Tamara KOSTIANOVSKY

Tamara Kostianovsky is an Argentine-American artist based in New York whose work explores themes related to the environment, violence and consumer society, often using second-hand clothing to create installations and sculptures that are both visceral and delicate. Through a play on contrasts between gentleness and aggression, her installations highlight the nuances of violence that exist between personal experience and its normalisation on a social and ecological scale, suggesting the almost overly comfortable intimacy of human culture with violence towards all living species.
Kostianovsky obtained his BFA from the Prilidiano Pueyrredón National School of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina, followed by a Master of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, USA.

Her work has been exhibited at institutions such as the Royal Academy in London; the Brooklyn Museum in New York; the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris; the Cheekwood Museum in Tennessee; the Baker Museum in Florida; the Denver Botanic Gardens in Colorado; Smack Mellon in New York; the Fuller Craft Museum in Massachusetts; Ogden Contemporary Arts in Utah; UMOCA in Utah; El Museo del Barrio in New York; the Jewish Museum in New York; the Nevada Museum of Art; the Musée du Textile et de la Mode in France; the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff, Alberta; the Newport Art Museum in Rhode Island; the Kunsthalle Trier in Germany; Les Franciscaines Art Centre in France; the Staten Island Museum of Art in New York; the 21C Museum in Kentucky; and the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
Kostianovsky is the recipient of prestigious awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Virginia A. Groot Foundation and the Sustainable Arts Foundation. 

Born in 1974 in Buenos-Aires, Argentina, of Argentine-American nationality ; Lives and works in New York, USA.


EDUCATION

1998
- Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the National School of Fine Arts “Prilidiano Pueyrredón” in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2003
- Master of Fine Arts degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA. 


SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection) 

2025
- Cheekwood, Estate and Gardens, Nashville, USA. 
2024
- La chair du monde, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, France.
2023
- Tropical Abattoir, RX&SLAG, Paris, France.
- Botanical Revolution, The Baker Museum, Naples, Italy and Miami, USA.
- Renewal : Sculptures, Denver Botanic Gardens, curator Lisa Eldred, Denver, USA
- Mesmering Flesh, Ogden Contemporary art, Ogden, Utah, USA.
2022
- Grafted Garden, SLAG Gallery, New York, USA.
2021
- Fibrous Landscapes, RX Gallery, Paris, France.
- Between Wounds and Folds, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York, USA.  
- Tamara Kostianovsky : Savage Legacy, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA.
2017
- To Prevent Bad Luck, Y Gallery, New York, USA.
2015
- Relic, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
- After Goya, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, USA.
2011
- Seeing Red, Magrorocca Galleria, Milan, Italy.
- Stains, SLAG Gallery, New York, USA.
2008
- Actus Reus, Black and White Gallery, New York, USA.
2006
- Diaspora, Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
2004
- Hair-Map, University of the Arts, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.    
2001
- Phantasmata, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2025
- The Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK. 
2024
- Menagerie of Disappearances, The Whythe Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
- Waste not, Want not : craft in the Anthropocene, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA.
- The Brooklyn artists exhibition, Brooklyn Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA. 
- Rule of Five, SLAG&RX, New York, USA. 
2023
- Arboreal, Skidmore College, New York, USA.
- Beyond the Margins, An Exploration of Latina Art and Identity, Blue Galleries at Boise State University, Idaho, USA.
- Le Grand Carnage, Kunsthalle Trier, Germany.
2022
- Beyond the Margins, An Exploration of Latina Art and Identity, Utah Museum of Contemporary, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- Social Fabric : Textiles and Contemporary Issues, Newport Art Museum, Rhode Island, USA.
- If Tomorrow Comes, BravinLee Programs, New York, USA.
- Vous êtes un arbres !, Les Franciscaines Centre d’Art, Deauville, France.
- Nature, SLAG Gallery and RX Gallery, New York, USA and Paris, France.
2021
- Stains, SLAG Gallery, New York, USA.
- Life, Death, Justice, Ogden Contemporary Arts - OCA, Ogden, Utah, USA.
- Vida, Muerte, Justicia (Life, death and Justice), Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA.
- Coton, Dissonances Artistiques, Musée du Textile, Cholet, France.
- If You Lived Here, You'd be Home by Now, Wassaic Project, New York, USA.
- Everyday Magic : Artistic/Gnostic Impulses, National Arts' Club, New York, USA.
2020
- Rooted, Trees in Contemporary Art, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California, USA.
- Inside Art, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, USA.
- Back to the Source, Wave Hill Gardens, Bronx, New York, USA.
2019
- Woven Walls, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, USA.
- Arcadia Earth, The First Immersive Augmented Reality Journey through Planet Earth, New York, USA.
- Off Menu: Contemporary Art About Food, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
- Feast and Famine, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.
- Ficciones, Bienal Sur, Centro Cultural Paco Urondo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Fauna of Mirrors, Long Island University - LIU, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
2016
- Natural Resistance, Y Gallery, New York, USA.
- Weave Wars, Indianapolis Art Center, Indiana, USA.
2014
- El Museo Starter Kit, El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA.
- Apocryphal Times, Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, USA.
2013
- Voces y Visiones, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, USA.
- Nourritures Premiers, Maison&Object, Paris Nord Villepinte, Paris, France.
- Vista, Plans and Cultural Landscapes, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA.
2010
- Consume, Exit Art, New York, USA.
- Hair Tactics, Jersey City Museum, New Jersey, USA.
2009
- Reinventing Ritual, The Jewish Museum, New York, USA.
- Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, USA.
2007
- The (S) Files 007/ El Museo’s Bienal, El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA.
2006
- Wild Girls, Exit Art, New York, USA.
2005
- Other America, Exit Art, New York, USA.
2003
- The L Factor, Exit Art, New York, USA.


AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2024
- Artist-in-Residence, L’AiR Arts, Cité Falguière, Paris, France.
2023
- NYFA Sculpture, Finalist.
- The Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award.
2022
- Sustainable Arts Foundation Award.
- Yaddo Artist-in-Residence, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA.
- Puffin Foundation Grant.
2021
- Foundation for Contemporary Art Grant, New York, USA.
- Yaddo Artist Residence, New York, USA.
2018
- Winter Workspace, Wave Hill gardens, New York, USA.
2015
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Process Space, Governors Island, New York, USA.  
2012
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA
- Franconia Sculpture Park/Jerome Foundation Fellowship, Minnesota, USA.
2010
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, New York, USA.
- New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship, New York, USA.
- Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, USA.
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Swing Space, New York, USA.
- Artist Alliance Visual Arts Residency, New York, USA.
2008
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA.
- Cisneros-Fontanals Foundation - CIFO, Finalist, Florida, USA.
- Visiting Artist Program, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA. 
2005
- Pew Fellowships in the Arts, Finalist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, SOS Grant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.