Kara Maria received her BA and MFA from UC Berkeley, CA. Her subject matter includes small renderings of various cuts of meat painted on paper, interventions in acrylic paint on vintage handkerchiefs and large scale, pop-inspired paintings. For the latter two approaches Maria employs a brightly colored palette that serves as an inviting façade, belying the charged political critique and environmental concerns manifested in her images of nuclear reactors...

Kara Maria’s work fuses abstraction and representation. She hopes the work communicates a sense of humor and playfulness as well as an engagement with the state of the world we live in today. Although many issues are referenced, the work itself remains non-linear, seeking to raise questions rather than to give answers.

Kara Maria’s work fuses abstraction and representation. She hopes the work communicates a sense of humor and playfulness as well as an engagement with the state of the world we live in today. Although many issues are referenced, the work itself remains non-linear, seeking to raise questions rather than to give answers.