EDUCATION

2006    M.F.A. Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
2002    B.A. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME                                                
2000    Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy   

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008    Lingering on... Neda. Brooklyn, NY.
             Valley of the Vapors. MARCH. New York, NY.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008    Biennial Juried Exhibition. Center for Maine Contemporary Art. Rockport, ME. (upcoming)
             Drawn from Maine. Nancy Margolis Gallery. New York, NY.
             Windows Brooklyn. Neda. Brooklyn, NY.
             If I told you you were beautiful, would you date me on the regular? Curated by Nicholas Weist. Oliver Kamm Gallery. New York, NY.
2007    Perfect Competition. Curated by Kate Werble. Addison/Ripley Fine Art. Washington, DC.
2006    Maine Printmakers: 1980-2005. Curated by Bruce Brown. Center for Maine Contemporary Art. Rockport, ME.
             Summer Salon. Curated by Kate Werble. Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY
             Columbia University, Visual Arts Division, MFA Thesis Exhibition. Curated by Jenny Moore.  Brooklyn, NY.
             Biennial Juried Exhibition. Center for Maine Contemporary Art. Rockport, ME.
             Panoply. LeRoy Neiman Gallery Columbia University. New York, NY.
2005    Copilandia. Sevilla Entre Culturas Arts Festival, Sevilla, Spain.
             Metaphase. Curated by Jeffery Uslip. Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY.
             No Nouns Allowed. Curated by Danny Balgley. LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University. New York, NY.
             AAF Contemporary Art Fair. New York, NY.
2004    After Goya. LeRoy Neiman Gallery Columbia University. New York, NY.
2002    Elizabeth Sherman & Mara Sprafkin. Kresge Gallery, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME.
2001    Rome if You Want To. Fishbowl Gallery, Bowdoin College. Brunswick, ME.
                                        
AWARDS

2005    Agnes Martin Fellowship, Columbia University. New York, NY
             LeRoy Neiman Fellowship, Columbia University. New York, NY
2002    The Anne Bartlett Lewis Memorial Prize in Visual Arts, Bowdoin College. Brunswick, ME
             Delta Sigma/Delta Upsilon Visual Arts Fund Competition. Bowdoin College. Brunswick, ME

BIOGRAPHY

2008    Germinsky, Lisa: "Getting Deep in Shallow Waters: Mara Sprafkin Makes Pop Culture Her Art" psychoPEDIA.com, May 13, 2008
             Lawrence, Vanessa: "If These Walls Could Talk" Women's Wear Daily, February, 28, 2008
2006    McQuaid, Cate: "Maine aesthetic celebrated in prints"  The Boston Globe, December 8, 2006
             Foshee, Rufus: "Prints: CMCA in full sway"  Village Soup, November 15, 2006          
             Greben, Diedre Stein: "Start the Presses" ARTnews, October, 2006
             Vogel, Carol: "Warhols of Tomorrow Are Dealers' Quarry Today" The New York Times, April 15, 2006
2005    "First year SOA Students Present Work in Metaphase," The Record, Columbia University, April 8, 2005