Lives and works in London
Born Philippines 1988
mariacfarrar@gmail.com
Upcoming group exhibition
12/2 - 27/6/21
John Moores painting prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Current group exhibition
23/01 - 6/03/21
Works on Paper, Ota Fine Arts, Shanghai
Past exhibitions
Solo
2020 Spring, Ota Fine Arts,Shanghai
2019 Too Late to Turn Back Now, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Singapore
2018 Eaves Deep, Mother's Tankstation project, London
2017 Straits, Mother's Tankstation, Dublin
2016 Marine, Supplement Gallery, London
2014 Paintings, Philippine Embassy, London
Group
2020 Post Art Fair, Ota Fine Arts, Singapore
2020 Xenia: Crossroads in Portrait Painting, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
2019 'Day Tripper' Liz Arnold, Maria Farrar and Samara Scott, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-sea
2019 Present Progressive, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
2018 Hypnogogia, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
2018 Known Unknowns, Saatchi Gallery, London
2016 December Mostra, British School at Rome
2016 Degree Show, Slade School of Art, UCL
2016 Pink Density, Clovis XV, Brussels
2014 Curious Struggle: Tim Patrick & Maria Farrar, Arthouse1, London
2012 Degree Show, Ruskin School of Art, Old Power Station, University of Oxford
2012 Debate, Curate, Collaborate, Krakow, Poland
2011 Watercolours, Dolphin Gallery, St John’s College, University of Oxford
Prizes/Residencies
2016 Melville Nettleship Prize, Slade School of Art, UCL
2016 Derek Hill Foundation Scholarship, British School at Rome
2014 Gwen John Scholarship, Slade School of Art, UCL
2013 Artist in residence, Mill Hill County High School, London
2010 John Farthing Anatomy Prize, Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford
2009 Travel Scholarship: Copenhagen, Lincoln College
Education
2014 - 2016 MFA Painting, Slade School of Art, UCL
2009 - 2012 BFA Fine Art, Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford
2008 - 2009 Art Foundation, Lincoln College of Art
Press
2019 'Too Late to Turn Back Now with Maria Farrar', Debbi Tan, Arthop SG
2019 '色彩と愛がテーマ' Bijutsu techo
2019 'Icing on the Cake', Paul Teasdale, Gourmand magazine issue 12
2018 Sophia Stevi and Maria Farrar, Elephant magazine issue 37
2018 'Known Unknowns', Kate Enters, Wall Street International Magazine
2017 ‘Maria Farrar’ straits review, Gemma Tipton, Artforum Critics’ Picks
2017 ‘Maria Farrar: straits’, Rebecca O’Dwyer, mother’s annual
Government art collection, Magdalen College Library University of Oxford, and private collections