Tamara Tolkin

tamaratolkin.com

3551 Canyon Ridge Dr

Altadena, CA 91001


EDUCATION

Fort Myers High School, 1978

1977 to present

part-time classes at the following institutions

Edison Community College, Fort Myers, FL

LA Community College

LA Valley Collage, CA

Otis, Los Angeles, CA

Art Center, Pasadena, CA

Pasadena City College, CA

Artist Boot-Camp, CA

Molten Metal Works, CA

AWARDS

1st Place Pasadena City College Annual Art Student Exhibit

BUSINESS

Tease, Retail Store, August 1984 - 1995

Zinnia, Retail Store & Art Gallery, June 2004 - 2012

PUBLICATIONS

Los Angeles Magazine Aug 2001

“Best of LA” LA Magazine August 2012

“Best of Pasadena” July 20, 2012

“Bury Doubt Under Worry” Inspirational Quotes by Leslie Riley, 

Somerset Studios,  2010

MEDIA

Summer 2008, “How to Dry and Preserve Roses” HGTV 

October 2012, “Thats Clever” DIY Channel


EXHIBITS

1994 February, “Heartbreak”, Zinnia, South Pasadena, CA 

2009 April, “Tattered and Tangled Garden Party”, Zinnia, South Pasadena, CA

2010 October, “Cirque de Bizarre," Zinnia, South Pasadena. CA

2012 February, “Petite Valentine”, Zinnia, South Pasadena, CA 

2012 June, “350 Environment”, Zinnia, South Pasadena, Ca 

2015 February, “Stitch Fetish 3”, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2016 June, “Boots on the Ground”, Mid-City Art House, Los Angeles, CA

2017 March, “Sea Of Art”, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2017 September, “Neighborhood Girls”, The Hive Gallery CA 

2017 October, “Stitch Fetish” Center for Sex and Culture, San Fransisco, CA

2018 March, “Valentine: The Subversive” , Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA

2018 August, “Tiny ELEPHANT Giant MOUSE”, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2018 September, ‘Solo Exhibit”, California Girls, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019 January, “Best of the Hive” 14th Year, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019 January, “LA Art Show” BG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019 February, “Stitch Fetish 7”, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019 March, “Depth of Flesh”, Solship, Los Angeles, CA

2019 July, “Pulse of LA”, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2019 September, “Material and Method Exhibition”, Textile Arts Los Angeles, CA

2019 October, “The Coaster Show #7”,  Gallery 30 South, Pasadena, CA

2020 January, “LA Art Show” BG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2020 January, “Hive Tarot 10” The Empress, Hive Gallery, LA CA

2020 February, The LA Art Show, BG Gallery, LA CA

2020 August, I of LA a Group Exh of LA Top Emerging Artist, Mash Gallery, LA CA

2020 October “The Coaster Show”. Gallery 30 South, Pasadena, CA

2021 April “The 16th Anniversary show” Hive Gallery, LA CA

2021 June 2021, “Rising Stars of LA Pt2, Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA

2021 July 2021 “The Second Half (50 Years & Older), Las Laguna Art Gallery, LA CA

2021 September, “Trickster & Transformation”, Textile Arts of LA, Helms Bakery, LA CA