Kara Maria

Kara Maria (née Kara Maria Sloat;[1] born 1968) is an American visual artist working in painting and mixed media. Her work reflects on political topics – feminism, war, and the environment. She borrows from the broad vocabulary of contemporary painting; blending geometric shapes, vivid hues, and abstract marks, with representational elements.[2] She is based in San Francisco, California.[1]

Kara Maria
Born
Kara Maria Sloat

1968 (age 54–55)
Binghamton, New York, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Occupationartist
Years active1993–present
SpouseEnrique Chagoya
Websitehttp://www.karamaria.com/

Biography

Kara Maria Sloat was born in 1968 in Binghamton, New York.[3][4] Kara Maria moved to San Francisco in 1990 to attend the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley).[3] From UC Berkeley she earned a BA in Art Practice in 1993, followed by an MFA in 1998.[3][5] She is married to artist Enrique Chagoya.[1]

According to the Sacramento News & Review: "If scientists could record a visual representation of human emotions, it seems plausible that they would look like Kara Maria's paintings. The San Francisco artist's nonrepresentational geometric shapes are exuberantly hued, well-defined and sharp-edged, and they are interrupted by euphoric swirls or by vague, cloudy patches and an occasional flash of a representational item, like a dog or a fly. They're layered, complicated and electric—just like the workings of the mind. Until scientists figure out how to live stream what human emotions look like and project them on a wall, Maria's work may be the closest thing we've got."[6]

Maria's work can be found in permanent collections including the Crocker Art Museum; the San Jose Museum of Art; Cantor Arts Center; the di Rosa preserve; the de Saisset Museum, among others. She has been the recipient of awards such as a Masterminds Grant from the SF Weekly; a grant from Artadia; and an Eisner Prize from the University of California, Berkeley.[7] In 2014-15 Maria was an Artist in Residence at Recology (the San Francisco dump).[8] She also completed a residency at Djerassi Artists Residency in 2003, and was a Lucas Fellow at the Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA for 2015 to 2016.[9] Presses including Gallery 16; Shark's Ink, Lyons, Colorado;[10] and Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, California[11] have published her prints.

References
  1. "Oral history interview with Enrique Chagoya, 2001 July 25-August 6". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-07-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Kara Maria". Recology. Retrieved 28 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "San Francisco Artist - Kara Maria". SF Station. Retrieved 2021-07-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Kara Maria". San Francisco Arts Commission. City and County of San Francisco. Retrieved 2021-07-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Nugent, Bob (2007-10-01). Imagery: Art for Wine. Board and Bench Publishing. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-891267-92-5.
  6. "Emotional electricity - Kara Maria's paintings at B. Sakata Garo are complicated and electric". Sacramento News & Review. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  7. "Kara Maria". Artspace. Artspace LLC.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Recology San Francisco Artist in Residence Exhibitions: Work by Kara Maria, Imin Yeh and Matthew Goldberg". Recology Artist in Residence Program.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Kara Maria - Meet our artist - Lucas Artists Fellow". Montalvo Arts Center. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  10. "Artists". Shark's Ink.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. http://www.smithandersen.com/#!artists/c1xa5
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