Location: Phoenix, AZ
Bio: Kara hamer, is now a full-time artist, in Phoenix, Arizona. She was raised in Columbia, Maryland and over the years, have lived in various states, and country, such as Japan, France, Holland, and even here in California, from 1993 to 2009. She has established a grand list of accomplishments in arts. Featuring in many selected solo & group exhibitions, which include, the Wayward Show, held by Sugar Arts & Fashion, in 2013, where we met, this exciting & great artist. Kara Hamer’s paintings deal wit the fantastic by exploring intangible occurrences and their impact on imagined abstract landscapes. She received her MFA from Art Center College of Design.
Zazu
Painting, textile art, ceramics, hand designed porcelain dinnerware
 Girl In Water |  Gully Washer |  Hot Mixer |
|---|---|---|
 Cakes In Sky City |  BLue Vapor |  |
 Flash Cloud |  Contemplating |  Bubble High |
 Becoming Again |  Alberta Clipper |
Kara Hamer
Gallery
Experience:
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Revolt, Lover.
Gallery 124, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2003 Hardboiled Wonderland
Small Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2000 Dreamscapes-Parallel Universes
Arigato, Santa Barbara, CA
1999 Dreamscapes
Delphine Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Various Works by Kara Hamer
Avatar Design, Montecito, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Wayward Show
Sugar Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2006/7 Counterpoint
The Colburn School for the Performing Arts
Curators: Jake Kean-Mayman and Katrina McElroy
2005 Supersonic
L.A. Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2004 The Pink Show
Cartelle Gallery, Marina Del Rey, CA
Curators: Muriel Bartol, Heather Harmon, Samuel Freeman
Mixed Nuts
Gallery 124, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2003 The Best Coast
Curator, Jeff Jahn, Portland, OR
2002 BFA Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition
Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2001 Pan Asia
Reynolds Gallery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Juror: Lina Jean
M 1 Show
The Thirteenth Floor Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Small Images
Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Juror: Paul Mills, former Director of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Focus on the Forum
Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1998 Spring Annual Student Show
Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Jurors: Bonnie Blau, Ted Villa
PUBLICATIONS
2004 Innaugural Exhibit Focuses on Pink
Los Angeles Times, Friday, May 7
2003 The Best Coast
Catalogue
COLLECTIONS
Michael Douglas, Actor and Diandra Douglas, Philanthropist, Montecito, CA
Fred Segal, Owner, Fred Segal L.A., Los Angeles, CA
Andriana Shamaris, Owner, Andriana, Malibu, CA and New York, NY
Thomas Adams III, Executive V.P., Century Direct, Goleta, CA
Daniel and Martha Weinfurter, CEO Parson Group, Chicago, IL
Stewart Smith, Art Collector, Chicago, IL
Carol Verga, Art Collector, Santa Barbara, CA
Muriel Bartol, Art Critic, Los Angeles, CA
Ben Kull, TV Producer, Writer of "Oblongs," Los Angeles, CA
Gabriel Rocha, Owner, Mail Boxes, Etc., Santa Barbara, CA
Martin Eyres, Investor, Art Collector, Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION AND BIOGRAPHICAL
2004 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Master of Fine Arts
2001 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing
George D. and Isabella Brown Grant, 1999-2001
1997 University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Bachelor of Arts, Southeast Asian Studies
Hobby: Yoga, Geocaching, & movies
Inspiration: Japanese Art, the weather, textiles
Goals: Continue to make art.
Contact Info:
Email: zazuberent@gmail.com
Websit: www.zazuberent.etsy.com