Cara Wood Ginder

See my pet portraits at www.petimentopetportraits.com

Artist CV

EDUCATION

1980-1985 — Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1985-1986 — University of Nevada, Las Vegas

EXPERIENCE

1985-Present — Austine Studios, Las Vegas, NV - Artist/Studio Director
2011-2018 — Masque & Mime Drama Society, R.C. Ketchum High School, Wappingers Falls, NY - Set Designer and Props advisor
1996 — Jeff Koons Productions, New York, NY - Painting assistant to Jeff Koons
1990-1995 — Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, NY. -Gallery Assistant

EXHIBITIONS

2022 — AMP Utility Cabinet Painting Public Art Project, City of Las Vegas, NV
2017 — Grinnell Library, Wappingers Falls, NY - Children’s room wall murals
2010 — OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY - Show of small works on wood
2010 — Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY “Winter Group Show”
2009 — Myers Corners Elem. School, Wappingers Falls, NY - painted 25’x8’ lobby mural
2009 — Sheafe Road Elem. School, Wappingers Falls, NY - 48’x10’ climbing wall mural
2009 — Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA - “Toy Show II” Group show.
2009 — Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA - “I Want Candy” Group show.
2008 — DohrMor Art Space, Wappingers Falls, NY - “Holiday” Group show.
2008 — Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon, NY - Solo Show in 2nd floor gallery
2007 — Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY - “I Want Candy” group show
2006 — OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY - small paintings on wood
2006 — Millbrook Vineyard & Winery, NY - Two person show with Tilly Strauss
2004 — OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY - small paintings on wood
2001 — OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY - small paintings on wood
1999 — OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY - small paintings on wood
1996-2001 — Represented by Ryan Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
1996 — Thomas College, Thomasville, GA - Painting commission for the student art center
1995 — Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa, FL - painted 10’dia.planet Earth
1995 — Bruce Museum of Natural History, Greenwich, CT - Assisted on the painting of Discovery Room Murals, approx. 30’x10’ area, oversized mushrooms and flowers and insects painted directly on the walls with acrylics. Also Woodlands Diorama backdrop, approximately 56’ x 18’
1993 — Barrick Natural History Museum, Las Vegas, NV - Two person show with Robert Beckmann, works on canvas and wood.
1991 — NASA, Commissioned to do miniature portraits on wood of the Hubble Independent Optical Review Panel (HIORP) 6 members. (Panel was charged with the determination of the prescription for repair of Hubble Space Telescope).
1989 — First Street Gallery, New York, NY. Group show, Juror: Jack Beal