Mara Lonner received her BFA and MFA from the California Institute of the Arts.
Her multidisciplinary work blurs distinctions between the organic and the geometric, often weaving together botanical forms, architectural fragments, and ruins to explore themes of extinction, resilience, and the poetics of natural systems.

She taught at the University of California, Irvine for over two decades and has also held teaching positions at CalArts and Long Beach City College. Lonner is a two-time recipient of the Durfee Foundation ARC Grant and has received a California Arts Council Grant. She has been awarded residencies at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation and the Theodore Payne Foundation.

Exhibitions include the University Art Gallery at New Mexico State University, LA Valley College Art Gallery, Jancar Gallery, Cue Art Foundation (NY), LAXART, Descanso Gardens, and collaborative projects with Kim Schoenstadt at UICA (Grand Rapids), LAX, and more. Her permanent public art projects can be seen in La Puente, the San Fernando Valley, and the LAX/Crenshaw Metro Line.

She currently lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.