Born: 1953, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
EDUCATION
1980 MFA, Painting, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
1976 BFA, Painting, magna cum laude, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
EXIBITIONS (& Internet ) solo and group selected
2010
The Drawing Center Curated Viewing Program , http://drawingcenter.org
2009
Nurtureart Benefit, juried group exhibition, Claire Oliver Gallery, NY
The Soap Factory $99 Benefit Sale, group, Minneapolis, MN
20x200, Jen Bekman Project, affordable art as limited edition artists prints,
http://www.20x200.com/email/edition-announcement-184-tamara-thomsen.html
White Columns Artists Curated Registry, http://www.whitecolumns.org
Nurtureart, August Featured Registry Artist http://www.nurtureart.org
Style Court, Courtney Barnes' blog focusing on decorative arts, books, art history and interior design http://stylecourt.blogspot.com
Flavorwire, a blog for cultural news and critique:
http://flavorwire.com/33089/affordable-art-tamara-thomsens-watercolor-chambers
Entwine, Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, solo in artist's studio, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Chambers, Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, solo in artist's studio, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Around the Corner, solo, Tillies of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
A Ruched Life, installation piece, Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, solo in artist's studio, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Outta My Gourd, installation piece, Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, solo in artist's studio, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Around the Corner, paintings on wood panels, Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, solo in artist's studio, Brooklyn, N
2004
Silent Auction Benefit, group, Art in General, New York, NY
1994
Paper Doll/Social Template, group exhibition, Organization of Independent Artists,
curated by Sally Heller, Police Building Gallery, New York
1983
Nimslo 3-D Photographs/Selected Artists, group, Castelli Graphics, New York
1982
Small Works, group, A.I.R. Gallery, New York
New Art by New York Artists, group, Milliken Gallery, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
1981
New Work, group, curated by Sally Heller, Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York
1980
Quick Cuts/Hot Flashes, 2-person exhibit with Heather Holden, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Occasional Tables/Vein of Iron, solo show, MFA thesis, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth, Richmond, VA
Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Exhibition, group, juried by Linda Cathcart, Austin, TX
1979
Patterns for Informal Dining, 2-person exhibit with Sally Heller, Richmond Artists Workshop, Richmond VA
Needing Dough – Making Bread, group, Woman’s Bank Gallery, Women’s Caucus for Art, Richmond, Virginia
From Boudoir to Boardroom, group, Richmond Public Library, Women’s Caucus for Art, Richmond, Virginia
1978
New Work, solo, Richmond Artists Workshop, Richmond, VA
1976
The Syracuse Show, group, juried by Clement Greenberg, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Other Visual Arts and Design Experience
2003-2004
Volunteer, New-York Historical Society, Prints and Photography, assisted in processing more than 2000 photographs of the early 20th century Pictorialist photographer, Doris Ulmann.
1982-1999
Shortly after graduate school, Thomsen moved from Richmond, Virginia, to
New York where she joined four friends, Tom Dair, Dan Formosa, Davin Stowell, and Tucker Viemeister in founding Smart Design, a renowned industrial and graphic design firm. With some 50 employees in 1999, it is now more than 100 employees with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Barcelona. Smart is best known for its Oxo Good Grips, kitchen gadgets which can be found in both Target and the MOMA design collection.
1993
Served on National Endowment for the Arts Design Grant Panel
1979-1980
At Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Virginia:
Adjunct Faculty, drawing and painting
Graduate Assistant, Art and Critical Theory Class
Moderator Panel Discussion, "Feminist Strategies in Art and Teaching"
Graduate Assistant, Anderson Gallery
