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
To Rise Above Ruins | (Curated by Dr. Catherine Gudis and Lisa Henry) | Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
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
2019
Tamara Cedré: Communities & Cultures (Curated by Lucie Foundation for Month of Photography), Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2027
Field Notes (Curated by Keko Jackson & Alexa Ramirez) | As Is Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2026
Imagen periférica y capital logístico en Tijuana e Inland Empire (Curated by Jaime Acosta Gonzalez) | CECUT, The Cube, Tijuana, MX
2020
Habitat, (Curated by Liz Allen), Northlight Gallery @ Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
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
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 Nekkia 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 (Curated by Maggy Cuesta & Fred Snitzer), Freedom Tower, Miami, FL
Inside Out, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna, FL
2008
Fotoweek DC (Curated by Larissa Leclair), 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 /MCSI
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
Teaching
2021-present
Visiting Assistant Professor
Beginning/Intermediate Analog, Socially Engaged Photography, Text+Image Workshop and The Photo Book
Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
2025-2026
Visiting Faculty
ART11B | Beginning Photography | Surveying the Archive
UCLA, Los Angeles, 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
Curatorial Projects
2025
Radical Geographies | Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
2021
The Space Zine | A community art & social practice zine in 5 newsstands
with team: James M. Dailey, Adrian N. Metoyer, Juan Carrillo-Dominguez and Fernanda Durazo
(2k circulation) across the Inland Empire
Public Talks
2025
To Rise Above Ruins: Archives, Industry, and the American Century | Artist Talk | Culver Center @UCR Arts
Gordon Parks and the Postwar American City | Panelist, Presenter | University of Illinois Chicago
Hoping and Always Reaching: Gordon Parks’s Sensorial Depiction of Spanish Harlem
2024
In a Landscape | Artist Talk | Culver Center @UCR Arts
Un Corrido de la Tierra | Panel Talk & Screening | Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
It Moves Forward Always | Public Talk | Kleefield Contemporary Art Museum at CSULB
The Community Archive | Artist Talk | Society for Photographic Education
2023
Self Publishing as an Act of Resistance with Self Help Graphics | Artist Talk | RAFFMA@ CSUSB
Visiting Artist Series | Artist Talk | California State University Long Beach
Climates of Inequality: Bearing Witness | Public Talk | Riverside Art Museum
Meet the Artist: Tamara Cedré | Artist Talk | Center for Photography at Woodstock
2022
Un Corrido de la Tierra, Precarious Ecologies | USC
2021
A Space Between Us | Artist Talk | California Baptist University
Latinx Photographers from LA to the I.E. | Artist Talk | Pitzer College
Daylight Dialogues | Interview 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 | Artist Talk | Garcia Center for the Arts
2019
Images of Disaster: A Case Study in Puerto Rico with Pablo Delano | Public Talk | Society for Photographic Education
Press + Articles
2026
Intervenxions, The Latinx Project at NYU by Dr. Hilda Lloréns
To Rise Above Ruins: Tamara Cedré
Critical review, online
2024
Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, by Dr. April Baca
Tamara Cedré at the California Museum of Photography
Critical review (pg. 60-62)
San Bernardino Sun
Delving into the Slow Violence of the Supply Chain in the Inland Empire
Coverage and printed interview
NPR, KVCR
Bloomington Speaks
Coverage and audio interview with supporting artist Fernanda Durazo
Black Voice News
Remembering the Black Farming Community in San Bernardino Valley
Photo Essay and article about Valley Truck Farms project
2023
San Bernardino Sun
Inland Artists, Organizations Awarded $3.8 million in Grant Funding Mention
Mention
Writing
2025
University of Illinois-Chicago
Gordon Parks and the Postwar American City
Hoping and Always Reaching: Gordon Parks’s Sensorial Depiction of Spanish Harlem
Peer Reviewed Paper
2024
CENTRO, Center for Puerto Rican Studies @ Hunter College
Christopher López’s Hoboken Fires: From Ashes, a Counter-Archive Emerges
Online Review
2013
Documentary as a Contingent, Spatial Practice
Maryland Institute College of Art
Thesis
Reader: John E. Penny