BORN
Born, Santa Barbara, CA, 1970
EDUCATION
1994 M.F.A Sculpture, The California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1992 B.F.A. Sculpture, The California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Brackish Ways, Musée d’Honeur Miniscule, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
1994 CCAC Master of Fine Arts Show, Beast: A Domestic History, The Oliver Art Center/Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oakland, CA
1992 Tara Tucker: Sculpture, XerXes, Oakland, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 A Complicated Dominion, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Bestiaries, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008 Creature Feature, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Alumni at the Centennial, California College of the Arts, Oliver Art Center, Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oakland, CA
2006 Virus, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
2006 Happiness for all the artists, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA
2006 Fabulandia: Fauna, Curator: Lauren Davies, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
2005 Spatial Oddities, 33 Grand, Oakland, CA
2005 Kala Institute Artist's Annual Exhibition, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
2005 Better Than Real, Mixed Use Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Inner Workings, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2004 The Drawing Room, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
2002 Orange, !hey! Gallery, Oakland, CA
2001 Side Show, Ardency Gallery, Oakland, CA
2001 Pacific Rim Sculptors Group 2001 Members Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2000 Paintings and Sculpture by Tara Tucker and Michael Hall, !hey! Gallery, Oakland, CA
2000 Group Show, !hey! Gallery, Oakland, CA
1999 BOW WOW! It's a Dog's Life, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA Home Spun, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
1996 1708 Gallery Annual Show, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
1996 Fourth Annual Luggage Show, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
1996 Countdown 2000, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
1993 Group show, The Blue/Green Gallery, Oakland, CA
OTHER VENUES
2006 Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions 27th Annual Benefit Art Auction, Los
Angeles, CA
The LAB Art Auction, The LAB Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Oakland Art Gallery Annual Art Auction, Oakland, CA
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2004 Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2003 Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Sculpture featured in design studio, Haba Design, Oakland, CA
19th Annual Auction, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
2002 18th Annual Auction, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Puppet design and fabrication, Pericles Prince of Tyre, a play by William Shakespeare, Subterranean Shakespeare Theater Company, Berkeley, CA
1998 Display design and fabrication, International Orchid Conference, Vancouver, Canada
REVIEWS AND CATALOGUES
Visual Arts: Creative Vortex, ‘Happiness for All the Artists’, reviewed by Reyhamn Harmnanci, San Francisco Chronicle 96 hours, 6/29/06
“Art Review: Fabulandia: Fauna”, Artbusiness.com, January, 22, 2006
“Art review: Fabulandia: Fauna at the LAB”, reviewed by: Trippe, Fecal Face Dot Com, January 14, 2006
“New Art Shows: Fabulandia: Fauna”, SF Gate.com Culture Blog, posted by Matt Petty, January 19, 2006
Photos published of Fabulandia: Fauna, at the LAB in San Francisco, CA, by John Casey, Juxtapoz art and cultural magazine, on the web January 28, 2006
“All the Pretty Horse-Things, Fabulandia: Fauna, at the LAB,” Art review by Michael Leaverton, SF Weekly, January 25–31, 2006
“Visual Art: Fabulandia: Fauna at the LAB”, reviewed by Katie Kurtz, San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 25–31, 2006
“Reviews: ‘The Drawing Room’ at Kala Art Institute, by: David Buck, Art Week, April
“Reviews: ‘Orange’ at !hey! Gallery,” Art Week, May 2002 issue
”What’s Happening: Art in the East Bay,” The Monthly, September 2001
“Reviews: ‘Bow Wow! It’s a Dog’s Life,’” Art Week, December 1999 issue
“Serving Art,” The Montclarion, April 19,1996
“Critic’s Choice: Art,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 10, 1996
“Juror’s Humor Shows in Countdown 2000,” Chico Enterprise-Record, January 27,1996
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002-Present Art instructor, head of rug department, Creative Growth Art Center,
Oakland, CA
1999-2002 Rug restoration, Claremont Rug Company, Oakland, CA
1989-1994 Administrative assistant in charge of artist registry and slide files, The Oliver Art Center/Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oakland, CA
AWARDS
2004 Kala Fellowship, Honorable Mention, one month residency, Kala Art Institute,
Berkeley, CA
1993 Murphy/Cadogan Fellowship, The San Francisco Foundation
Graduate Scholarship, The California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1992 Graduate Scholarship, The California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1991 All College Honors Award, Honorable Mention, The California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1988 A.I.C.A. Full One-Year Tuition Scholarship, The California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1988–1992 Fine Art Scholarship, Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA
1988 Honorable Mention, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Visual Arts
1988 Top Honor, Visual Arts Competition, Awarded Full Four-Year Tuition, The College of Creative Studies, U.C. Santa Barbara