MARA LEA BROWN



Click on links below to learn more about each Exhibition, Publication and Award
EXHIBITIONS
Día de los Muertos - SOMArts - San Francisco, CA - 2007-2024
Migrando entre mundos - Café de Olla - San Francisco, CA - 2024​

Brani Piano Art Atelier - First Thursday Art Walk - San Francisco, CA - 2024
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Mind on the Hoof
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First Impressions II
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First Impressions I
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Where Words Fail
Junior Center of Art and Science - Oakland, CA - 2023-2024
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From Ashes to Art - Junior Center of Art and Science - Oakland, CA - 2024
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Pocket Size: Small Art Making a Big Difference - Junior Center of Art and Science - Oakland, CA - 2023
PUBLICATIONS
Say Her Name - 2022 and 2024 MAPP Events- Red Poppy Art House, CA - 2022-2024​
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Marigold Project - Día de los Muertos - San Francisco, CA - 2022-2024
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Lágrimas en las venas - 2024
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Potrero del Sol Park - Día de los muertos, November 2, 2024
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Día de los Muertos Community Altar in collaboration with the Exploratorium Museum and Bryant Elementary School - 2023​
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Potrero del Sol Park - Día de los muertos, November 2, 2023
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Exploratorium - September 24 - October 29, 2023
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Altar para nuestros ancestros y Cōātlīcue in collaboration with the Exploratorium Museum and Bryant Elementary School - 2022​
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Exploratorium - November 10 - December 4, 2022
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Potrero del Sol Park - Día de los muertos, November 2, 2022​
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Illusion - San Francisco, CA - 2006-2023
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MAPP Mini-Illusion Show 13 - Red Poppy Art House - 2023
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Illusion 12: Opening Ceremony for Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution - CAST ST 447 Minna - 2023
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MAPP Mini-ILLUSION Show 10.1 - Red Poppy Art House - 2022
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Illusion 9: Exist & Resist - MCCLA - 2017
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Illusion 8: Carnaval Dream: Libertad de cuerpo y mente - MCCLA - 2015
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Illusion 7: SUEÑOS - MCCLA - 2008
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Illusion 6: La Fiesta - MCCLA - 2007
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Illusion 5: Fuera del Barrio - DeYoung - 2006
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PandemiCreations - Art Collaborations in Pandemic Time - 2020-2023​
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Tarot in Pandemic and Revolution - Tarot Deck and Events - 2020-2023
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Manos del Mundo - Mural and Virtual Exhibition - 2020-2021
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Albany Bulb Amulets - Virtual Exhibition - 2022
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sii agua sí - Latinx & Indigenous Dance Festival - San Francisco, CA - 2022​
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Day of the Dead Exhibit - MCCLA - San Francisco, CA - 2011-2019
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Bay Area Women Artists 2019 - O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA - 2019
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Walls: A National Juried Art Exhibition - Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA - 2019
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Corazón: The Royal Chicano Air Force - Archival Gallery - Sacramento, CA - 2019
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Roots and Wings / Raíces y alas / Racines et Ailes - Traveling Show - 2017-2019
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Excelsior Clinic - Mission Neighborhood Health Center, San Francisco, CA - 2019
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240 Shotwell Street - Mission Neighborhood Health Center, San Francisco, CA - 2018-2019
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Pearland Alliance for Art and Culture, Pearland, TX - 2018
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Escuela Bilingüe Internacional, Emeryville/Oakland, CA - 2018
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International High School, San Francisco, CA - 2017-2018
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SOMArts, San Francisco, CA - 2017
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Oakland First Friday - Turtle and Hare - Oakland, CA - 2018-2019​
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Chocolate and Art Show - SOMArts - San Francisco - CA 2018
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The 2018 Pancakes & Booze Art Show - Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA - 2018
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Altar para mi muerte / Altar of my Passing - Studio Grand - Oakland, CA - 2015
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Luna Negra: Three Generations of Women, An Infinity of Expression - MCCLA - San Francisco, CA - 2011
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DRAW - Fuse Gallery - Tour - 2006-2010
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Museo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City, Mexico - 2010
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Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA - 2009
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Stolen Space Gallery, London, England - 2008
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Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX - 2007
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Fuse Gallery, New York, NY - 2006
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Various Other Art Exhibitions, Installations ​and events - San Francisco, CA - 1993-2010
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Artwork in private collections in Spain, England and USA
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Quarantine Coloring Books - Oakland, USA - 2020-2024
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Coloring books illustrated during the COVID-19 pandemic:
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​2020 Quarantine Coloring Book
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2020 Quarantine Questions Coloring Book
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2020-2021 Quarantine Hope and Remembrance Coloring Book
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2022-2024 Quarantine Coloring Book Chaos Continues (IN PROGRESS)
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La magia de la Música y las Artes: Primaria 1-6 - Trillas - Mexico City, Mexico - 2015​​
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Educational Series by Gabriela Martínez del Campo, Luis Herrera de la Fuente and Mara Lea Brown - in Spanish​
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Soleá - Ediciones Carena - Barcelona, Spain - 2007
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Novel by Mara Lea Brown - in Spanish
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Cover illustration for Don't Take My Baby, 2024
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Author: Fraser Oz
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Cover illustration for The Portrait Painter, 2022
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Author: Fraser Oz
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Other illustrations​
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He's Not the Right One... Divorce & Dating Thereafter - Author: Rosario Bacon Billingsley
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Various illustrations in MacGraw-Hill Spanish Textbooks
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Various illustrations in TOKresource.org website - Author: Andrew Brown
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The Awesome Foundation - Oakland Chapter - March 2018
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Grant for: Roots and Wings / Raíces y alas / Racines et Ailes - Traveling Show
ILLUSTRATIONS

AWARDS