ITEM 23 Donation by Marie Tartar Title: Brainiac, Anilao, Philippines, 2023 Media: ChromaLuxe Metal Print Print Size: 24"x24" Valued: $600 Starting Bid: $250 Artist Bio: Marie Tartar is an insatiable traveler, diver, hiker, and photographer. She is one half of the photographic partnership of San Diego-based Aperture Photo Arts (APA). Along with her husband, Steve Eilenberg, she explores the world photographically, on foot and by fin, specializing in underwater, landscape, wildlife, and travel photography. Her images have been exhibited at the La Jolla Athenaeum, San Diego Natural History Museum, Oceanside Museum of Art, Birch Aquarium, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Marie’s underwater work was featured in a 2-artist exhibition at The Photographer’s Eye Gallery in Escondido, CA, in January 2020, in a show entitled The Tonic of Wildness. Along with Steve, her underwater images will be exhibited at the same venue in the fall of 2024 in a show entitled Inner Space. From 2017-2020, Steve and Marie contributed articles to an online magazine, Photofocus. Photographic work and blog can be found Marie Tartar Website: AperturePhotoArts.com Insta: @marie.tartar
