Education: 

Master of Fine Arts, Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena, California
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada

Bio/Affiliation: 

Mario Cutajar's writing has appeared in Artscene,  Art + Text,  LA Weekly, Artweek, Visions, and other publications. He has published seven artist books. He is the past recipient of an NEA Fellowship (Painting), a fellowship at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, and a Pollock-Krasner grant. His current area of interest is the relationship between art and the sacred.

Mario has been teaching part-time at Otis since Fall 2008. 

Mario Cutajar's Work
ART, 2017
inkjet on Dibond
11.2 x 7.47 inches
Mario Cutajar's Work
AURA, 2017
inkjet on Dibond
11.2 x 6.72 inches
Mario Cutajar's Work
HOME, 2017
inkjet on Dibond
11.2 x 7.2 inches
Mario Cutajar's Work
HOPE, 2017
inkjet on Dibond
11.2 x 7.4 inches
Mario Cutajar's Work
REST, 2017
inkjet on Dibond
11.2 x 7.45 inches
Mario Cutajar's Work
WORD, 2017
inkjet on Dibond
11.2 x 6.4 inches

 

Mario Cutajar's Picture

 

Awards/Honors: 

  • 1991, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (Painting)
  • 1990, Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant

Professional Accomplishments/Exhibitions:  

  • 2012, Civil War, Jb Jurve, Los Angeles
  • 2010, Our Coming Was Expected, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
  • 2009, Re:Visit, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
  • 2008, Marginalia, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
  • 2006, DPI, Kellogg Gallery, Cal Poly. Pomona
  • 2004, enGENDERING the future, SCA Project Gallery, Pomona

                 In America Now, Don O’Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood

Publications:  

I have contributed numerous essays and reviews to such art publications as Artscene, Artweek, Art & Text,
L.A. Weekly and others since 1990. I have also written a number of catalogue essays. To peruse an online
archive of my published essays and reviews, please visit plasticregime.wordpress.com.

Artist's Books:

  • 2023, See Section, Lisp Press, Los Angeles
  • 2017, Index, Lisp Press, Los Angeles
  • 2016, Textile, Lisp Press, Los Angeles
              Country, Lisp Press, Los Angeles
              Crush, Lisp Press, Los Angeles
  • 2013, through, Lisp Press, Los Angeles
               Herd, Lisp Press, Los Angeles
  • 2011, Civil War, Lisp Press, Los Angeles
               Dispersion, Lisp Press, Los Angeles

Clients/Employment History:  

2008-present, Lecturer at Otis College of Art and Design. Los Angeles, California

Courses Taught:

Pop Art and its Legacy, Abstraction Past and Present, Representations of Class, Contemporary Art Survey, Capstone, Postmodern Theory, Birth of the Modern, Introduction to Visual Culture, Art of Islam