Education

Maryland Institute College of Art
MFA in Studio Art, Concentration in Photographic & Electronic Media, Critical Studies Certificate

New World School of the Arts | University of Florida
BFA in Photography, Minor in Art History, Cum Laude
BFA in Graphic Design, Cum Laude 


Exhibitions + Public Artworks

2025 (forthcoming)
To Rise Above Ruins | Riverside Art Museum (Curated by Lisa Henry & Dr. Catherine Gudis)

2024 (forthcoming)
Live from the Frontline (Curated by A People’s History of the IE) | California Museum of Photography
Site-Specific Installations Across the Inland Empire

2023
Climates of Inequality (Curated by Dr. Catherine Gudis) | Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Tamara Cedré: A Space Between Us (Curated by Merry Scully) | Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art @ CSUSB, San Bernardino, CA

2022
Un Corrido de la Tierra | Precarious Ecologies | Public Screening, University of Southern California

2021
A Space Between Us (Curated by Shelly Willis), A public art project exhibited in various sites across Southern California and online www.aspacebetweenus.org

2020
Habitat, (Curated by Liz Allen), Northlight Gallery @ Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Revelar, Recontar, Reclamar | Garcia Center for the Arts & The Little Gallery, San Bernardino, CA

2019
Tamara Cedré: Communities & Cultures (Curated by Lucie Foundation for Month of Photography), Los Angeles, CA
Myths of Photography and the American Dream (Curated by Christina Vassallo), Cleveland, OH
Latinx Photographers from LA to the Inland Empire (Curated by Tarrah Krajnak), at Pitzer College, Claremont, CA

2018
Recent Findings (Curated by Andrew Kensett), Darkroom Detroit, Detroit, MI

2017
Where I Come From (Curated by Hans Gindlesberger), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Citicien (Curated by Adrián Román) Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, NYC

2016
Alumni Invitational (Curated by Maria Martinez-Canas & Maggy Cuesta), UF/MDC Gallery, Miami, FL
Degrees of Separation (Curated by Kristen Kovak), SPACE, Pittsburgh, PA
History As I Know It (Curated by Kaitlynn Redell, Virginia Arce & Tiona McClodden), Los Angeles, CA | Philadelphia, PA

2014
30 Years on the Road (Curated by Edouard Duval-Carrié), Art Center South Florida, Miami, FL
Electric Walls (Curated by Malika Ali), OTGF Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2013
Florida Overtures & Undertones (Curated by Pat Greene), SNAP Gallery | Orlando, FL
Tamara Cedré: She Leaves Behind, Decker Gallery @ Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2012
LUX (Curated by Lynn Silverman), Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Homecoming (Curated by Michelle Gomez), Freedom Tower, Miami, FL
MICA Graduate Group Show, Pinkard Gallery @ Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Romantic Impulse (Curated by Todd Keyser), Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2011
Small Works, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna, FL
MICA Graduate Group Show, Fox Gallery @ Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2009
Bindings, Miami Dade College/New World Gallery, Miami, FL
Inside Out, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna, FL

2008
Fotoweek DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Emerging Talents, Editor’s Pick, Lensculture


Juried Publications

2019
The Sevens (Curated by Mark Alice Durant), Saint Lucy

2018
Recent Findings (Curated by Andrew Kensett), Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography
Transforming Anthropology (Curated by Dr. Hilda Llorens), American Anthropological Association


Residencies

2023
Artist-in-Residence at The Center for Photography at Woodstock

2021
Artist-in-Residence at Pitzer College /MSCI

2017
Community Arts University Without Walls, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
& Ohio State University in San Juan, PR

2009
Atlantic Center for the Arts /Associate Artist in Residence w/ Rineke Dijkstra

2005
Study Abroad/ Art History & Criticism in Cork, Ireland (Capital of Culture)

2003
NWSA Lincoln Road residency at South Florida Art Center


Grants &
Awards

2023
California Arts Council
Creative Corps Recipient as Advisor and Founder of “The Space” Community Zine Project
Creative Corps Recipient as Filmmaker for Un Corrido de la Tierra
Creative Corps Recipient as Lead Artist for “Live from the Frontline”

2022
Internews/ Listening Post Collective
Documentary Funding

2021
State of California, California Arts Council, Sierra Health Foundation
Public Art Project Funding for Your Actions Save Lives

2010-2014
Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Creative Citizenship
Merit Scholarship, Materials Grant

2009
The Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship
Residency+ Seed Funding

2002-2006
University of Florida/NWSA Presidential Scholarship
Frances Wolfson Scholarship
University of Florida Art Association Materials Grant



2021-present
Visiting Assistant Professor
Beginning/Intermediate Analog, Socially Engaged Photography and The Photo Book
Pitzer College, Claremont, CA

2017-present
California State University, San Bernardino, CA
Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Photography, History of Photography, Chicanx Art, Art & Activism, Socially Engaged Art, Sustaining a Life in the Arts

2019-2020
Chaffey College/California Institution for Women, Chino, CA
History of Photography

2017-2020
California Baptist University, Riverside, CA
Photography History, Photography & Social Engagement, Fine Art Photography

2015-2019
Riverside City College, Riverside, CA
Intermediate/Advanced Digital Photography, Beginning Analog Photography, Photographic Editing & Printing

2013-2017
Art Institute of Inland Empire, San Bernardino, CA
Contemporary Art History, Photography History, Foundations of Photography,
Upper Division Studies in Photography

Teaching



2023
Self Publishing as an Act of Resistance with Self Help Graphics | RAFFMA@ CSUSB | Forthcoming
Artist Talk | California State University Long Beach
Climates of Inequality: Bearing Witness | Riverside Art Museum
Meet the Artist: Tamara Cedré | Center for Photography at Woodstock

2022
Un Corrido de la Tierra, Precarious Ecologies | USC

2021
A Space Between Us | California Baptist University
Latinx Photographers from LA to the I.E. w/ Tarrah Krajnak, Rodrigo Venezuela, Guadalupe Rosales | Pitzer College
Daylight Dialogues with Kate Palmer Albers, Pete Brook and Larry Cook | Daylight Books

2020
A Trace is not a Map | Panel Moderator with Virginia Arce, Billy Camargo, | Irvine Fine Art Center
Revelar, Recontar, Reclamar | Garcia Center for the Arts

2019
Images of Disaster: A Case Study in Puerto Rico with Pablo Delano | Society for Photographic Education

2018
Community Activism & Photography | New World School of the Arts

Public Talks