Curriculum Vitae:
Mara Wave
(née Banguolé Marija Raugas)

Born:
Tettnang, Germany February 26, 1948

Lived:
Tettnang, Germany; emigrated to USA 1950; lived in Philadelphia, PA; Delran, NJ; Pennsauken, NJ; Ballston Lake, Saratoga Springs, NY; San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico; Boonville, Mendocino, CA; Los Angeles, CA; currently resides in Philadelphia, PA

International Travel:
1969 - United Kingdom, Spain, Morocco, Italy, Monaco, Switzerland, France
1972 - Canada
1974 - USSR: Russia, Byelorussia & Lithuania; Denmark, Sweden, Norway
1975-76 - Luxembourg, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Egypt, Spain, Morocco, Portugal, France, Monaco, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Mexico
1977 - Bahamas
1979 - Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Jerusalem
1981-82 - Mexico
1989 - France; St. Thomas & St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
1990 - Vieques, Puerto Rico
1991 - Brazil
1992 - Denmark, Lithuania
2001 - Mexico
2002-2004 - St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
2004 - Dominican Republic

Studied:
California State University, Los Angeles, CA Master of Arts in Studio Arts 1994
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 1986-95, Computer Graphics Program & State of California Adult Education Credential
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Certificate, Painting 1979 (prizes & awards included: Cecelia Beaux Memorial Prize for Portraiture, full scholarship & private studio)
Tyler School of Art – Temple University, Elkins Park, PA, 1971 Master of Fine Arts Program, Printmaking
Provincetown Workshop, Provincetown, MA 1970 (full scholarship), Painting
University of the Arts - Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting 1971
Rutgers University, Camden, NJ 1965-67

Solo Exhibitions:
London Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, June 1976
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, October 1977
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, January 1978
Wildflowers, Philadelphia, PA, October 1979
Race Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, October 1981
Lithuanian Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, May 1984
North Star Bar, Philadelphia, PA, June 1984
Rebel Gallerie, Hollywood, CA, November 1986
Bump & Grind, Los Angeles, CA, September 1991
Ministry, Los Angeles, CA, January 1993
Three Hairy Sisters, Philadelphia, PA, December 1995
Borders Book Shop, Philadelphia, PA, July 2000

Group Shows:
Burlington County Juried Art Show, Burlington, NJ, April 1963
Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA, Juried Annual, March 1976
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, Bicentennial Juried Show, June 1976
Gallery Doshi, Harrisburg, PA, October 1976
Lithuanian Cultural Center, Brooklyn, NY, Third Prize, February 1977
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, Spring Open, First Prize, April 1977
Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Juried Annual, May 1977
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA, Juried Annual, October 1978, November, 1979, May, 1983, September, 2002
Philadelphia Underground Festival, Philadelphia, PA, October 1981
New Boonville Hotel, Boonville, CA, Spring 1985
Anti-Club, Hollywood, CA, March 1986
Long Beach Art Association, Long Beach, CA, 79th Juried Annual, April 1986
Rebel Gallerie, Hollywood, CA, Christmas Show, December 1987
Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood, CA, April 1989
Zero One Gallery, Hollywood, CA, August 1989
SIGgraph Juried Computer Art Exhibit, Dallas, TX, July 1990
California State University, Los Angeles, CA, "Twelve by Twelve", August 1990
Gallery Montserrat, Philadelphia, PA, "All Fall Down", August 1990
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA, "Issue of Choice", July 1992
Ciurlionis Galerija, Chicago, IL, February 1993, January 1994, March 1995
CyberSpace Gallery @ EZTV, West Hollywood, CA, "New Art Exhibit", December 1992
Maxhibition Juried Annual, New York, NY, February 1995, March 1996
Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, "Digital Revision", February 1996
Off the Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, February 1999
Art in Northern Liberties, "North of the Border" Juried Annual, Philadelphia, PA, February 2002, March 2003, April 2004

Represented in private collections throughout North America, Central America and Europe

Press (bibliography):
Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia, PA 1978; Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia, PA 1978-79; South Street Star Newspaper, Philadelphia, PA 1981; Los Angeles Weekly, Los Angeles, CA 1989

Related Activities:
1968 - Art Specialist, Summer Program, Philadelphia School District, Philadelphia, PA
1971 - Art Teacher, Moorestown High School, Moorestown, NJ
1974-76 – Co-owned & operated fine arts gallery: "art: a sales & exhibition gallery", Art Museum Area, Philadelphia, PA

CONTACT:
FineArt@MaraWave.com
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