CV
EDUCATION
2014 Siena Art Institute-Siena, Italy- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate (Candidate)
2013 Bradley University- BFA Studio Art, Concentration: Painting
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2021 Founder | The Hallway Gallery | Chicago, IL
2021 Art Director | Gallery Cafe | Chicago, IL
2021 Assistant Art Director | OX Creative - Savvy Pilot | Elgin, IL
2019 Workshop Instructor | Natural Paints with Britni Mara - Mana Contemporary Art Center | Chicago, IL
2018 Workshop Instructor | Soho House in collaboration with The Other Art Fair | Chicago, IL
2015 Resident-Fellow | Anderson Center | Red Wing, MN
2013 Artist-in-Resident | Prairie Center of the Arts | Peoria, IL
2013 Art Teacher | Inspired Arts Academy | Morton, IL
2013 Self-Employment in the Arts Conference | Lisle, IL
2013 Workshop Instructor | A Motion for Relief | Peoria IL
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
2016 International Emerging Artist Award Finalist | Dubai
2013 Outstanding Student in Painting | Bradley University | Peoria, IL
2013 Juror’s Choice Award | Self-Employment in the Arts Conference | Lisle, IL
2013 Fine Art Talent Scholarship | Bradley University | Peoria, IL
2012 Fine Art Talent Scholarship | Bradley University | Peoria, IL
2012 Nominee for Yale/Norfolk Summer Art Program | Norfolk Historic District, CT
EXHIBITIONS
2023 ode to | vertical gallery | Chicago, IL
2023 feminist to the core | salonlb | Chicago, IL
2023 britni mara | the forge | Chicago, IL *
2023 woman 2 woman | xced | Chicago, IL
2022 Breezeway | Very Serious Gallery | Chicago, IL *
2022 Hooking Up, Meet the Collection | Cleve Carney Museum of Art | Glenn Ellyn, IL
2022 30x30x30 | Var Gallery | Milwaukee, WI
2022 Suburban Nostalgia | The Martin | Chicago, IL
2022 Black and White Photography Exhibition | Black Box Gallery | Portland, OR
2021 4th Annual Midwest Open | Woman Made Gallery | Chicago, IL
2021 Babe Babes of Blnk | Blnk Haus Gallery | Chicago, IL
2021 Britni Mara at Presidential Towers | Chicago, IL
2021 Britni Mara at Gallery Café | Chicago, IL
2021 Abstractions | Fulton Street Collective | Chicago, IL
2021 Inaugural Show | The Hallway Gallery | Chicago, IL
2021 Women’s Group Show | Rostrom 312 | Chicago, IL
2020 Roosevelt Collection Exhibition | Rostrom 312 | Chicago, IL
2018 The Other Art Fair Inaugural Chicago Edition | Chicago, IL
2017 Annual Alumni Show | Anderson Center for the Arts | Red Wing, MN
2015 Britni Mara | The Black Couch | Chicago, IL
2014 Inside Reflections, Outside Perspectives | Siena Art Institute | Siena, Italy
2013 Jointly Exhaustive and Mutually Exclusive | Prairie Center of the Arts | Peoria, IL
2013 Self-Employment in the Arts Juried College Art Competition | Lisle, IL
2013-2012 SAE Emerging Artist Juried Exhibition | Chicago, IL
COLLECTIONS
2020 R2 Companies Permanent Collection | Private | Chicago, IL
2015-2012 Olin Hall-Bradley University | Public | Peoria, IL
2013 Bradley University Permanent Collection | Public | Peoria, IL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020 Inside the Studio | Saatchi Art | Feature Story
2019 Apologue Liqueurs Almanac | Feature Story
2018 Voyage Chicago | Feature Story
2016 The Best of 2016 | International Emerging Artist Award Coffee Book Table
2014 The Chicago Chic | Feature Story
2013 Playing Peoria | Feature Story
2013 Broadside Intergalactic Journal | Feature Story
*denotes Solo Exhibition
