Education

2014     California State University, Long Beach, MFA

2003     Pratt Institute, BFA

Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2024     The Hardest Part is the Departure, Stan State Art Space, California State University Stanislaus (solo exhibition)

2018     Kaori Takamura & Audra Graziano, Stark Gallery, Xavier College Preparatory, Phoenix, AZ

2016     Southie by Southwest, Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ (solo exhibition)

2014     Off-Line, Max L. Gatov Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA (solo exhibition)

2010     Audra Graziano: Recent Works, Indie Collective Gallery, Culver City, CA (solo exhibition)

2009     Recent Paintings, New City Art Space, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024     In Color, curated by Marie Thibeault, Rod Briggs Gallery, Long Beach, CA

Cerritos College Faculty Exhibition, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA

2019     Winter Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

            Local Notions, juried by Kristina Newhouse, Angles Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

2017     Kamikaze Dérive (Nobody Walks in LA), curated by Lawrence Gipe, PØST, Los Angeles, CA

            Abstraction in the Singular, curated by Grant Vetter, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

            Abstract Miniatures, curated by Grant Vetter, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ

2016     M.A.S. Attack with ATRA Curatorial, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ

2015     University of Arizona School of Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson AZ

            Homing Pigeon: Edition 4: Kyoto, curated by Kio Griffith, Gallery Antenna, Kyoto, Japan

            M.A.S. Attack 8, curated by Max Presneill & Kio Griffith, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA

            Cerritos College Faculty Exhibition, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA

2014     M.A.S. Attack 7, curated by Max Presneill & Kio Griffith, Santa Monica Airport Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA

            Insights 2014, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach

2013     Wall of Trees, For Your Art, Los Angeles, CA

            Monster Drawing Rally, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA

            Insights 2013, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach

2012     Insights 2012, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach

2011     Three New Paths, Marilyn Werby Gallery, California State University Long Beach

2010     Paper Trail, curated by Paul Evans and Heather Arndt, Happy, Los Angeles, CA

            Feed the Kitty, juried by Salon ACNY, Spattered Columns, New York, NY

            Orpheus Descending, Theatre / Theater, Los Angeles, CA

2007     5, The Stitch Project, curated by Juliet Gabrielle, Berlin, Germany

            3.0, The Stitch Project, curated by Juliet Gabrielle, Brooklyn, NY

2006     Gift Box: Benefit for White Box Gallery, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY

            Binge and Purge, curated by Noel Heberling, Magnan Projects, New York, NY

            (Part Duex), The Stitch Project, curated by Juliet Gabrielle Brooklyn, NY

2005     Art for the Heart of New Orleans, Spring Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Awards, Grants, Residencies and Lectures

2023     Alumni Panel Discussion, California State University Long Beach

2017     Artist Panel Discussion, Abstraction in the Singular, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix AZ

2015     Artist in Residence, Lehrer Architects, Los Angeles, CA

            Abstraction in Painting through Architecture, Artist Talk, Lehrer Architects, Los Angeles, CA

2014     Distinguished Achievement in Creative Activity Award, College of the Arts, California State University, Long Beach

2013     Windes and McClaughry Corporate Gallery Award

            Elizabeth Vyse Scholarship, California State University, Long Beach

            California State University Grant

2011     Artist Residency, ChaNorth, Pine Plains, NY

            Windes and McClaughry Corporate Gallery Award

2003     Pratt Institute Circle Award for Academic Achievement

Pratt Institute Fine Art Award for Outstanding Merit in Painting

Selected Bibliography

2024   California State University Press, The Hardest Part is the Departure, exhibition catalog, CSU Stanislaus, CA

            Cerritos College Faculty Exhibition Catalog, Los Angeles, CA

2023    Academy World Spring 2023, Alumni in the Arts: The Art of Storytelling, Kyle O’Brien

2019     Random Length News, “Angels Gate Cultural Center’s Got Local Notions”,  Andrea Serna

            Cerritos College Faculty Exhibition Catalog, Los Angeles, CA

2017     Art Ltd., “Abstraction in the Singular” at Bentley Gallery, Deborah Ross,                    

Phoenix New Times, You Need to See These 10 Spring Art Shows in Metro Phoenix, Lynn Trimble           

            UA News, Audra Graziano Speaking at Bentley Gallery

            Java Magazine, “Abstraction in the Singular” at Bentley Gallery, Amy Young

            Arizona Foothills, Abstraction in the Singular Opens at Bentley Gallery, Nicole Royse   

2016     UA News, Audra Graziano: Learning Fundamentals, Breaking Rules, La Monica Everett-Haynes

2015     Cerritos College Faculty Exhibition Catalog, Los Angeles, CA

2011     Greater LA MFA (GLAMFA) Catalog, Long Beach, CA

2009    Acidemic Journal of Film and Media, New York, NY