Education
Maryland Institute College of Art
MFA in Studio Art, Photographic & Electronic Media
Certificate/Emphasis in Critical Studies
New World School of the Arts | University of Florida
BFA in Photography, Minor in Art History, Cum Laude
BFA in Graphic Design, Cum Laude
Solo Exhibitions + Public Commissions
2025 (forthcoming)
To Rise Above Ruins | Riverside Art Museum (Curated by Dr. Catherine Gudis & Lisa Henry)
2024
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
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 state-sponsored public art project exhibited in various sites across Southern California and online www.aspacebetweenus.org
2020
Revelar, Recontar, Reclamar | The 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
Group Exhibitions
2023
Climates of Inequality (Curated by Dr. Catherine Gudis) | Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2019
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
2020
Habitat, (Curated by Liz Allen), Northlight Gallery @ Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
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 Lloréns), 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
Curatorial Projects
2025
Cartographies | Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
(As part of FotoSoCa)
2021
The Space Zine | A community art & social practice zine in 5 newsstands
(2k circulation) across the Inland Empire
2024
In a Landscape | California Museum of Photography
Un Corrido de la Tierra | Panel Talk & Screening | Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
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