Tamara Rafkin - Selected Exhibition History
Born 1970 North Carolina, United States of America
Lives and works in Belgium.

Museum Exhibitions

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.

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.


Solo Exhibitions

2005
“Ninty9 to 2thousand5” Soho Studios. New York N.Y.

1995
“Tamara Rafkin” The Lowe Gallery. Atlanta Ga.


Group Exhibitions

2010
“Photographs by Michael Chia,Luc Dratwa and Tamara Rafkin” US Department of State European Media Center , US Embassy. Brussels Belgium.
“ARTist@WORK” ArtyParty met De Werf Cultuurcentrum. Aalst Belgium.

2008
“Aalst Salon 2008” De Werf and Belfort Crypte. Aalst Belgium.
"Urban Space" Curators: Wooloo Independent Curator Program. Traveling Exhibition. CVS Cultural Center. New York N.Y.
 
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.

1990
“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

“Saatchi Online Weekly Top 10 Chosen By Rebecca Wilson: May 30 – June 4, 2011” Saatchionline.com 2011.
"De Galerij:Slaap Zacht" Goedele. Belgium. December 2009.
“Salon Aalst 08” Exhibition Catalogue. City of Aalst Belgium in conjunction with Cultural Division of the Flemish Government. May 2008.
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.
 “Roaring Twenties: Tamara Rafkin” Atlanta Journal and Constitution. July 1995.

Awards

5th Annual International Color Photography Masters Cup. Still Life Category-Nominee. London, UK. 2011.
PX3 Prix de Fotografie Paris Honorable Mention. Paris, France. 2008

Art Fairs & Related Activities

Brussels Accessible Art Fair. Curator: Stephanie Manasseh. Brussels Belgium. 2009 & 2010 .
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 – Curator The Lowe Gallery, 1994/96. Silent Auction- Curator Taboo, 1991/92/93/95. Atlanta Ga.

Projects, Presentations & Workshops

ARTist@WORK: Kunst ontdekken rondom jou. Workshops by Tamara Rafkin, in relation to the exhibit ARTist@WORK in coordination with the Cultural Department of Aalst Belgium. 2010.
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
Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Summer 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