Mara Trachtenberg works in photography, animation, collage, and drawing. She was born in Queens and raised in Long Island, New York. She holds BA in English and Women’s Studies, a BS in Art Education and an MFA in art with a concentration in Photography. After working on her body of constructed photographs, sculptures and animations, A Decadent World for over ten years, she began making drawings and animations. Mara is the RISCA (Rhode Island State Council for the Arts) 2020 and 2016 Photography Fellow and has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions nationally. Her work can be found in private collections throughout the country. Mara lives with her husband, child and dogs in Wakefield, RI and is a former adjunct professor of Photography and Digital Art and at the Community College of Rhode Island, and Photography and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Rhode Island. Currently, she is the President of Sutherland Welles, ltd. A Rhode Island manufacturer of Polymerized Tung oil Wood Finishes.