Exhibitions
TAMARA KOSTIANOVSKY
Cheekwood / 1200 Forrest Park Dr. April 26 - June 15th
Tamara Kostianovsky
Kostianovsky’s sculptural installations, often crafted from discarded textiles, are both intimate and tactile, transforming personal materials like old clothes and linens into surreal forms. Her work combines realism and surrealism, often evoking themes of vulnerability, ecology, and the environment. Through her careful manipulation of fabric, stitches, and textures, Kostianovsky continually reinvents her practice, creating dynamic works that explore memory, nature, and renewal.
She has presented solo exhibitions at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, France; The Baker Museum, FL; Denver Botanic Gardens, CO; Smack Mellon, NY; Fuller Craft Museum, MA; Ogden Contemporary Arts, UT, SLAG&RX Gallery, NY and Paris and many others. She is the recipient of distinguished awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship, and grants from NYFA, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and The Virginia Groot Foundation. Her work has been reviewed in publications such as The New York Times, Art in America, The Wall Street Journal, Madame le Figaro, Liberation, Colossal, and Hyperallergic.
Kostianovsky received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the National School of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1998), and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (2003).
Image: Photographed by JC Cancedda. Courtesy of SLAG&RX Gallery and the artist.
