Pop Deco, at Civilian Art Projects in Washington, DC, is Cara Ober's second solo exhibition with the gallery.

“I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea.” - Jasper Johns

Regardless of taste or budget, the decorative impulse, the desire to enhance your physical appearance and that of your home, is universal. It connects us intimately to our distant ancestors. However, the contemporary practice of sampling has enabled an entire generation of artists to borrow freely across cultures and time periods, creating unique hybrids in a range from harmonious to jarring. My visual work has always included a mash-up of decorative structures, culled from vintage wallpaper, textiles, ancient artifacts, and home décor. However, in the current body of work, I have chosen to focus exclusively on the patterns I have collected over many years in order to investigate their power. Rendered in a simple palette of black, white, and metallic paint, these ornamental embellishments are divorced from their original context and take on an iconic, totemic presence.

Friday, November 18, 2011
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Featuring over 100 artworks by locally, nationally, and internationally based emerging & established artists.

A Group Show of Mixed Media Artists at Parlor Gallery
Asbury Park, NJ
November 5 - December 11, 2011
Artists Include: Robert O’Connor, Debbie Weinstein, David Wallace, Cara Ober, Sienna Freeman, Brooke Weston, Edith LeBeau, Hans Withoos & Ellen Greene

A Group Show of Works on Paper at Nudashank
Baltimore, MD
November 5 - November 26, 2011
Artists include Matthew Craven, Alex Lukas, Jordan Bernier, Leif Low-Beer, Caitlin Cunningham, Benjamin Edmiston, Steven Riddle, and others.
http://www.nudashank.com

Oct 20-Nov 5, 2011.
Creative Alliance at the Patterson. Baltimore, MD.
Kendall Siedlecki celebrates the 100 year anniversary of modern collage – typically considered to have begun around 1911/1912 with Picasso, Hannah Hoch and Kurt Schwitters – by gathering like minded collage artists for a show that celebrates the innate narrative potential of the medium.
Artists include: Sara E. Barnes, Cara Ober, Steven Riddle, Kendall Siedlecki, and M. Jordan Tierney

11.11.11 Gala and Auction. MAP's 2011 Fall Benefit features significant female influences on the Baltimore art scene. The auction features a number of women who have impacted the local art community, including Cara Ober. Zoe Charlton, Joyce Scott, Michel Modell, Hasan Elahi, Amy Boone-McCreesh, Mina Cheon, and Dawn Gavin.

Randall Scott Projects group exhibit from March 3 - March 19, 2011.
547 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor.
Gallery Hours: March 3rd-March 19th, Wednesday-Saturday 11am-6pm,
Open During NY Art Fair Week and the AIPAD Photography Show.

Small Format 8x10 works for sale & live auction.
Saturday, October 23, 2010, 8-11 pm.
http://www.thedcca.org

August 31 - October 24, 2010
Opening: Tuesday, August 31
Saturday, October 23 at 3 p.m. Gallery Talk
www.american.edu/musuem

A one week exhibition of gallery artists, marking our first year in New York - April 1 - 8 - Gallery Reception April 1, 6-9 p.m.

Civilian Art Projects Booth #B04 - March 3-7, 2010

WPA: Top Curators, Artists, and Artwork
Saturday, March 6, 2010, 6:30 - Midnight
Katzen Arts Center at American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016
Reserve a ticket online at wpadc auction

The Randall Scott Gallery
111 Front Street / Brooklyn, NY
January 7 - February 13, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 7, 2010 from 6-8:30 p.m.

AQUA WYNWOOD Randall Scott Gallery - Booth 36
SCOPE MIAMI Civilian Art Projects - Booth 439

November 7, 2009 from 7:00 – 10:00 pm
@The Mexican Cultural Institute
2829 16th Street NW Washington, DC
For tickets, contact info@transformergallery.org or 202.483.1102.

Baltimore Magazine. BEST OF Issue, September, 2009. MVP's - Visual. An acclaimed visual artist and curator, as well as gallery co-director (Paperwork Gallery), Cara Ober is practically an art scene unto herself. She also created two of the best blogs on the area's art scene, Bmore Art and the B List.

September 12 - December 20, 2009. FAX invites a multigenerational group of artists to conceive of the fax machine as a tool for thinking and drawing. A traveling exhibition co-organized by The Drawing Center, New York, and iCI (Independent Curators International), New York, and curated by Joao Ribas. Including Mel Bochner, Ryan Gander, Liam Gillick, Joseph Grigely, Wade Guyton, Glenn Ligon, and William Pope L. Opening reception on Saturday, September 12 from 6 to 8 pm at The Contemporary Museum in Baltimore.

Paintings and Works on Paper by Cara Ober
Curated by Jayme McLellan
Civilian Art Projects
1019 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
September 11 - October 17, 2009.

A group show curated by Helen Frederick.
Reception: May 31 / Artist's Panel at 3 p.m. and Reception 4 - 6 p.m.

Gallery Imperato of Baltimore, MD will be selling works under $10,000 at the Affordable Art Fair in NY. For more information, go to AAFdotcom.

SUB-BASEMENT ARTIST STUDIOS
118 NORTH HOWARD STREET
BALTIMORE, MD 21201 US
Closing Reception: May 31 at 2 p.m.

Letters, Words, and Phrases is an exhibition that explores visual art's ongoing engagement and entanglement with language, bringing together works by nine contemporary artists who use letters, words, and phrases as part of their work: sculptures by Ruth Bowler and R.L. Croft, photography by Susan Eder and Craig Dennis, mixed-media art by Cara Ober and Susan Brandt, prints by Rebecca Katz, and drawings by Julie Marie Geare and Molly Springfield. Laura Amussen, curator. The exhibition will be presented in Goucher College's, Rosenberg Gallery from Monday, March 23rd, through Sunday, April 26th, 2009.

Short Fictions: New Works by Cara Ober
April 1 - 26, 2009
Lark & Key Gallery
453-B East 36th Street
Charlotte, NC 28205 (NoDa)
larkandkeydotcom

To The Teeth. Amalie Rothschild Gallery. Creative Alliance. Baltimore, MD.
February 5-21, 2009. Opening Feb 6, 6-9pm. Link to images from the show.

Baltimore Style Magazine. January Issue, 2009. 'Dear (food) Diary' by Carrie McFadden.