Tamara D. Holmes was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1977 along the Allegheny River and raised by the Cape Fear River in Fayetteville, NC. A spiritual connection of water led her to attend Hampton University off of the Chesapeake Bay.   Her “Home By The Sea” introduced gifts of instruction, which educated Ms. Holmes sociopolitical, academically and spiritually through the arts.   This aesthetic spirit enlightened Ms. Holmes as a graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1999. Thus aesthetics has been her cultural canvas.

Education
2002 – M. S. Sport Management, West Virginia University
1999 – B. A. Art, Hampton University

Selected Exhibition

• 22nd African American Arts Festival; African American Atelier, Greensboro, NC
• 18th Annual Founding Members Invitational Exhibition; African American Atelier, Greensboro, NC
• Felton J. Capel, Sr. Celebrity Golf Classic; Whispering Pines, NC (Auction)
• African American Museum of Dallas; Dallas, TX
• Amazing Grace Gallery; Fayetteville, NC
• Baskets of Blessings; Fayetteville, NC
• Life Pathway Bookstore; Wendell, NC
• Virtuous Women’s Conference; Durham, NC
• Evans Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church; Fayetteville, NC (Historic Preservation Clinic)
• Dogwood Festival; Fayetteville, NC
• Women’s Empowerment Expo; Raleigh, NC
• Arts Council of Fayetteville Cumberland County; Fayetteville, NC (Public Works)
• National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum; Cooperstown, NY (Intern)
• To Conserve A Legacy; Traveling Exhibition (Intern)
• Addison Gallery of American Art; Andover, MA (Intern)
• Williamstown Art Conservation Center; Williamstown, MA (Intern)

Selected Collections

Paciolan Ticketing; Jane Kleinberger, Co-Founder (Personal Collection)

Dr. James A. Anderson; Fayetteville State University Chancellor (Personal Collection)

Publications

October 19, 2008 – Fayetteville Observer (Featured Artist)
2008 (Summer) – How We Live Magazine (Featured Artist)