Tamara Rafkin. American/Belgian. Lives and works in Fort Worth, Texas.
Select Exhibition History
Group Exhibitions
2024 Pivot: Works by Second-Year MFA candidates at UNT. Lewisville Grand Theater Gallery. Lewisville, TX.
63rd Annual Voertman Competition. Curated by Dr. Glenn Adamson. UNT College of Visual Art and Design Cora Stafford Gallery. Denton, TX.
2023 Another Gaze: Women Photographers of Hip Hop: Shelia Pee Bright, Julia Beverly, Carolyn Grady, Tamara Rafkin and Shelia Turner.Gallery 72, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. Atlanta, GA.
2022 The Narrative of Things: Shari Diamond, Norm Magnusson, Katherine Vance and Tamara Rafkin. Curated by Tamara Rafkin. Holland Tunnel Gallery Newburgh, NY.
2021 THE FIX: BECOMING VISIBLE. Curated by Chris Neyen and Dean Goldberg.Mount Saint Mary College CMA Gallery. Newburgh, NY.
Eleven Belgian Artists at the Residency, 2021 Invitational. Curated by Ambassador Frank Geerkens. Cultural Program of the Belgian Embassy to the US. New York, NY.
2020 Chrysalistasis. Curated by James Austin Murray. Lyons Wier Gallery. New York, NY.
2020 Vision. Curated by Judy Thomas and Paulien Lethen. Holland Tunnel Gallery. Newburgh, NY.
2019 ASMP NY at Aqua. Curated by Pamela Jean Tinnen, Aqua Art Fair. Miami, Fl.
2018 The ASMP NY Show: Members Spotlight. Curated by Daniel Aycock. Front Room Gallery. New York, NY.
2017 What the World Needs Now. Curated by Anita Arliss and Ruben Natal San-Miguel. Atlanta Celebrates Photography. B Complex Gallery. Atlanta, GA.
2010 Photographs by Michael Chia, Luc Dratwa and Tamara Rafkin. Curated by Stephanie Manasseh. European Media Center, US Embassy. US Department of State. Brussels, Belgium.
2009 The Accessible Art Fair. Curated by Stephanie Manasseh. Brussels, Belgium.
2008 Aalst Salon. De Werf and Aalst Belfort Crypte. Aalst, Belgium.
Urban Space. Curated by Llana Bessler, Randolph Albright, Sixten Kai Nielsen, and Martin Rosengaard. Wooloo Independent Curator Program. Traveling Exhibition. CVS Cultural Center. New York, NY.
2007 Urban Space. Curated by Llana Bessler, Randolph Albright, Sixten Kai Nielsen, and Martin Rosengaard. Wooloo Independent Curator Program. Traveling Exhibition. FotoRio-Oi Futuro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. New Life Shop. Berlin, Germany. Fotopub. Novo Mesto, Slovenia. Foto Arte. Brasilia, Brazil.
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Dust to Dust: A Transformational Work about Mourning. Holland Tunnel Gallery. Newburgh, NY.
Museum Exhibitions
2014 3rd International Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography. Municipal Heritage Museum. Malaga, Spain.
2010 Visual Arts Center of New Jersey 24th International Juried Exhibition. Curator: Susan Kismaric. Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. Summit N.J
2009 Truc Troc. BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts. Brussels. Brussels, Belgium.
Awards and Residencies
2023 Nominee. 50 Years of Hip Hop Category. Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards. London, England.
2014 Nominee. Fine Art Category. 7th Annual International Color Photography Masters Cup. New York, NY.
2012 Artist in Residence, OBRAS NL. OBRAS Foundation. Renkum, The Netherlands.
2011 Nominee. Still Life Category.5th Annual International Color Photography Masters Cup. New York, NY.
2008 Honorable Mention. Fine Art Category. PX3 Prix de Fotografie Paris. Paris, France.
Education
2023 MFA Candidate 2026 (expected completion date). University of North Texas. Denton, TX.
2015 DKO Ceramics. Academie Voor Beeldende Kunsten. Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen. Belgium.
1991 BFA. Atlanta College of Art. Atlanta, GA.
