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MAURA VAZAKAS, artist

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BIRTHPLACE
New York City

EDUCATION
Juilliard Conservatory
Oberlin College, B. Mus., Minor in art
University of Michigan, M. Mus.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006
Art Produce Gallery, San Diego
Sharp Gallery, San Diego
Magpie Gallery. San Diego
2004
Plush Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2003
Bard Hall Gallery, San Diego
2002
Galleria Dos, Palm Springs
2001
Momus Gallery, Atlanta
Debra Owen Gallery, San Diego
Galeria Dos, Palm Springs
2000
Debra Owen Gallery, San Diego
1999
San Diego Art Institute
Debra Owen Gallery, San Diego

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006
111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco
Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos
G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Roger Lewis King Gallery, San Diego
Limbo Fine Arts, San Diego
2005
Art of the Framing Gallery, San Diego
The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas
William D. Cannon Art Gallery, "Biennial Exhibition", Carlsbad, Ca.
G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Commerce St. Artist Warehouse, "Wayward Delinquents", Houston, Texas
Allston Skirt Gallery, "Honeybunches", Boston, Massachusetts

2004
The Lab, "Post-Postcard 8", San Fransisco
Plush Gallery,,
Cassius King Gallery, San Diego, California
Plush Gallery, "El Pulpo", Dallas, Texas
Oceanside Museum of Art
G2 GAllery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Plush Gallery, "Wayward Girls", Dallas, Texas

2003
The Lab, "Post-Postcard 7". San Francisco
Athenaeum, La Jolla
New Image Art Gallery, "Lead Poisoning", Los Angeles
Melanee Cooper Gallery, "Mythic Creatives", Chicago
Culture Cache Gallery, "Shelf Life", San Francisco
2002
G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Athenaeum, La Jolla
Jan Baum Gallery, "25th Anniversary Show", Los Angeles
Palm Springs Desert Museum "National Exhibition"
Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego
2001
Oceanside Museum of Art, "Regional Show"
2000
Arts College International, San Diego
Jan Baum Gallery, "Sassy, Sexy, Sweet, Sordid, Surreal", Los Angeles
San Diego Museum of Art, "Art Alive"
1999
San Diego Art Institute, "International Show"
Athenaeum, La Jolla
1998
San Diego Art Institute, "International Show"
Oceanside Museum of Art, "Regional Show"
MWP, "Spring Show", Los Angeles
1997
California Center for the Arts, "Local Color Exhibition", Escondido
1996
Sullivan County Museum, "Small Works '96", New York

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAHY

Cullum, Jerry. "Clever Images, deeper meanings." Atlanta Journal/Constitution, 3 August 2001.
Kutner, Janet "Shoestring Survival", Dallas News, 28 July 2004
Martinez, Michelle "Wild Nights." Dallas Observer, 15 July 2004
McKig, Jean. "Painter brings principles of Pop Art into the 1990's." The Desert Sun, 26 September 1999.
Pincus, Robert L. "All Hands On Deck", San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 March 2006
_____________"Double Vision." San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 April 2003
_____________"Floating Images." San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 March 1999.

PUBLICATIONS

"Classic and Contemporary Literature for Young People", Perfection Learning Corp.,
8/2006, image of painting, My Mom's House.
"Building On A Dream" brochure, Oceanside Museum of Art, 2003
Painting on cover of book, Rooms to Grow In, Clarkson Potter, 2001
New American Paintings, January 2001
Art in America, Annual 1999-2000; Image of painting, p.77
USA Television Series "Silk Stalkings," 1998
Salvador's Phone Book, Book of Poetry and Drawings, Lamar Productions
The Publication, San Diego, 1997: Poetry Editor, 1997-
The Poetry Conspiracy, San Diego, 1996-1998, 2002