For the period 2005-2009, Tamara participated in the Gowanus Artists Annual Studio Tour, an open-studio event in Brooklyn, New York. Each year, Tamara presented new work in her studio:
2009, Entwine + Drawings, watercolors on paper
2008, Chambers, large scale watercolor paintings on paper;
2007, A Ruched Life, installation;
2006, Outta My Gourd, installation;
2005, Around the Corner, paintings on wood panels.
Selected exhibitions included work shown at the NurtureArt Curated Benefit (NY 2009), Around the Corner, a solo show at Tillies of Brooklyn (2007), Organization of Independent Artists at the Police Building (NY, 1994), Castelli Graphics (NY, 1983), Max Hutchinson Gallery (NY, 1981), the Anderson Gallery (Richmond, VA, 1980), 1708 Gallery (Richmond, VA, 1980), and the Everson Museum (Syracuse, NY, 1976).
From 1982 to 1999, Tamara was a founding partner at Smart Design, the New York industrial and graphic design firm. Smart Design is best known for its award-winning kitchen gadgets, Oxo Good Grips, which can be found in both Target and the MOMA design collection.
She earned a Master of Fine Arts in painting at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1980 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting at Syracuse University in 1976.
Tamara was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1953. Brooklyn has been her home since 2005 and she recently moved her studio to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
