Tamara KOSTIANOVSKY

Tamara Kostianovsky was born in 1974 in Jerusalem, Israel and grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the National School of Fine Arts “Prilidiano Pueyrredón” in Buenos Aires (1998), and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (2003).

Born in 1974 in Jerusalem, Israel. Lives and work in New York. 

EDUCATION

2003
- MFA, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1998
- BFA, Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “Prilidiano Pueyrredon”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

SOLO SHOWS (selection)

2023
- Tropical Abattoir, RX & SLAG, Paris, France
- Botanical Revolution, The Baker Museum-Artis, Naples, FL 
- Renewal : Sculptures, Denver Botanic Gardens (commissaire Lisa Eldred)

2022  
- Grafted Garden, Slag Gallery, NYC

2021
- Fibrous Landscapes, Galerie RX, Paris
- Between Wounds and Folds, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY 
- Tamara Kostianovsky: Savage Legacy, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Mass

2017
- To Prevent Bad Luck, Y Gallery, NY

2015
- Relic, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
- After Goya, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

2011
- Seeing Red, Magrorocca Galleria, Milan, Italy
- Stains, Slag Gallery, NY

2008
- Actus Reus, Black and White Gallery, NY

2006
- Diaspora, Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Philadelphia, PA

2004
- Hair-Map, University of the Arts, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA    
                 
2001
- Phantasmata, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

GROUP SHOWS (selection)

2022
- Arbres, Les Franciscaines Centre dArt, Deauville, FR
- Nature, Slag & RX Galleries, NYC/Paris

2021
- Coton, Dissonances Artistiques, Musée de Textile de Cholet, Cholet, FR
- Life, Death, Justice, OCA-Ogden Contemporary Arts, Ogden, UT
- If You Lived Here, You'd be Home by Now, Wassaic Project, NY
- Everyday Magic: Artistic/Gnostic Impulses, National Arts' Club, NY

2020 
- Rooted, Trees in Contemporary Art, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA   
- Inside Art, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, NY           
                                                      
2019
- Woven Walls, Morgan Lehman Gallery, NY           
- Arcadia Earth, The First Immersive Augmented Reality Journey through Planet Earth, NY
- Off Menu: Contemporary Art About Food, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA       
- Feast and Famine, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, NJ               
- Ficciones, Bienal Sur, Centro Cultural Paco Urondo, Buenos Aires, Argentina             
- Fauna of Mirrors, LIU, Brooklyn NY           
                                                             
2016
- Natural Resistance, Y Gallery, NY
- Weave Wars, Indianapolis Art Center, IN

2014
- El Museo Starter Kit, El Museo del Barrio, NY
- Apocryphal Times, Friedman Benda Gallery, NY

2013
- Voces y Visiones, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
- Nourritures Premiers, Maison&Object, Paris Nord Villepinte, Paris, France  
- Vista, Plans and Cultural Landscapes, University of Maryland, MD

2010
- Consume, Exit Art, NY
- Hair Tactics, Jersey City Museum, NJ

2009
- Reinventing Ritual, The Jewish Museum, NY
- Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, NY

2007
- The (S) Files 007/ El Museo’s Bienal, El Museo del Barrio, NY

2006
- Wild Girls, Exit Art, NY

2005
- Other America, Exit Art, NY

2003
- The L Factor, Exit Art, NY

AWARDS, HONORS & RESIDENCIES

2022
- Sustainable Arts Foundation Award
- Artist-in-Residence, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
- Puffin Foundation Grant

2021
- Yaddo Artist Residence, NY

2015
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Process Space, Governors Island, NY

2012
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, NY
- Franconia Sculpture Park/Jerome Foundation Fellowship, MN

2010
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, NY

2009
- New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship, NY
- Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, NY
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Swing Space, NY 2009 Artist Alliance Visual Arts Residency, NY

2008
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, NY 2008 Cisneros-Fontanals Foundation (CIFO), Finalist, FL
- Visiting Artist Program, School of Visual Arts, NY

2005
- Pew Fellowships in the Arts, Finalist, Philadelphia, PA
- Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, SOS Grant, Philadelphia, PA