Ciara Barsotti

Ciara Barsotti is the host of the Chico Creates podcast, as well as a painter who makes exuberant abstract art and fantastical landscape paintings. She's a mother to one adorable human child and two cats and lives with them and her husband in Chico, CA. Her work is fueled by black coffee, popcorn, and a little bit of magic.

AWARDS
2017 - SF Bay Area Regional Semi-Finalist: Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series

SOLO
Apr 2023 Deconstructed Landscapes, Daycamp Coffee, Chico, CA
Aug 2022 The Unexhibited, B Street Public House, Chico, CA
Jun 2022 Birds of Bidwell, Tender Loving Coffee in Chico, CA
Sep 2019 Space Cowgirls, Durango Art Center in Durango, CO
Apr 2019 Space Cowgirls, Parkview Gallery at Glen Echo Park, MD
May 2018 Space Cowgirls, Iveta Gourmet in Santa Cruz, CA
Jan 2018 Space Cowgirls, Mandala Holistic Studio, Santa Cruz, CA
Dec 2017 Animal Studies in Ink, Palace Arts, Santa Cruz, CA
Aug 2017 Space Cowgirls, The Abbey, Santa Cruz, CA
July 2017 Space Cowgirls, Lulu Carpenter’s, Santa Cruz, CA
Jun 2017 Space Cowgirls, Coffee Cat, Scotts Valley, CA
Dec 2014 The Buffalo Show, The Bagelry, Santa Cruz, CA
Nov 2014 The Buffalo Show, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, CA

GROUP
Dec 2023 - Best American Artist, Virtual Exhibition (Room 1) at The Holy Art, London
Dec 2023 - Bizarre Bazaar, by Chikoko, Chico, CA
Oct 2023 - Rethinking the Landscape, Virtual Exhibition at Conversations with Artists
Oct 2023 - Vivarium, Virtual Exhibition at Pretty Girls Making Cool Shit
May 2023 - Chico Our Hometown, at Chico Art Center, Chico CA
May 2023 - Member Showcase, at 1078 Gallery, Chico CA
2023 - For the Love of Birds, at MONCA, Chico, CA
Dec 2022 - Small...