Felicity Mara was born in London. After a time abroad, in New York and New England, her family returned to London, where she studied at Camberwell School of Art and Crafts, gaining a degree in Fine Art. She had her first show at the New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham. In 1994 she moved to Cornwall, where she continues to live and work.

Felicity has exhibited at many UK venues including Chalk Hill Contemporary Art, Guildford; Edgar Modern, Bath; Belgrave Gallery, St Ives; Rainyday Gallery, Penzance; New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham; Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives; Royal Overseas League, London; Bruton Gallery, Leeds; and Brewhouse Arts Centre, Taunton.

Selected recent shows

2009   December Exhibition, Belgrave Gallery

          'The Eye Made Quiet', Belgrave Gallery

           St Ives Moderns, Belgrave Gallery

2008   December Exhibition, Belgrave Gallery

           'Peninsula', Edgar Modern, Bath
           Chalk Hill Contemporary Art (with sculptors

           Marko Kratohvil  and Kathlyn Collins)

           Penwith Society of Arts, Spring Exhibition

           London Art Fair (Edgar Modern)

           Mixed Exhibition, Belgrave Gallery

2007   December Show, Belgrave Gallery

           'A Tangerine Christmas', Edgar Modern, Bath

           'Little Picture Show II', Rainyday Gallery

           Toronto International Art Fair

           Affordable Art Fair (Autumn Collection), London

           Penwith Society of Arts Summer Exhibition

           'Little Picture Show I', Rainyday Gallery

           Cambridgeshire Art Fair (Edgar Modern)

           Affordable Art Fair, Bristol (Edgar Modern)

           NewcastleGateshead Art Fair (Edgar Modern)   
           Penwith Society of Arts Spring Exhibition

           Art Ireland, Dublin (Edgar Modern)

           Affordable Art Fair, London (Edgar Modern)   

           'A Postcard from St Ives', Belgrave Gallery                                
           Mixed Contemporary Works, Belgrave Gallery

2006    Selected Artists (Summer Show), Belgrave Gallery

2005    Christmas Exhibition, Belgrave Gallery

            Penwith Society of Arts
            Summer Exhibition, Belgrave Gallery
            'Little Picture Show', Rainyday Gallery
            Porthmeor, Belgrave Gallery

2004    Rainyday Gallery (two-person show)

            'A View of St Ives IV', Belgrave Gallery
            'Little Picture Show', Rainyday Gallery
            Penwith Society of Arts             

Collections

St George’s Hospital, London
Many private collections in the UK and Europe