In Pursuit of Beauty

Marianna Victoria Mashek is a Santa Barbara native, a Santa Barbara High School Don, and studied Studio Art at UCSB. She later studied Arts Administration at Antioch University, worked for the Santa Barbara Arts Council and Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, and Santa Barbara City College. If you detect a theme you’re not mistaken – but are missing more than half the revelation.

“My vision is to have my artwork inspire others to delight in beauty, love, and the fulfillment of their own dreams. I draw and paint from a deep, sacred place of my expression and my psyche.”

Mashek’s mother, also an artist and teacher, taught her perspective, proportion, composition, drawing, and watercolor as a child. Mashek has parlayed these parental right brain gifts into luminous watercolors you have to see to believe, and will bring her colorful watercolor paintings to the Santa Barbara Tennis Club this summer, beginning with a July 11, 2025 reception to her solo exhibition.

Part of the 2nd Friday Art series, Mashek’s exhibition is titled In Pursuit of Beauty and runs July 4 to August 23, 2025, with daily gallery hours 10 am – 6 pm. 

Artist’s Reception:
Friday, July 11, 4:30 – 6 pm
Santa Barbara Tennis Club, 2375 Foothill Rd

For more information: [email protected], (805) 729-3900