelsea, New York
2009
Resonant Frequencies, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2007
Projects, Spoonbill and Sugartown, Brooklyn, New York
2004
Voluptuous Moves, Artefact/Galleria Pardo, Milan, Italy
2001
Plan, The Roger Williams, New York, New York
1999
Coloratura, Christiane Nienaber, New York, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-Present (traveling exhibition)
(scheduled) Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
2022
Singing in Unison, Part 2: Curated by Phong Bui/Brooklyn Rail, Scully Tomasko Foundation, New York, NY
Singing in Unison, Part 3: Curated by Phong Bui/Brooklyn Rail, Below Grand, New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair 2022, McClain Gallery, Houston TX
Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-Present (traveling exhibition)
The Richard E. Peeler Art Center, University Gallery, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
LSA Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA
California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
Digital: AAA Prints 2012– 2019 (traveling exhibition), The Galleries at Herron School of Art + Design, Marsh Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
2021
Colored Pencil Redux, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
Now is not the Time: CMA’s 2021 Art Auction + Virtual Exhibition, Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-Present, (traveling exhibition) Baker Museum, Naples, FL and Freedman Gallery at Albright College in Reading, PA
Digital: AAA Prints 2012– 2019, Herron School of Art + Architecture, Indianapolis, IN
2020
Digital: AAA Prints 2012– 2019, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Digital: AAA Prints 2012– 2019, The Gallery at The Visual and Performing Arts Center, Western CT State University
Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-Present,
curated by Rebecca Di Giovanna, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2019
En Masse 2019, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, New York
Madness in the Vegetables: Hudson Valley Artists 2019, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, New York
FiveMyles 20th AnniversaryBenefit Exhibition, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Continuity to Change: Recent History of American Abstraction, Tower Fine Arts Gallery, The College at Brockport, SUNY, Brockport, New York
American Abstract Artist :Print Portfolio, (Traveling Exhibition) Essay by Rob Storr, The Gallery at The Visual and Performing Arts Center, Western CT State University
2018
Blurring Boundaries: Continuity to Change Women of AAA from 1937 to 2017, curated by Rebecca Di Giovanna, Ewing Gallery at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The Greatest Show on Earth, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/Brooklyn, New York
Dallas Art Fair 2018, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
2017
Sideshow Nation V/ Thru the Rabbit Hole 2, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/Brooklyn, New York
American Abstract Artist: Print Portfolio, (Traveling Exhibition) Essay by Rob Storr
Wrather Museum, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
University of Houston/ Clear Lake Art Gallery, Houston, Texas
2016
Chromatic Spaces, curated by Jonathan Lippincott, Fiterman Art Center, BMCC, New York, NY
Light into Night, Omi Internationsal Arts Center, Ghent, NY
Cowgirls #5, Curator/ Rich Timperio/ Brik Gallery, Catskill, N.Y.
West Gallery Summer 2016, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Painters Painting on Paper, Schema Projects, Bushwick/Brooklyn, New York
Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/Brooklyn, NY
The Onward of Art/ American Abstract Artists 80th Anniversary, curated by Karen Wilken, 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, New York, New York
Visible Histories: 80th Anniversary American Abstract Artists, curated by Max Weintraub, , New York, New York
2015
Endless, Entire/ American Abstract Artists, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Mara Held, Margrit Lewczuk, Meg Lipke, David Findlay Jr Gallery, New York, New York
Art Wynwood International Contemporary Art Fair, David Findlay Jr Gallery, Miami, Fl
Paperazzi IV, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Sideshow Nation III: Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/Brooklyn, NY
American Abstract Artist: Print Portfolio, (Traveling Exhibition) Essay by Rob Storr
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2014
10 Year Anniversary, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
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
To Leo, A Tribute from the American Abstract Artists, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/Brooklyn
Sensory Impact, Morgan Stanley International Headquarters, Purchase, New York
Sideshow Nation II at the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg/Brooklyn, New York
Paperazzi 3, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2013
Miami Project, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, NY
Dynamic Invention: American Abstract Artists at 75, The Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
American Abstract Artist: Print Portfolio (Traveling Exhibition) Essay by Rob Storr
Sarah Moody Gallery, U of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Ewing Gallery, UT School of Art, Knoxville, TN
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 Anniversary, OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
75 Anniversary: 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, NY, 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
20 l 02, 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
2016
Virgina Center for the Creative Arts Residency Grant, Amherst, VA
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
Whitney Museum’s Library Collection, 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, Washinton, DC
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
Phillips Collection of Art, Washington, DC
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland,OH
The Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Permanent Collection, US Embassy, Beijing Embassy Annex, Beijing, China, Art in Embassies, US Department of State
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Muhlenberg College Art Collection
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
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