Exhibitions
NEXT SOLO EXHIBIT, "RHAPSODY GROTESQUE" OPENS NOVEMBER 7TH,
Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla. CA
Featuring new paintings by Mia Savage
'Rhapsody Grotesque' is an ebullient exploration of the wonderful—be it animal, vegetable, or mineral. In creating the paintings for this show, I sought to shatter and restructure our expectations of the grotesque, imbuing the unknown with whimsy, purpose, and harmony. Additionally, the show is intended as a rebelliously joyful ode to magic, nature, and imagination in an era of division and strife. Some pieces focus on a singular subject; others are a riotous amusement of interacting forms. Together, they invite viewers to consider potentiality not in terms of doom, but as a playground for curiosity and delight.
- Mia Savage
Curation
2025: September Auguries
Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Featuring art by Margaret Chiaro, Bo Kim, Nonie Cruzado and Kai Martin.
Solo Exhibitions
2025: November Rhapsody Grotesque, Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla, CA (forthcoming)
2024-now: Eponymous rotating exhibit, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA (ongoing)
2024: March Nectar, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
2020: February Reason Sleeps, Setting Sun Sake, San Diego, CA
Group Exhibitions
2025:
June Nautilus II, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
2024: Love Letters, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
August Nautilus II, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
June Sounds & Ekphrasis, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
May-June Annual AAPI Group Show, Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
April Gods and Monsters, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
February Opposites, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
January Fragments, Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla CA
2023:
August Nautilus, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
May Circus, Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA
May Vignette Wonderland, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
April Garden of Resilience, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
March Fate & Fortune, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
February Love Letters, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
2022:
July-August Abstractions, Escondido Municipal Gallery, Escondido, CA
June 11th Annual Artist Guild Show, The Janice Griffiths Gallery, Fallbrook, CA
2021:
Spring Showcase, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
Fall Showcase, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
2018:
Jade x ArtWalk, Jade Gallery, DTLA, Los Angeles, CA
2017:
Made in LA, Arqade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
K&T, Arqade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014:
Studio Exhibition, Blanchard Gallery, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
2008:
Studio Exhibition, IGCSE, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR
Publication
Mar 2019: Illustrator, Sensi Magazine, San Diego, CA
- Created illustrations to specifications for print ads.
- Page 11: https://issuu.com/sensimediagroup/docs/2019.03_march_2019_sd_lr
2018: Cover Illustrator, ‘Thanks for Nothing’, Finishing Line Press, New Orleans, LA
- Worked with poet D. Jannerson to interpret his poetry into a book cover.
- Presented options for development, color mock ups and medium variations.
- More details: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/thanks-for-nothing-by-deb-jannerson/
1997: Cover Illustrator, AWARE Magazine, Hong Kong
- Created an illustration for a magazine cover.
Residency
June-Sept 2017 Artist in Residence: Arqade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Participated in summer program. Created paintings and collages.
- Supported other artists by participating as an extra in their performance pieces.
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Interacted with the public on behalf of the gallery
Additional Press Links
"Nectar" on San Diego KPBS