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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Paintings by Robert Guinan and Rita O'Hara | Cliff Dweller, Chicago, Illinois, April 2016
Dreams and Archetypes | Chicago Cultural Center: Renaissance Court Gallery, June 2011
Shadow Visions | Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, Illinois, September 2002
Shadow Visions | Jung Institute of Chicago, Evanston, Illinois, April 2002
Rita O'Hara: Recent Paintings and Drawings | Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, November 2000
Rita O'Hara: Recent Works | Jinx, Evanston, Illinois, April 1999
Shadow Visions | Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, October 1997
Dreams and the Unconscious | ARC, Chicago, Illinois, December 1991
Dreams and the Unconscious | Diversity Fine Arts Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, October 1989
Dreams and the Unconscious | Columbia College Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, November 1987
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CAVA advertisement video featuring Rita O'Hara in studio working for the purpose of recruiting new members
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"Celtic Ballad"
Painted Violins: A Bridge between Music and Art to benefit the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
CAVA Member's Show | Old Town Art Center, Chicago, Illinois, April 2017 - 1st place
CAVA Members' Show "Water" | Northshore Art League, Winnetka, Illinois, July 2017 - 1st place
CAVA Members' Show "Later Impressions" | October 2017 - 1st place
CAVA Members' Show "Later Impressions" | Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, 2016 - 2nd place
Salon Show | South Shore Arts, September 2009
Later Impressions 2008 | Chicago Cultural Center, Renaissance Court Gallery, September 2008 - Special Award
Mindscapes/Dreamscapes/Landscapes | South Shore Arts, September 2007
Later Impressions 2006 | Chicago Cultural Center, Renaissance Court Gallery, October 2006 - Special Award
Sans | South Shore Cultural Center, March 2006
Mindscapes, Dreamscapes, and Landscapes | Beverly Art Center, May 2005
Artists Invitational | Fine Arts Building Gallery, August 2003
Artists Invitational | Fine Arts Building Gallery, July 2001
Diversity | Fine Arts Building Gallery, December 2000
9th Annual Artists in Residence Group Exhibition | Fine Arts Building Gallery, December 2000
Annual Members' Show | Fine Arts Building Gallery, May 2000
8th Annual Artists in Residence Group Exhibition: The Last Art Show of the Century | Fine Arts Building Gallery, November 1999
The Alternative Cow Show | Fine Arts Building Gallery, August 1999
Members' Show | Woman Made Gallery, August 1999
7th Annual Artists in Residence Group Exhibition: Small Works | Fine Arts Building Gallery, November 1998
Members' Show | Woman Made Gallery, August 1998
Area Invitational Art Exhibition | Aurora University, May 1998
Art 2 Art | Fine Arts Building Gallery, March 1998
The Art of Giving | Yelo Gallery, December 1997
Members' Show | Woman Made Gallery, August 1998
6th Annual Artists in Residence Group Exhibition | Fine Arts Building Gallery, November 1997
5th Annual Artists in Residence Group Exhibition | Fine Arts Building Gallery, November 1996
Fine Arts Building Show | Fine Arts Building Gallery, June 1996
Hidden Treasures | Woman Made Gallery, July 1994
Creative Synectics | An Art Place Inc. Gallery, June 1994
The Medicine Show | Woman Made Gallery, May 1994
Women and Surrealism | Woman Made Gallery, April 1994
Inside Out | An Art Place Inc. Gallery, January 1994
The Painted Figure | Barat College - Riecher Gallery, November 1993
The Visionary Show | Splintered Shadows Gallery, May 1993
Members' Show | Woman Made Gallery, April 1993
Landscape of the Mind | Chicago School of Professional Psychology, November 1992
Group Show | Wilmette Public Library, June 1992
Just Painting | Contemporary Art Center of Arlington, March 1992 - First Place
Women in the Director's Chair | Chicago Post Road Gallery, March 1989
Day of the Dead | Prairie Avenue Gallery, October 1988
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Chicago Quarterly Review, "Rita O'Hara" | Extensive photo coverage of art works, Winter 2004
Pioneer Press | Press coverage and photo, November 2000
CAC Newsletter, "A Closer Look" by John Brunetti | November 1997
Chicago Tribune, "Best Bet" | October, 1997
Gallery Guide/Chicago Midwest, "This Month" | October 1997
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
B.A. Ursuline College, Cleveland, Ohio
M.S. Rehabilitation Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
Studied art under Robert Guinan - Evanston Art Center and Guinan's Studio at the Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, Illinois
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