Curriculum Vitae
July 11, 2025–January 2026 — Medici Museum of Art, Warren, OH
February 29–May 1, 2024 — Haven Palm Beach, FL
February 15–March 10, 2024 — The Blake Hotel, New Haven, CT
November 18–December 8, 2021 — Emillions Art, Naples, FL “Resilience”
June 21, 2019 — Springfield Museums, Springfield, MA
May–July 2019 — Audubon Society of Rhode Island Nature Center & Aquarium, Bristol, RI
October 2016–January 2017 — QCC Art Gallery, CUNY, Bayside, NY “From Land to Sea”
December 2015 — The Studio and Gallery, Simsbury, CT “Mara Sfara’s Fine Art Show”
March 2015 — Maple Contemporary Art Center, Bethlehem, NH
July 2013 — Town and County Club, Hartford, CT “Beauty in Your Time”
June–July 2013 — The Bayard Arboretum, Great River, NY “Modern Mythology”
June–September 2012 — Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT “Magic and Mythology”
March–April 2012 — QCC Art Gallery, CUNY, Bayside, NY “Expressions”
April–May 2010 — Galleria Santos, Leon, Spain
October–November 2008 — BNY Mellon, Westport, CT Private Client Exhibition
November 2008 — Museo Metropolitano, Buenos Aires, Argentina “Paintings by Mara”
April 2008 — The Atrium Art Space, Melville, NY
January 2008 — North Hempstead Town Hall, North Hempstead, NY
Summer 2007 — The Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY — Tribute to Tuskegee Airmen, Portrait in the permanent collection
June–July 2007 — QCC Art Gallery, CUNY, Bayside, NY, “Landscapes”
December 2006–January 2007 — QCC Art Gallery, CUNY, Bayside, NY, “Drawings”
December 14–28, 2024 — Arthouse, NYC
September 23–October 13, 2024 — Arthouse, NYC
November 13–December 23, 2021 — The Brush Art Gallery and Studios, Lowell, MA “Annual Members’ Exhibition”
December 5–12, 2021 — 49th Annual Mark Twain Library Art Show, Redding, CT
February 6–May 2, 2021 — “This is US: Regional Portraiture Today Phase 2” Exhibit, Springfield, MA
September 29–October 11, 2020 — “Theme: A Sense of Place”
September 2020 — “Pets of the Pandemic”, Alpha 137 Gallery, NYC, NY
2020 — Fine Art Challenge Show, Wethersfield Academy for the Arts, Wethersfield, CT
February 2019 — Rosenbaum|Contemporary, Boca Raton Gallery, FL
May 2019 — Online Catalog of Professional Artist (OCPA) “Featured Artists”
May 2019 — Rainforest Art Foundation, NY, Switzerland, Louisiana, “Nature thru the Lens” 2019 1st Dibs.com
June 2019 — Cooper and Smith Gallery, Essex, CT
September 2019 — Hangzhou Cultural and Creative Industry Expo, China
March 2018 — Salmagundi Exhibit Celebrating 100 Years on Fifth Ave, New York, NY
June–November 2018 — Alpha 137 Gallery, NYC, and online, Female Emperor
July–August 2018 — LIC Arts Open, Long Island City, NY “From Minuscule to Monumental”
November 2018 — Drezner Gallery, Avon, CT “Inspired by the Camino”
November–December 2018 — Watson Gallery, Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, Wethersfield, CT, “Small Pieces Art Show”
December 2018 — Armand Bolling Fine Art, Jupiter, Florida “Toast to the Season”
December 2018 — Mark Twain Library 46th Annual Art Exhibition, Redding, CT
2018 — Allied Artist of America, 2018 Online Exhibition for Associates
2018 — Quidley and Company, Naples, Florida; Nantucket, MA; Westport, CT
2018 — Armand Bolling Fine Art, Jupiter, FL
2018 — Romany Kramoris Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2018 — Emillions Art, Naples, FL
April 2017 — ArtExpo NY 2017, Alpha 137, Pier 92, #442, New York, NY
May 2017 — HAS BOD Popup show, Curated by Joe Fig, Collinsville, CT
June–October 2017 — Governor John Langdon House, Portsmouth, NH
July 2017 — The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
August 2017 — US Coast Guard Art Program, Federal Hall Memorial Museum, New York
September 2017 — The Art Center East, Vernon, CT
March 2017 — Artnet
2017 — Artsy
2017 — CWA (Connecticut Women Artists), 87th Juried Open, Slater Museum
2016 — Galeria of Sculpture, 11 Via Parigi, Palm Beach, FL
July–September 2015 — US Coast Guard Art Program (COCAP), National Museum, NY, NY
May–November 2015 — Fruitland Museum, Harvard, MA “Art in Nature”
October–November 2015 — Audubon Artist, 73rd Annual Exhibition, The Salmagundi Club, NY, NY
November 2014–January 2015 — Gold Coast Art Center, Great Neck, NY “Light, Sound, Movement”
November 2014–January 2015 — NE Sculpture Association Exhibition, Chelsea, MA
March–April 2014 — Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, Annual Members’ Exhibit, Merit Cert
April 2014 — The Brick Lane Gallery, London, England
May–July 2014 — The Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI “Celebration of 50 Years!”
August 2014 — US Coast Guard Art Program, Federal Hall Museum, NY, NY
August–September 2014 — CWA (Connecticut Women Artists), 84th Juried Open, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
2014 — Sculptural Visions in 3D, National Association of Women Artists, Inc., NY, NY
2014 — US Coast Guard Art Program (COCAP), The Salmagundi Club, NY, NY
2013–2014 — Wit Gallery, Lenox, MA
2013–2014 — Eckert Fine Art, Millerton, NY Gallery Artist 2014 Winvian Morris, CT
January 2013 — The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, “The Noble Nocturne”
June 2013 — The National Arts Club, New York, NY, The 22nd Annual Roundtable Show
August 2013 — US Coast Guard Art Program, Federal Hall Museum, NY, NY
March–April 2012 — Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, Annual Members’ Exhibition
June 2012 — Wit Gallery, Lenox, MA
July 2012 — Eckert Fine Art, Millerton, NY, Women in Contemporary Art
August 2012 — US Coast Guard Art Program, Federal Hall Memorial Museum, New York
2012 — The National Arts Club, NY, NY, 21st Roundtable Show “Twenty-One & Terrific”
December 2011–March 2012 — UCONN Health Center, Celeste Lewitt Gallery, Farmington, CT, “Cloud Over St. Maarten”, Two Person Show
June 2011 — The National Arts Club, NY, NY, The 20th Annual Roundtable Show
2011 — P.S. Gallery, Litchfield, CT, Gallery Artist
2011 — The White Gallery, Great Barrington, MA and Lakeville, CT, Gallery Artist
2009–2014 — Gallery 101 Main, Collinsville, CT, Gallery Artist
2009–2012 — Mill House Antiques and Garden, Woodbury, CT, Gallery Artist
May–June 2009 — Institute of Hispanic Culture, Houston, TX “Symphony of Colors”
August 2009 — Latino Art Museum, Pomona, CA
March 2008 — JBS Financial, New York, NY, Two Person Show
1988 — MA New York University, New York, NY
1991 — BSN Columbia University, New York, NY
1986–1987 — University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1984 — BA University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Investors Hangout, Discover the Visionary Works of Mara Sfara at Medici Museum, June 30, 2025
Family Office Conference, The Many Faces of Cindy Sherman — Art & Museum Article by Mara Sfara, July 7, 2025
Family Office Conference with Peter Trippi Interview, February 28, 2022
Family Office Magazine, Art and Museums Magazine, ‘Resilience’ An Exhibition for Nature by Artist Mara Sfara, Winter issue 2021
Artists and Galleries, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Naples, Florida, December 2021
Inside Track, Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, A Three-Dimensional Textbook of Sculpture History, July/August 2020
Multisensory artwork at Springfield Museums geared toward kids on spectrum by Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, June 21, 2019
Contributor writer for Art and Museums Magazine, “The Historical Monument of the American Republic (1867–1888) A Painting by Erastus Salisbury Field (1805–1900), page 59, Autumn Issue 2019
“Nature Thru The Lens” The Exhibition International 6th Annual 2019 Book, May 2019
Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, Mara Sfara, Animals in Art, Eastern Bluebird in Moonlight, August 2018, Volume 15, issue 4
Times Ledger Newspaper, Bayside, NY, Mara Sfara fuses Holocaust Heritage with Greek Mythology in QCC display, December 7, 2016 (http://timesledger.com/stories/2016/49/qboroart_2016_12_02_q/html)
Queens Gazette, Long Island City, NY, Mythological Fantasy Exhibit at Queensborough College, November 30, 2016 (http://m.qgazette.com/news/2016-11-30/Features/Mythologic_Fantasy_Exhibit_At_Queensborough_Coll.html#.WEmoG7ozWrR)
Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, Mara Sfara: From Land to Sea, by Steven Naifeh, September/October 2016
Unofficial Blog of the QCC, Mara Sfaras’s Expressions, February 28, 2014
Farmington Valley Times, Farmington Artist Mara Sfara’s Work on Display at Winvian Resort in Morris, January 28, 2014
Viva Glam Magazine, Mara Sfara’s Modern Greek Mythological Epic Fantasy World, November 20, 2013
State of Makers, Mara Fine Arts, LLC, November 19, 2013
LongIsland.com, Mara Sfara Brings Modern Mythology to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum, June 20, 2013
The Art Career Project, Sculptor Mara Sfara
CNN iReport, Mara Sfara: Artful Whimsy, November 13, 2012
The Examiner, An Artist and Her Handcrafted Gods, August 9, 2012
American Towns — Waterbury, CT, Mara Sfara: Mythology And Magic, August 2012
The Courant, ‘In The Shadow of St. Anne’s’ at Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, July 19, 2012
Lifestyle News and Articles, Artist Mara Sfara Displays Whimsical Bronze Sculptures in New York Show, March 21, 2012
Gather, Mara Sfara’s ‘Expressions’ Exhibit Echoes Mythology, March 20, 2012
The Examiner, The Whimsical World of Sculptor and Painter Mara Sfara, February 20, 2012
Pandorama, Four Artists Exhibit at the Museo Metropolitano, November 7, 2008