Tamara has always been inspired by how people, cultures, emotions and places are intertwined. Having grown up in Charleston, SC, she has lived in many areas of the United States and in Belgium connecting her to the inside and outside of a culture concurrently that has influenced her artwork.
Over the course of her art career she has worked primarily photographically while also creating artist books, mixed media and assemblage works that have found their way into many collectors’ homes internationally. Over the last decade she has also added ceramic work to her repertoire and is always looking at ways to combine the materials she works with in her art practice.
While continually working as an exhibiting artist, Tamara has also pursued a commercial photographic career doing mostly editorial photography for the entertainment industry. Her work has been published in various locations such as VIBE, Spin and Detour Magazine, with McGraw Hill Publishing, for Interscope Records and Warner Music; as well as for the entertainment news of the Flemish Radio and Television Network in Belgium from 2008-2015.
Tamara’s artworks have been exhibited across three continents, with exhibitions recently in New York City, The Hudson Valley, NY and in Miami, Fla. During September of 2020 she premiered her first performance /installation work: ‘Dust to Dust, a transformational space for mourning’, in Newburgh NY. She is currently honored to be one of 11 Belgian Artists being exhibited in 2021/22 “Art at the Residency” of the Belgian Consulate General to the USA in NYC.
