Mondo Fauna
A group show of artwork that features animals, real and imagined. Also a fundraiser for Muttville senior dog rescue.
Sunday, January 4 – Tuesday, February 3.
Reception: Sunday, January 4, 2-4pm.
Wessling Contemporary, 39 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94108
415-762-0262
(image: Kaleidoscope Eyes, (green sea turtle), 26 x 26 inches, acrylic on canvas, 2017)
BAY AGENDA: The Art of Recology
Bay Made interview by KALW Executive Producer Ben Trefny with Deborah Munk, Director of the Artist in Residence Program At Recology, San Francisco, artist Jane Kim, and artist Kara Maria.
Published September 17, 2025
(image: DETAIL: Mika, 36 x 72 inches, acrylic on canvas, 2015, Collection of Recology, San Francisco, CA)
New Lithograph 2025
I am pleased to announce the release of my new color lithograph “Ferret in the Headlights (black-footed ferret)“, published by Shark’s Ink., Lyons, CO.
The black-footed ferret inhabits Colorado, and is arguably the most endangered mammal in the United States. Conservationists are attempting to save the species through methods including cloning.
Shark’s Ink., 550 Blue Mountain Road, Lyons, CO 80540
303-823-9190
(image: Ferret in the Headlights (black-footed ferret), 18 x 15 inches, edition of 20 plus proofs, color lithograph, 2025, Shark’s Ink., Lyons, CO)
Review for Wow What a Shit Show
Review (in German) of group exhibition of American artists responding to actions and policies of the current U.S. government, by Von Holger Pöschl, June 3, 2025.
Räume für zeitgenössische Kunst Neustadt, Galerie Bürgy-de Ruijter, Maximillanstrasse 35, Neustadt, Germany.
(image: Die Rehinpfalz, Kultur Regional, June 3, 2025)
Digital catalog to accompany the first show at The Floating Museum on the Barge by the Hall Art and Technology Foundation.
Please view the catalog by clicking here.
Exhibition continues until Summer 2025. You can book an appointment to tour show here.
Hall Art and Technology Foundation, 2517 Blanding Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501
www.hallartandtechnologyfoundation.com
(image: Who Watches the Watchers?, 46 x 46 inches, acrylic on canvas, 2011, Collection of Hall Art and Technology Foundation, Alameda, CA)
Kara Maria – Precious and Precarious
Episode 16 of the environmental podcast Chrysalis with John Fiege is a conversation about my endangered species paintings.
(image: Detail of Every Murmur Becomes a Wave, (gray wolf), acrylic on canvas, 46 x 56 inches, 2019, Private Collection, Pacific Grove, CA)
Prints & Drawings department acquisitions
I’m thrilled to have both my 2022 and 2023 lithographs from Shark’s Ink. added to MFAH’s permanent collection.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet, Houston, TX 77005
713-639-7300
(image: Under Simple Stars, (Great Basin silverspot butterfly), 30 x 22 inches, color lithograph, 2023, Shark’s Ink., Lyons, CO)
Permanent Collection Acquisition
My 2010 painting Safari was added to the permanent collection of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation.
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
310-277-5321
tours@weismanfoundation.org
(image: Safari, 18 x 18 inches, acrylic on canvas, 2010)
A short interview titled Meet Kara Maria – Artist is available on ShoutoutLA as part of The Decision Makers Series: Inspiration.
Published January 15, 2024, Los Angeles, CA.
(image: Kara Maria, 2022, photo courtesy of de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA)
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
January 28 – June 10, 2022
• squarecylinder.com, “Jaimie Baron on Kara Maria”, by Jaimie Baron, April 16, 2022
• The Santa Clara, “Kara Maria’s Abstract World of Endangered Animals”, by Matthew Lallas, February 4, 2022
• metroactive, “Kara Maria at De Saisset Museum”, by Grace Stetson, January 26, 2022
(image: installation view, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, 2022)
“The Nature Conundrum”
by David M. Roth, June 2, 2021 on Squarecyliner.com
Review of recent solo exhibition Regarding Extinction at Anglim/Trimble.
“…hard-hitting…and most relevant.”
(image: Installation view, Regarding Extinction at Anglim/Trimble, San Francisco, 2021)
Le Galeriste offers face masks, t-shirts, tote bags, leggings, and more, featuring images from my paintings.
All products made in Montréal, QC, Canada
www.legaleriste.com/kara.maria
(image: me wearing Cloud Nine face mask, scarf, and dress from Le Galeriste)
The Billboard Creative is a non-profit organization that turns billboards into public art sites. An image of my painting Kaleidoscope Eyes was featured on a 12 x 24 foot billboard at North Fairfax Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA from February to March, 2020.
(image: billboard installed in West Hollywood, CA, 2020 (Kaleidoscope Eyes, (green sea turtle), 2017, 26 x 26 inches, acrylic on canvas))
Published in conjunction with my 2016 survey exhibition at CSU Chico, this 56-page, full color catalogue is available for $20 (plus taxes and shipping).
(image: Head Over Heels, 2015, 48 x 60 inches, acrylic on canvas, Collection of Ellie Mae, Pleasanton, CA)