b. Elmhurst, IL 1974



Education


2004

MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1999 Certificate in Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1995 Texas Wesleyan University


Solo Exhibitions

2007

Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA

2006

Border Crossing, Seraphin Gallery, Philadlephia
Converge, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia

2005

Fleisher Challenge, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia

2004


Bad Intentions, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia
Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Pain, Year, Brooklyn, NY


2003

Places, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia
Tlönian Utopia, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia


Selected Group Exhibitions

2008

Summer Journeys, Summer Dreams
, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia

2007


Naked Paper, Tower Gallery, Philadelphia
5 x 7 Art Splurge,
Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Picture Journal Project, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia
Red Dot Art Fair, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York
The World is Flat
, Falling Cow Gallery, Philadelphia


2006


Public/Private, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York
We'd rather not tell you,
Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia
Art (212) Contemporary Art Fair, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York
Pay to Play, curated by Amy Adams, Black Floor Gallery, Philadelphia
American Eden,
Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York
Home Free
, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
OUTsideIN, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia
Affordable Art Fair, Seraphin Gallery, New York
Stray Show, Vox Popuil Gallery, Chicago, IL
Works on Paper Fair, Seraphin Gallery, New York


2005

Out of line,
Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Cheek,
Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia
Animartion, curated by Rafaele Gavarro, Galleria Sogospatty, Rome

2004


The Mentor and his Protégés, Carillon Gallery, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX
Back to the Front, Emerging Artists, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia
Erasure, curated by Yana Balson, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia
Suburban Abstraction, Lump Gallery/Projects, Raleigh, NC


2003

15 Exposures, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA traveled to Chauncey Stillman Gallery, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT; Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ through 2004
Power to the Populi, Vox at Peco, Pennsylvania Energy Company, Philadelphia
Team work, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia
Hex linkage, OFUROYA Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

2002

Hi-five, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia
Gridlock, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia

Awards

 

2008

Pew Fellowship in the Arts
2006 Visual Artist Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
2005 Fleisher Challenge Exhibition, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial
2004 Eagles and Angels Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Bibliography

2008

Hill, Lori, “First Friday Focus.” Philadelphia City Paper. June 5 – 12, 2008
Lamm, Gigi, “Art in the State of Entropy.” Preview. Winter 2008 p.9
Slisbury, Stephan, “City Artists get Pew awards.” Philadelphia Inquirer. June 4, 2008

2007

Amorosi, A.D. "The World is Flat." Philadelphia City Paper. January 3, 2007
Cohn, Sharon. “Mauro Zamora.” Stops in Interesting Places. stopsininterestingplaces.blogspot.com. October 23, 2007
Donohoe, Victoria. "Abington Art Center." Philadelphia Inquirer. March 25, 2007
Ludwig, Elisa. “Artful Afternoons Spend a cold winter’s day enjoying the creativity of others.” Philadelphia Style. Jan/Feb 2007 p.56
Newhall, Edith. “The many meanings of ‘painting’”. Philadelphia Inquirer. January 19, 2007
Rosenthal, James. "The World is flat." Pocket Intellectual. pocketintellectual.blogspot.com. January 29, 2007
Rosof, Libby. “Multiplication, Compressions, Depression at Abington.” artblog. March 28, 2007

2006


Fallon, Roberta. “Heat and Why It Matters, Taking posterity head on.” Philadelphia Weekly. September 27, 2006
Fallon, Roberta. “Shout out for OUTsideIN at the Art Alliance.” artblog. June 14, 2006
Fallon, Roberta, “Shadows, light and lots of glass. “artblog, March 5, 2006
Newhall, Edith. “Dystopian wavelength.” Philadelphia Inquirer. September 29, 2006
Newhall, Edith. “ Art Alliance shakes it up with the Mural Arts Program, a bold show.” Philadelphia Inquirer. June 20, 2006
Shwartz, Christopher. The Column: “Mauro Zamora.” Play Philly. October 6, 2006


2005

Fallon, Roberta. “ Zamora’s Jungle.” artblog, October 27, 2005
Fallon, Roberta. “'Raw'Deal.” Philadelphia Weekly. September 15, 2005
Fallon, Roberta. “ 'Cheek' Please.” Philadelphia Weekly. July 6, 2005
Rosof, Libby. “ Philadelphia Cheek.” artblog. June 12, 2005
Szowzanski, Edward. “Fleisher Challenge.” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 4, 2005
Zevitas, Steven T., ed. New American Paintings. Open Studio Press, Boston, MA, No. 57, 2005

2004


Copeland, Colette. “Slought gets down.” artblog. September 19, 2004
Rosof, Libby. “Searching for the promise land.” artblog. December 12, 2004
Rosof, Libby. “Value from nothing and nothing from nothing.” artblog. July 6, 2004


2003

Fallon, Roberta. “Ha Ha Boo Hoo.” artblog. October 5, 2003

2002

Fallon, Roberta. “Five for Fighting.” Philadelphia Weekly, August 21, 2002
Halpren, Ashlea. “Chaos Theories.” Philadelphia City Paper, August 1, 2002
Rice, Robin. “Hot and New.” Philadelphia City Paper, August 22, 2002