Kara A. Daving

www.karadaving.com
kdaving@hotmail.com



 

GRADUATE STUDIES
May 2011 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, St. Louis MO
  MFA Painting
   
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
May 2004 BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY, Bowling Green, OH
  Bachelor of Fine Arts, Two-Dimensional Studies, painting and drawing
   

SOLO  EXHIBITIONS

2009 September-November 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY
2009 August-October Nichol’s Performing Arts Center, Buffalo NY
2009 May-June District Lofts Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009 March-June EcoCenter Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 January-March The Imperishable Tumbleweed, The Charleston Arts Center, NV
2008 June-July Niagara Aquarium, Niagara Falls, NY
2008 May-June Plastic Abyss, Toronto Zoo, Toronto, ON
2007  September-December Beyond/In Western New York Biannual, catalog published, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
2007  March-April Looking, Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY
2007  January-March What Goes Up, Must Come Down, Olean Public Library, Olean, NY
2006  June-August So Far, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
   

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 November-December Complex Compost, Artspace Buffalo Gallery, Buffalo NY
2008 Think Tank, juried exhibition, Murray State University, Murray, KY
2008 Buffalo Homecoming, Mercy Delaware Park Casino, Buffalo, NY
2007/9 Molecules That Matter, Traveling Exhibition, catalog published, organized by The Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
2008 Jun-Aug Made in NY 2008, juried exhibition, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
2008 May-Jun Young Emerging Artists exhibition, Lana Santorelli Gallery, NY, NY
2008 Jan-Feb CEPA Gallery Members Exhibition, CEPA, Buffalo, NY
2008 Jan-Feb Big Orbit Member’s Exhibition, Big Orbit, Buffalo, NY
2007  Dec-Jan Resident Artist Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
2007  Sept-Nov Buy Regional, Collector’s Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2007  July-Aug Members Exhibition,"Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
2006  Dec-Jan Studio Hart, Buffalo, NY
2006  Nov-Jan Buffalo Arts Studio Resident Artist Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
2006  September Hallwalls Fundraiser, Wanakah Country Club, Hamburg, NY
2006  July-August Betty’s, Buffalo, NY
2006  May Area Artists Show, Albright-Knox Auditorium, Buffalo, NY
2006  April-May Terramorhpism, One Hour Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2006  March-April Big Orbit Annual Members Exhibition, Buffalo, NY
2006  February-March CEPA Gallery Members Exhibition, Buffalo, NY
2005  October Music is Art Live @ The Center, University of Buffalo Center for the Arts, Amherst NY.
2005  November Arts Studio Resident Artist Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
2005  March-April 700 Main Redux, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
2004  November Buffalo Arts Studio Resident Artist Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
   
 GRANTS & LECTURES
2009 January Lecture of work at The Charleston Heights Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV
2008 June Lecture of work at Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 May Lecture of work at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2008 March Strategic Opportunity Stipend (SOS), New York Foundation for the Arts, Round 2
2008 Feb Lecture of work at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2008 Jan-June New York Foundation For the Arts MARK Professional Practice Program, Round 1
2007 Sept Strategic Opportunity Stipend ( SOS), New York Foundation For the Arts, Round 3
2007 Feb Strategic Opportunity Stipend (SOS), New York Foundation For the Arts, Round 1
   
REVIEWS
2009 March-April Plastic Living, The Charleston Heights Arts Center, Las Vegas NV, VEGAS Magazine
2009 January Life Aquatic, The Charleston Heights Arts Center, Las Vegas NV, Las Vegas City Life
2007 Oct Beyond/In Western NY Biennial, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo NY, Gusto, Buffalo News
2007 Oct Into The Biennial, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo NY, Artvoice
2007 Sept Going Regional, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo NY, Buffalo News
2006 July So Far, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY.  Artvoice, A Diverse Palette
2004 Dec Size Matters, Resident Artist Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY.  The Buffalo News