Amalia Tagaris is a contemporary mixed media artist working with the encaustic medium, photographic imagery and oil paint specializing in creating urban and natural landscapes as well as abstract compositions.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems (May 1988)
Bentley College, Waltham MA
Certificate in the Applied Photography Program, (June 2000)
New England School of Photography, Boston MA
Group Exhibitions
• Embracing Uncertainty, curated by The Art Gallery director, Claudia Fiks, The Art Gallery, Boston MA (2024)
• Kennebunk River Club’s 67th Annual Art Show & Sale, Kennebunk River Club, Kennebunkport ME (2024)
• Coastal Rhythms, juried by Shaun Rock, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport RI (2024)
• Startling Unpredictability: The Art of New Beginnings, curated by The Art Gallery director, Claudia Fiks, The Art Gallery, Boston MA (2024)
• Annual Earth Day Exhibition: Ocean Rising, juried by Gallery Sitka gallery committee, Gallery Sitka, Shirley MA (2024)
• Art Off The Wall, Brookline Art Center Invitational Exhibit & Fundraiser, juried by BAC gallery committee, Brookline MA (2024)
• Ocean House Gallery Holiday Show, curated by Ocean House Gallery, South Portland ME (2023)
• Maine Art Hill Fall Favorites Exhibit, curated by Maine Art Hill Gallery, Maine Art Hill, Kennebunk ME (2023)
• Maine Art Hill Group Exhibit, curated by Maine Art Hill Gallery, Maine Art Hill, Kennebunk ME (2023)
• New Art Gala / Paradiso Social Club, juried by New Art Center and co-curated by Juniper Rag, New Art Center, Newton MA (2023)
• 2023 National Prize Show, juried by Robin Cembalest, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA (2023)
• Women in Art, juried by the Gallery Committee, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach CA (2023)
• Winter Works, juried by Bromfield Gallery artists, Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA (2022)
• Highlight: A Community Art Show, curated by the Gallery Committee, River Tree Arts Gallery, Kennebunk ME (2022)
• Cool, juried by the Gallery Committee of Bromfield Gallery, Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA (2021)
• Women in Abstraction, juried by Destiny Palmer, New Art Center at The Trio, Newton , MA (2021)
• Art Off the Wall, juried by the Gallery Committee of Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA (2021)
• Art in The Square, Athan’s European Bakery & Café, Brookline, MA (2019)
• Winter Works, juried by Bromfield Gallery artists, Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA (2017)
• Love, nationally juried by Eric Aho, American Painter, South Shore Arts Center, Cohasset, MA (2014)
• Encaustic: Luminosity in Wax, juried by Nick Johnson and Kelli Costa, Gallery Seven Maynard, MA (2013)
• 12x12 Holiday Show, juried by Bromfield Gallery artists, Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA (2013)
• Community of Artists, juried by Katherine French, Museum Director, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA (2013)
• One X One: A Tribute to the Human Spirit, Athan's European Bakery & Cafe, Brookline, MA (October 2013)
• MassWax Group Show, Voltage Coffee & Art in Cambridge, MA (2013)
• WGBH Fine Art Auction, juried auction (2013)
• Wax Digital, juried by IEA (International Encaustic Artists) (2012)
• Wax-Inc., nationally juried by Brian T. Allen, director of the Addison Gallery of Art at Phillips Academy, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA (2011)
• Rockport Art Association Juried New England Invitational Show, juried by Don Stone, John Raimondi and Karin and Steve Rosenthal, Rockport Art Gallery, Rockport, MA (2011)
• Encaustic Masters: Inspirational Visual Voices, juried by Juried by: Jerry Gay, Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and artist, Gavin Shettler, Creative Director of Milepost 5, artist community & gallery, Lee Weinstein, Columbia Gorge Arts & Culture Alliance, Columbia River Gallery Troutdale, OR (2011)
• Inspirations, Gorse Mill Artists, Gorse Mill Gallery, Needham MA (2011)
Solo Exhibitions
• Seascapes In Encaustic: Expressions of Water and Light, Diana Stelin Gallery, Brookline MA (2024)
• Seascapes of the Mediterranean, River Tree Arts Gallery, Kennebunk ME (2022)
• Maine Art Hill Pop-Up Exhibit: Maine Art Hill Pop-Up Gallery, Kennebunk ME (2022)
• Running Lines, Sister Sorel Restaurant & Lounge, Boston MA (2012)
• All Mixed Up, Athan's European Bakery & Cafe, Brookline MA (2012)
• Closer, Gorse Mill Gallery, Needham MA (2012)
Exhibitions Juried
• Abstract Revelation, Mass Arts Center’s Morini Gallery, Mansfield, MA (2024)
• Abstractions: Interpretations of Time, Place & Memory, Mass Arts Center’s Morini Gallery, Mansfield, MA (2023)
Curatorial Projects
• Curator, One by One, juried group exhibit, Athan’s European Bakery & Café, Brookline, MA (2019)
• Co-curator, Modern Wax: New Art from Old Beginnings, juried MassWax group exhibit, Highfield Hall & Gardens, Falmouth, MA (2014)
Teaching / Memberships
• Member of The Art Gallery (TAG), SOWA Boston MA (2024-present)
• Instructor of “Artsy Kids” class for elementary students in Brookline Public School’s after school program, Brookline MA (2023-present)
• Instructed encaustic & mixed media beginner workshops from my private studio at Gorse Mill Studios, Needham MA (2010-2014)
• Member of MassWax, a New England based encaustic artist organization (2011-2014)