Mara Held: Fingers Dipped in Honey
Seven Sisters Gallery, Houston, Texas
March 15 – April 19, 2025
Pulling the Bow to Shoot the Arrow, 2023, Egg tempera on linen over panel, 11 × 14 inches
"I AM THE PASSENGER, Part I" exhibition at Mother Gallery, Beacon
I AM THE PASSENGER, Part I: May 13 - June 17, 2023, Part II: June 24 - July 29, 2023, Mother Gallery, Beacon, NY
Demon Opening the Door, 2023, Egg tempera on linen over panel, 24 1/4 x 30 1/4 inches
"ON BALANCE: New Work by American Abstract Artists" exhibition at Art Cake
ON BALANCE: New Work by American Abstract Artists, curated by Mary Birmingham, April 15 – May 14, 2023, Art Cake, Brooklyn, NY
Bubbling Well, 2022
Egg tempera on linen over panel
24 x 36 inches
Review by Doug Welsh in Glasstire
Please see review of “Kaleidoscope Eyes” by Doug Welsh in Glasstire, March 23 2023
"Kaleidoscope Eyes" Mara Held and Julia Kunin at McClain Gallery
Kaleidoscope Eyes: Mara Held and Julia Kunin at McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas, January 28 - March 19, 2023
Mara Held
Rooster Heralding the Dawn, 2022
Egg tempera on linen over panel
40 1/4 × 30 1/4 inches
Julia Kunin
Green Island II, 2022
Ceramic
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 6 inches
Bubbling Well, 2022, Egg tempera on linen over panel, 24 x 36 inches
"Singing in Unison, Part 2" exhibition at Scully Tomasko Foundation
Singing in Unison, Part 2 at Scully Tomasko Foundation, New York, May 28 – September 1, 2022
Winter, 2019, Egg tempera on linen over panel, three panels 10 x 8 inches each
"Singing in Unison, Part 3" exhibition at Below Grand
Singing in Unison, Part 3 at Below Grand, New York, May 29 – July 2, 2022
Review by Barry Schwabsky/Art Forum, November 2021
Please see review of “Colored Pencil Redux” at McKenzie Fine Art by Barry Schwabsky in Art Forum, November 2021.
Straight Lines 11, 2020, egg tempera and colored pencil on paper, 29 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches
Colored Pencil Redux at McKenzie Fine Art
Preview: Art Picks/Houston Chronicle
“Preview: Art Picks” Andrew Dansby/Houston Chronicle, February 5, 2021
Straight Lines 4, 2020
Mara Held: Gates of Cilicia at McClain Gallery
Mara Held: Gates of Cilicia
February 6 – May 15, 2021
McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Brooklyn Rail Studio Visit: On-the-Spot with Mara Held
Madness in the Vegetables at the Dorsky Museum
Madness in the Vegetables: Hudson Valley Artists 2019
June 15 – November 10, 2019
New Paltz, NY
Continuity to Change at SUNY Brockport
Continuity to Change: Recent History of American Abstraction
January 31 - March 3, 2019
Rochester, NY
Blurring Boundaries at Murray State University
Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-Present
September 27 – November 1, 2018
Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University
Murray, Kentucky
November 15 – December 10, 2018
Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee,
Mara Held: Errant Traveler at McClain Gallery
Chromatic Space at Borough of Manhattan Community College/Shirley Fiterman Art Center
Chromatic Space
Curated by Jonathan Lippincott
September 22 - November 5, 2016
Opening reception: Thursday, September 29, 6 - 9 pm
Shirley Fiterman Art Center
Borough of Manhattan Community College
The City University of New York
81 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10007
PPP: Painters Painting on Paper at Schema Projects
PPP: Painters Painting on Paper
May 27 - June 18, 2016
Schema Projects
Brooklyn, New York
Visible Histories at Abrons Art Center & Brian Morris Gallery
Visible Histories: 80th Anniversary American Abstract Artists, curated by Max Weintraub
January 30 - March 7, 2016
Abrons Art Center & Brian Morris Gallery
New York, New York