Maria Calandra (b. 1976, London, England) received an MFA in Painting from Cornell University in 2006 and a BFA in Painting from Ohio University in 1999. She has had solo exhibitions at Steve Turner Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), Heroes Gallery (New York, NY) and Sardine Gallery (Brooklyn, NY). Group exhibitions include Essex Flowers (NY), Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery (NY), G/ART/EN Gallery (Como, Italy), Andrew Edlin Gallery (NY), Shrine Gallery (NY), Geoffrey Young Gallery (MA), 1969 Gallery (NY), Shoot the Lobster/Martos Gallery (NY), and Johansson Projects (Oakland, CA). She has been reviewed and written about in Time Out New York, The Washington Post, The New York Sun and The New York Times and featured in Maake Magazine, FUKT Magazine based in Berlin, and ArtMaze Magazine. Maria will be in the Contemporary Art Now fair (CAN) this summer in Ibiza, Spain curated by Saša Bogojev. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Maria is also the artist and writer behind the online project Pencil in the Studio, where she visits with artists for the day and draws their studio and artworks. The project spans 11 years and nearly 100 studio visits. pencilinthestudio.com