Tamara Rafkin
Born 1970 North Carolina, United States of America
Lives and works in Belgium.
Selected Exhibition History
Solo Exhibitions
2005
“Ninty9 to 2thousand5” Soho Studios. New York N.Y.
1995
“Tamara Rafkin” The Lowe Gallery. Atlanta Ga.
Museum Exhibitions
2002
“Fish Out of Water/Architecture Against Blue Skies, Works by Joe Chirchillo and Tamara Rafkin”. The Brooklyn Center for
Urban Environments. Prospect Park, Brooklyn N.Y.
1999
“Requiem: Living Artists Eulogize a Dying Century” Curators: Taboo. Nexus Contemporary Art Center. Atlanta Ga.
1996
“Post-Olympia, or How We Spent The Summer of 1996” Curator: Lisa Tuttle . The 1996 Arts Festival of Atlanta Bathhouse
Exhibition. Atlanta Ga.
1995
“Landscape, Memory, and Identity: Still More Stories from the World We Live In” Curator: Jerry Cullum. The 1995 Arts
Festival of Atlanta King Plow Arts Center Exhibition. Atlanta Ga.
1994
"Electric Blanket : AIDS Projection Project” High Museum of Art. Atlanta Ga.
1990
“La Grange National XV” Curator: Kathleen McCarthy Gauss. Lamar Dobb Art Center La Grange College. LaGrange Ga.
Group Exhibitions
2007
"Urban Space" Curators: 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.
“Tamara Rafkin – Marianne Begaux Photographs” The American Women’s Club of Belgium. Rhode St. Genése Belgium.
2004
“Play” Momus Gallery. Atlanta Ga.
2003
“Third Year Anniversary” Momus Gallery. Atlanta Ga.
“Humanity: Divine Inspiration” Curator: Courtney Maier. Two 07 Art Gallery. New York N.Y.
2002
“Ray Charles White; Tamara Rafkin” Momus Gallery. Atlanta Ga.
“Momus Gallery Artists” Momus Gallery. Atlanta Ga.
2001
“Water” Curator: Barbara Braathan. River Gallery. Narrowsburg N.Y.
2000
“On Display” Bell South Corporate Gallery. Atlanta Ga.
“Tamara Rafkin, Ev Stone, Toon: A Group Show” Trimaxion Fine Art. Long Island City N.Y.
1999
“Environments” The Centennial Building. Atlanta Ga.
1997
“Atlanta Artists” Positive Space the Gallery. New Orleans La.
1993
“Grand Salon” Bella Museo Gallery. Atlanta Ga.
1991
“It’s a Small Christmas” Curated by Taboo. Atlanta Arts Exchange. Atlanta Ga.
“Passio Relatus: E. Graeme Tucker and Tamara Rafkin. A Two Woman Show” Gallery 100 Woodruff Arts Center. Atlanta Ga.
1990
“The Earth Factory Show” Hastings Seed Building. Atlanta Ga.
“Dealing with Death: Expressions of Mourning for Friends Lost to AIDS” Traveling Exhibition. X ART Gallery. New Orleans La.
New Visions Gallery. Atlanta Ga.
Selected Bibliography
Bird, Cathy. “Environmental elements: Centennial Tower home to a new art space, for now.” Creative Loafing,
Atlanta Ga. May 19, 1999.
“Post -Olympia, or How We Spent The Summer of 1996”. Exhibition Catalogue. Arts Festival of Atlanta 1996.
“Landscape, Memory, and Identity: Still More Stories from the World We Live In.” Exhibition Catalogue.
Arts festival of Atlanta 1995.
Matis, Gretchen. “Last Chance” Atlanta Journal and Constitution. July 28, 1995.
“Roaring Twenties: Tamara Rafkin” Atlanta Journal and Constitution. July 1995.
Related Activities
Postcards From the Edge, A Benefit for Visual AIDS.James Cohen Gallery. New York City N.Y. 2007
Art Papers Magazine. Auction- Invited artist. Atlanta Georgia.2004/05/06
Contact 2003 A Silent Photo Auction for ARVD. Invited Artist. New York City, N.Y. 2003.
ArtCare. Live Auction – Curated by The Lowe Gallery, 1994/96. Silent Auction- Curated by Taboo,
1991/92/93/95.Atlanta Ga.
Projects and Presentations
Media2Politic, http//:www.media2politic.com .Curated / created by Stephanie Jeanjean and Roderick Graham.
The Graduate Center NYC.NY. 2006
Artist Lecture Series, Bell South Communications. Bell South Center. Atlanta Ga. 2000
Luncheon Lecture Series. The Centennial Building. Atlanta Ga.1999.
Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, High School Summer Program :Tamara Rafkin visiting artist. Atlanta Ga. 1997.
Atlanta College of Art, Summer Pre-College Program: Tamara Rafkin visiting artist. Atlanta Ga. 1997.
Post Olympia or How We Spent the Summer of 1996: Artist Lecture Series.1996 Atlanta Arts Festival. Atlanta, Ga. 1996.
Education
Atlanta College of Art. BFA. 1987- 1991. Atlanta Ga. USA
New York Fashion Institute of Technology. 1986. New York City, N.Y. USA
S.C. Governor’s School for the Arts. Furman University.1986. Greenville S.C. USA
Collections
List of collectors available upon request.
Contact Information
Web: http://www.tamararafkin.com / email: rafkin.photo@gmail.com
Belgium. +32 (0)48 407 8028
USA +1 347 408 0689