Cait O’Mara (b. 2002, Oregon) is a hand-weaver, dyer, and sculptor working with wool and plant fibers combined with industrial materials to work through ideas of fragility, construction, labor, ritual, and repetition. Using the loom as a tool of rhythm and organization, O’Mara attempts to recollect ancient technologies and contemporary complexities through woven cloth combined with found and cast objects. They are guided by walks along rivers, spending time with birds, observing construction sites over long periods of time, and deep time.
They received their BFA in Fibers with a secondary concentration in Sculpture (2025) from the University of Oregon College of Design.
They currently live and work in Portland, OR as a Studio + Administrative Assistant and Staff Teacher at WildCraft Studio School and a Studio Assistant at Fuzzy Space.
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EDUCATION
BFA Fibers & secondary concentration in Sculpture 2025, College of Design at University of Oregon
AWARDS
David McCosh Memorial Scholarship in Fine Arts 2025, College of Design at University of Oregon
School of Journalism and Communication Scholarship 2022-2023 , University of Oregon
Summit Scholarship 2021-2025, University of Oregon
Spring Storm Juror’s Award 2025, College of Design at University of Oregon
EXHIBITIONS
Tender, Group Art Exhibition, Foyer Gallery, Eugene, OR - February 2024
Emergence, Group Art Exhibition, Laverne Krause Gallery Eugene, OR - November 2024
Burn Warp /// Grief Practices, Solo Art Exhibition, Washburn Gallery. Eugene, OR – November 2024
Preliminary, Group Art Exhibition, Laverne Krause Gallery. Eugene, OR — February 2025
Compositions: On Control, Solo Art Exhibition, Washburn Gallery. Eugene, OR – March 2025
A Body Embedded, BFA Thesis Group Art Exhibition, Laverne Krause Gallery. Eugene, OR – May 2025
Selected Works Spring Storm 2025, Juror’s Award Show, Laverne Krause Gallery. Eugene, OR — June 2025
WORK
Jovencio de la Paz, Eugene, OR, Studio Assistant 2024-2025
University of Oregon Sculpture Department, Eugene, OR, Shop Monitor 2024-2025
WildCraft Studio School, Portland, OR, Studio/Administrative Assistant and Staff Teacher 2025-Present
Fuzzy Space, Portland, OR, Studio Assistant 2026-Present
TEACHING
Indigo Patterning: Shibori & Resist at Topaz Farm - WildCraft Studio - June 10, 2026
Weaving in the Wild at Sosta House - WildCraft Studio - June 11, 2026
Indigo Patterning: Shibori & Resist at Topaz Farm - WildCraft Studio - June 24, 2026