• Mara Galvao

    Mara Galvão is an artist who was born and raised in Brazil. She lives in SF Bay Area with her family since 2000.
    
    Her work is an expression of her passion for the beautiful country where she was born. Her paintings reveal the raw, rustic, and natural elements present in the country, while also encompassing the rich, colorful and spontaneous cultural aspects of it.
    
    Mara's process is a combination of techniques she has learned in the US and from working closely with some well-known artists in Brazil. She incorporates pigments, coffee grounds, marble dust along with acrylic, oil, ink, and other mediums into the canvas. 
    
    She is always learning and expanding her experiences by exploring the materials she uses on her works. 
    
    Mara has been showing her paintings in the US, Brazil, England, Spain, and Japan.
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  • Mixing mediums, textures, pigments, organics elements, etc
  • EDUCATION: 
    
    1979  Objetivo College - Goiania Brazil
    
    1997   Organizacoes Jaime Camara, Brazil
    
    1998   Private Study - Lucy Beralda, Brazil
    
               Private Study - Vania Ferro, Brazil
    
               Private Study - Cleia Costa, Brazil
    
    1999   Private Study - Espaco das Artes, Brazil
    
    1999   Private Study - Dilma A., Brazil
    
    2007  Private Study - Martha Castillo, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    
     2011   Private Study - Mira White, Richmond, CA, USA
  • EXHIBITIONS
    SOLO
    
    2019    Fourth Street Fine Art, Berkeley, CA, USA
    
    2009  James Gray Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, USA
    
    1999    Espaco das Artes Gallery, Brazil
    
    GROUP
    
    2018   Fourth Street Fine Art, Berkeley, CA, USA
    
    2011   Embler Beitler Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
    
    2010   Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, USA
    
    2009   James Gray Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, USA
    
    2009   Fourth Street Fine Art, Berkeley, CA, USA
    
    2008   A-Forest Gallery, New York, NY, USA
    
    2008   The Lenox Gallery, Fulham, London, England
    
    2003   Exquisite Art Gallery, Monterrey, CA, USA
    
    2001   Albany Art Gallery, Albany, CA, USA
    
    1999   Espaco das Artes Gallery, Brazil
    
    1999   Epoca Decoracoes, Brazil
    
    1998   Lobby San Francisco Hospital, Brazil
    
    1997   Organizacoes Jaime Camara, Brazil
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  • EXHIBITIONS
    SOLO
    
    2019    Fourth Street Fine Art, Berkeley, CA, USA
    
    2009  James Gray Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, USA
    
    1999    Espaco das Artes Gallery, Brazil
    
    GROUP
    
    2018   Fourth Street Fine Art, Berkeley, CA, USA
    
    2011   Embler Beitler Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
    
    2010   Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, USA
    
    2009   James Gray Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, USA
    
    2009   Fourth Street Fine Art, Berkeley, CA, USA
    
    2008   A-Forest Gallery, New York, NY, USA
    
    2008   The Lenox Gallery, Fulham, London, England
    
    2003   Exquisite Art Gallery, Monterrey, CA, USA
    
    2001   Albany Art Gallery, Albany, CA, USA
    
    1999   Espaco das Artes Gallery, Brazil
    
    1999   Epoca Decoracoes, Brazil
    
    1998   Lobby San Francisco Hospital, Brazil
    
    1997   Organizacoes Jaime Camara, Brazil