2026                 Up Near the Roof All Our Thoughts are Clear. MFA Thesis Exhibition. The Eclektica. Irving TX

2020                 Dust to Dust: A Transformational Work about Mourning. Holland Tunnel Gallery. Newburgh, NY

2025/24            Porcelain of China, Azure of the Sky. The Museum of Fine Arts, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, PC China

2014                 3rd International Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography. Municipal Heritage Museum. Malaga, Spain

2010                 Visual Arts Center of New Jersey 24th International Juried Exhibition. Curator: Susan Kismaric. Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. Summit, NJ

2009                 Truc Troc. BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts. Brussels. Brussels, Belgium

2026              Experimental Photography on Clay. Curator Anne Elder. Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts

Materials Hard + Soft 2026. Patterson Appleton Arts Center. Denton Texas

Prime Cuts: North Texas Graduate Students Juried Exhibition. Curator Simone Fischer-Rios. East Fork Gallery. Tarrant County College, Trinity Campus. Ft Worth, Texas

2024                 Radical Entanglements: Navigating the Abyss of Human Supremacy and Biodiversity Loss. Curators: Kate Enoire and Dr. Irene Klaver. Elm Fork Education Center Exhibit Hall. University of North Texas. Denton, TX

63rd Annual Voertman Competition. Curated by Dr. Glenn Adamson. UNT College of Visual Art and Design Cora Stafford Gallery. Denton, TX

2023               Another Gaze: Women Photographers of Hip Hop: Shelia Pee Bright, Julia Beverly, Carolyn Grady, Tamara Rafkin, and Shelia Turner. Gallery 72, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. Atlanta, GA

2022                The Narrative of Things: Shari Diamond, Norm Magnusson, Katherine Vance, and Tamara Rafkin. Curated by Tamara Rafkin. Holland Tunnel Gallery. Newburgh, NY

2021                 THE FIX: BECOMING VISIBLE. Curated by Chris Neyen and Dean Goldberg. Mount Saint Mary College CMA Gallery. Newburgh, NY

Eleven Belgian Artists at the Residency, 2021 Invitational. Curated by Ambassador Frank Geerkens. Cultural Program of the Belgian Embassy to the US. New York, NY

2020                 Chrysalistasis. Curated by James Austin Murray. Lyons Wier Gallery. New York, NY

2019                 ASMP NY at Aqua. Curated by Pamela Jean Tinnen, Aqua Art Fair. Miami, FL

2018                 The ASMP NY Show: Members Spotlight. Curated by Daniel Aycock. Front Room Gallery. New York, NY

2017                 What the World Needs Now. Curated by Anita Arliss and Ruben Natal San-Miguel. Atlanta Celebrates Photography. B Complex Gallery. Atlanta, GA

2010                 Photographs by Michael Chia, Luc Dratwa, and Tamara Rafkin. Curated by Stephanie Manasseh. European Media Center, US Embassy. US Department of State. Brussels, Belgium

2008/7              Aalst Salon. De Werf Cultural Center, and Aalst Belfort Crypte. Aalst, Belgium

Urban Space. Curated by Llana Bessler, Randolph Albright, Sixten Kai Nielsen, and Martin Rosengaard. Wooloo Independent Curator Program. Traveling Exhibition. CVS Cultural Center. New York, NY. FotoRio-Oi Futuro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. New Life Shop. Berlin, Germany. Fotopub. Novo Mesto, Slovenia. Foto Arte. Brasilia, Brazil

2022 The Narrative of Things. Holland Tunnel Gallery. Newburgh NY

2025                 The PlacesThat Form Us: Lecture Artist Tamara Rafkin. Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue. Taoxichuan Art Center. Jingdezhen China

2023                 Another Gaze: Women Photographers of Hip Hop with Shelia Pee Bright, Julia Beverly, Carolyn Grady, Tamara Rafkin, and Shelia Turner. Panel Discussion. Gallery 72. City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. Atlanta GA

2021                 Tamara Rafkin: Artist Studio Visit. Orange County Arts Council of NY

2011                 The Chemistry of Great Photos: Workshop by Tamara Rafkin.  Greenlight for Girls. Brussels, Belgium

2010                 ARTist@WORK: Kunst ontdekken rondom jou. Photo workshop by Tamara Rafkin. In conjunction with the exhibit ARTist@WORK and the Cultural Department of Aalst, Belgium

2025                 Artist-In-Residence. Taoxichuan International Ceramics Artist Residency. Jingdezhen, China

UNT Ceramics Scholarship, Penland School of Art, NC

2023                 Nominee. 50 Years of Hip Hop Category. Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards. London, England

2014                 Nominee. Fine Art Category. 7th Annual International Color Photography Masters Cup. New York, NY

2012                 Artist in Residence, OBRAS NL. OBRAS Foundation. Renkum, The Netherlands

2011                 Nominee. Still Life Category.5th Annual International Color Photography Masters Cup. New York, NY

2024                 Life & Work with Tamara Rafkin. Voyage Dallas. June. www.voyagedallas.com

2022                 Stories of the everyday transformed into art at Newburgh's Holland Tunnel Gallery. T Dvozenja-Thomas, Melissa. The Poughkeepsie Journal. March 2022

‍ ‍The Narrative of Things Exhibit Sees Stories Unfold. Warren, Jennifer L.  Hudson Valley Press. March.

2021                 Meet Tamara Rafkin: Artist * Photographer * Ceramicist. Shout Out Atlanta. January. www.shoutoutatlanta.com

2018                 Spotlight: ASMP Portfolio Review. Schonauer, David. October.Number 3 America. Photography Pro Photo. www.ai-ap.com

2017                 Scars- Photographed by Tamara Rafkin. Let Kiss Magazine Paris. August. www.letkissmagazine.com

2016                 ASMPNY 2016: Tamara Rafkin. L’œil de la Photographie. March. www.loeildelaphotographie.com

2015                 Sleeping Houses - Watchful Houses, Tamara Rafkin. Rabinowitz, Cay-Sophie. OSMOS Magazine Issue 05 January.

2013                 Fresh View: Tamara Rafkin. Fresh Art International. Byrd, Cathy. February. www.freshartinternational.com

2011                 Lens Culture FotoFest Paris 2011 Participating Photographers Catalog. Lens Culture

2009               De Galerij: Slaap Zacht. Goedele Magazine. Brussels, Belgium. December.

MFA. University of North Texas. Denton, TX

                     DKO Keramiek. Academie Voor Beeldende Kunsten. Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen. Belgium

                        BFA. Atlanta College of Art. Atlanta, GA