Tamara English

Tamara English is an award winning American artist whose work explores themes of reenchantment and the buoyancy that arises through connecting with what has sacred meaning. Tamara English’s work has been exhibited throughout the US and internationally including at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the New York Armory, the US Embassy in RIga, Latvia and the Seattle Art Museum. She holds a BFA in painting from Pacific Northwest College of Art. Her work has been written about in PORT, Pacific Dissent Magazine, Hyperallergic and Oakland Art Enthusiast. She has been awarded grants and projects from the Regional Art and Culture Council and the Ford Family Foundation, and was was awarded a Golden Spot artist residency at Playa Summerlake in Oregon. Her paintings have appeared in the television series “Portlandia,” and in the documentary “Art: PDX” about Portland artists. She is represented by Caplan Art Designs in Portland, Addington Gallery in Chicago. and online at SIngulart. Her work is widely collected and represented in many collections, including the collections of Lock Haven University, the City of Portland Portable Works, Columbia Sportswear, and a former US president. English lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

BFA Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon USA

Selected Exhibitions

2023 (Wilds Within) Oregon Magical Realists, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR

2022 Recent Work, Caplan Art Designs, Portland, OR

2021 All The Lights, Treat Gallery, New York, NY

Group Exhibition, Caplan Art Designs, Portland, OR

2020 Art Makes History Museum of the Oregon Territory, Oregon City, OR

Group Exhibition, Caplan Art Designs, Portland, OR

2019 In God We Trust: Reflections on Religion in America, curated by Nezka Pfeifer, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI

Group Exhibition, Caplan Art Designs, Portland, OR

2018 New Work, New Artists, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Majesty, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR

2017 Four From Portland, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, Caplan Art Designs, Portland, OR

2016 The Worlds Inside, John F. Sloan Gallery at Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA
PNCA Alumni Exhibition, curated by MK Guth, Pacific Northwest College Of Art,
Portland, OR
The Pull Of Repetition, curated by Mark R. Smith, North View Gallery at Portland
Community College, Portland, OR
Transference, curated by Mark and Rae Mahaffey, Autzen Gallery at Portland State
University, Portland, OR
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