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Mara lives in New York City and teaches at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

education
2007 Skowhegan School of painting and Sculpture
2004 M.F.A. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
1996 BFA NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, New York
1991-1992 Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

awards
1998-1999 Fulbright Scholar [Grant Extended]:
"The Visual Vestiges of Socialism", I created a body of photographic work documenting the changing physical environment in Hungary 10 years after the fall of Socialism. 1998-1999

solo exhibitions
2005 The All Girls School, jen bekman, New York, New York
2000 Images of Hungary, Aita Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2000 I.S.E.S Institute for Social and European Studies, Köszég, Hungary

selected group exhibitions
2006 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
2006 Meditations in an Emergency, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Five, Scalo Project Space, New York, New York
2004 Art + Commerce: Festival of Emerging Photographers, Brooklyn, New York
2004 The Warm Weather is Holding, UBS, Red Hook, New York
2004 The Pin-Up Show and the Pin-Up Show Redux,
jen bekman, New York, New York
2004 Portrayal of Place, Re: Place Gallery, New York, New York
2003 Home (for the holidays), jen bekman, New York, New York
2003 Inaugural Exhibition, jen bekman, New York, New York
2002 Warren Street Loft, New York, New York
2000 A Country Mirrored by Foreign Photographers
Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kesckemét, Hungary
1996 Gulf and Western Gallery, New York, New York

collections
Work in the collection of The Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kesckemét, Hungary.

Video piece in the collaborative work of Praxis (Delia Bajo and Brainard Carey), "Snoop-Snoop Fate" presented at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council artists in residence exhibition.

auctions
2006 Visual Aids: Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
2003 GLAAD, OUTAuction, New York, NY
2002 Free Arts for Abused Children, Liz Hopfan, Executive Director, New York, NY

lectures
2006 Guest Critic, Pratt Institute, Abbey Robinson's Senior Thesis Class
2006 Guest Lecturer, Sandra Jackson's class, N.Y.U. Tisch School of the Arts
2005 Guest Lecturer, Diane Meyer's class, N.Y.U. Tisch School of the Arts
2004 Alumni Lecturer, Ellen Brooks' class, N.Y.U. Tisch School of the Arts

bibliography
2007 Artworld Digest Magazine
2005 The New Yorker, Vince Alleti, December 12
2005 The Village Voice, December 13-17th (Snow)
2005 The Morning News, December 8th
2004 The New York Times, Craig Kellogg, Section F, July 1, p.3
2003 The New York Times, Elizabeth Spiers, Arts & Leisure Section, May 25
2003 The Village Voice, Vince Aletti, April 23-29, p.94