TAMARA NATALIE MADDEN
1975 - 2017
Born in Jamaica
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2015-18
United States Embassy, Bamako, Mali
2015
Zucot Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
2014
Just Lookin’ Gallery, Hagerstown MD
2012
Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2011
Avisca Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009
Delta Arts Center, Winston-Salem, NC
2008
Avisca Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006
Apache Café, Atlanta, GA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
“Diaspora Calling!” Curated by Lauryn Hill in Partnership with MoCada Museum, Haiti Cultural Exchange, and Nader Haitian Art, Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, New York
2015
“Passages (Fade to Black III)”, Miami Art Basel, Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts (MOCADA) Brooklyn, NY & International Visions Gallery, Washington D.C
“Sheroes & Womanists” Howard University, Washington D.C.
2014
Charity Auction, West Las Vegas Art Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
2013
“NEWSFEED: Anonymity & Social Media in African Revolutions and Beyond”, Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts (MOCADA) Brooklyn, NY
“Visions of our 44th President” Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI
Harlem Fine Arts Show, Avisca Fine Art, Harlem, NY
2012
“NEWSFEED: Anonymity & Social Media in African Revolutions and Beyond”, Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts (MOCADA) Brooklyn, NY
“Visions of our 44th President” Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI
2011
“Shout: A Celebration of Gospel Music”, Avisca Fine Art, Atlanta GA
“A Diversity of Colours” Catherine Kelleghan Gallery, Buckhead, GA
“Beauties and Birds”, Catherine Kelleghan Gallery, Buckhead, GA
“Women’s Wisdom: Brushes and Bronze”, Tamara Natalie Madden, Hagerstown, MD
“Material World, Spiritual World”, Hollywood CA
“Harlem Fine Arts Show” Avisca Fine Art, Harlem, NY
“Made in America: An African American Fine Art Perspective” Evolve The Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2010
“Signs, Symbols & Words” International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
“A Woman’s Work: 20 emerging and mid-career women artists”, Avisca Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
“International Brushstrokes: An Artistic Tapestry of World Cultures by Artists of African Descent”, The UBS LEAD 2010 Black History Month Art Exhibition, Stamford, CT
“Drawn Together” Avisca Fine art gallery, NY, NY
2009
“Art off the Main” African, Caribbean & Latin American Art Fair, Online Exhibition
“Cooperative” Pounder-Kone Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
“Island Views: Roslyn Berot-Burns, Julio Ferrer, Tamara Natalie Madden”, Spence Gallery, Toronto, ON Canada
“Three Sisters”, Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY (catalogue)
13th Annual Black Fine Art Show, SoHo, NY (catalogue)
2008
“Art Off The Main”, Contemporary Art Fair NYC, SoHo, NY
Caribbean Exhibition, Serengeti Gallery, Washington, DC
12th Annual Black Fine Art Show, SoHo, NY (catalogue)
2007
“Civil Rights-Civil Wrongs”, Just Lookin’ Gallery, Hagerstown, MD
African American Fine Art Show, Chicago, IL
“Masterful Mix”, Hammonds House Galleries, Atlanta, GA
11th Annual Black Fine Art Show, SoHo, NY (catalogue)
2006
Philadelphia Art Expo, October Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Sister’s Speak”, Just Lookin’ Art Gallery, MD
National Black Fine Art Show, SoHo, New York (catalogue)
Atlanta Youth Academy Benefit Auction, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA (catalogue)
2005
Philadelphia Art Expo, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Legacy Fine Art Show, Upper Marlboro, MD (catalogue)
“Off the Main”, Contemporary African Caribbean and Latin American Art, NY, NY, (catalogue)
“Masterful Mix”, Hammonds House Galleries, Atlanta, GA
“Journey From Africa”, Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2004
Kappa Auction for the Crimson Foundation, Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Youth Academy Art Auction, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA (catalogue)
“Untitled Exhibition”, Loftstyle Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections”an electronic exhibition of feminist art in conjunction with the National Women’s Studies Conference, University of Wisconsin Union Art Gallery and Midwest Express Center, Milwaukee, WI (catalogue)
2003
“This Joint is Jumpin”, Miller Park, Milwaukee, WI
“JuJu”, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
“Pure Black”, UW-Milwaukee Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (catalogue)
African-American Exhibition, Alfons Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin Aids Fund, Gallery TBA (To Benefit Aids), Milwaukee, WI
“Yearning for the Sea: The Inner Voyage in Folk Art”, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI (catalogue)
2002
“Wisconsin Visions: A Journey of Wisconsin Self Taught”, Outsider & Folk Art, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
“Untitled Exhibition”, Funky Art World Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
“Artists Noir DuJour”, Black Artists of the Day, Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin Aids Fund, Gallery TBA to Benefit Aids, Milwaukee, WI
2001
“Love: A Hot Colored Passion”, Ardent Studio Music Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
GRANT
2008
Puffin Foundation Individual Grant for Project: Never Forgotten
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015
Okay Africa, Fade to Black: On the State of Artists of Color at Art Basel: <http://www.okayafrica.com/news/fade-to-black-art-basel-miami>
Okay Africa, Okayafrica heads to Art Basel Miami Beach for FADE to BLACK III: <http://www.okayafrica.com/news/fade-to-black-3-art-basel-miami-beach/>
Interviewing the Caribbean, Opal Palmer Adisa, 2015
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Artist’s portraits give insights to life in Jamaica: <http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2015/06/14/Tamara-Natalie-Madden-portraits-give-insights-to-life-in-Jamaica/stories/201506100017>
CBS Pittsburgh, Tamara Natalie Madden stops by to talk about Gallery Crawl”: <http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/video/11424241-pittsburgh-cultural-trust-spring-gallery-crawl/>
Pittsburgh Tribune Live, Art review: Gianna Paniagua and Tamara Natalie Madden at Penn Galleries: <http://triblive.com/aande/museums/8256881-74/madden-says-paniagua#axzz3d3BsXkWx>
2014
MSNBC’s The Grio, 40 Amazing Black Artists to Watch, January
Visionary Artists Magazine, Tamara Natalie Madden: Women Warriors, December
African and Afro-Diaspora Art Talks (AADAT), Tamara Natalie Madden: Images of a Goddess: <http://aadatart.com>
2013
Heart and Soul Magazine, Finding Peace (self-written), October
Open Gallery Magazine, Collecting her Story, Volume 2, Issue 1, March
The Morning News, The Guardians, www.themorningnews.org, March
2012
Rolling Out Magazine, June 2012
2011
Art Galleries and Artists of the South, June
McDonalds 365Black, <365Black.com>
2010
Gallery offers new outlet to artists, North American Gleaner, February Issue
2009
Interview by Tiesha Henderson, Upscale Magazine, The Dreamer, December Issue
Interview by Jamaicans.com, Jamaican Painter: Tamara Natalie Madden, October
A Soaring Spirit: Artist overcame kidney disease to fulfill her creative dream, Winston‑Salem Journal, July
Food for Thought in Uneven Show: One artist rises above in three-women exhibit at Community Folk Art Center, The Syracuse Post-Standard, April
Macy’s Ad (Black History Month), New York Times-International, February
2006
One Artist’s Second Chance, Fox 5 Atlanta, May
Review, Everyday Survivors, Atlanta Journal Constitution, May
2004
Review, After Poverty and Illness, Artist Paints to Survive, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June
2003
Review, Overcoming Obstacles, Madden Paints On, OnMilwaukee.com, April
2002
Interview, Black Nouveau, Milwaukee Public Television, November
PUBLICATION
2016
Pompey Museum, From Slavery to Independence: The Struggle for Freedom in The Bahamas
2013
Heart & Soul Magazine, Finding Peace (self-written) Oct
Prism Magazine, May/June
Pearson Education Ltd. Cape Caribbean Studies
Loyola Press, Confirmed in the Spirit (CIS) Year 2
2012
Prism Magazine, Walking on the Edge for the Lord, Nov/Dec
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Charles Wright Museum, Detroit, Michigan, MI
Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
The Mother Kathryn Daniels Community Center, Milwaukee, WI
Vanderbilt University – The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, Nashville, TN
Vanderbilt University – The History Department, Nashville, TN
Vanderbilt University – Bishop Joseph Johnson’s Black Cultural Center, Nashville, TN
Vanderbilt University – Women and Gender Studies Department, Nashville, TN
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Sylvana Simons & Roland Kahn, Amsterdam, NL
Danny Simmons, NY
Josh Wainwright, NY
Curtis Jacobs, Harlem, NY
Denene Milner-Chiles, Atlanta, GA
CCH Pounder, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Akua Naru, Album Cover: The Miner’s Canary, 2015
ARC Worldwide, McDonald’s Black History Month Project, 2011
Black Art in America, Tribute to Oprah Winfrey Book-Cover Artist, 2011
The Yes Men Corp., Milwaukee, WI
Alverno College (Billboard), Milwaukee, WI