PROFILE

Tamara Krupchak exudes a passion for her art by making her life a work of art. She has been selected and published in Who’s Who of American Women-The Millennium Edition. She has also served as a member of the board of trustees as well as a past president of the Artists Guild at the San Diego Museum of Art. As a member of the Artists Guild she was fortunate to be juried into the 1994 & 1997 Artists Guild Exhibit at the museum. In 1995 Tamara’s work was selected from ten thousand entries across the country by Art Calendar Magazine, the business magazine for the visual artist, for a national award. This award entitled her to have her work published in one of their books called “Getting Exposure.”

She was born in Gary, Indiana in 1956. Her work has been featured in several group shows, including the San Diego Tijuana Yokohama Art Exchange in 1992. The tri-national exhibit traveled to Yokohama, Japan, San Diego, California and the Tijuana Cultural Center in Mexico. In addition, her work is in St. Mary’s Health and Learning Center, in Grand Rapids, Michigan as well as corporate collections, including the headquarters of National Healthcare Laboratories, Inc. in La Jolla, CA and Hinchy, Witte, Wood, Anderson, and Hodges Law Offices in San Diego, CA.

Ms. Krupchak was featured on KGTV-Channel 10 for her artwork in the “Art of the Parking Meter” exhibit, sponsored by the San Diego City Store. In 1993 she was invited by the San Diego Theatre League to design a bus fare box for Care Fare, a fundraiser for AIDS. It has been displayed at the San Diego Museum of Art.

Prior to living in San Diego, Tamara lived in Los Angeles, California. She has had extensive experience in the field. While in Los Angeles she had the opportunity to work on television sets, paint supergraphics, design greeting cards and show at different galleries. During this period she traveled to Japan where she found herself intrigued by the Japanese culture, which has influenced her work greatly ever since. She continued her formal training at Otis Parson’s Art Institute. She also studied in London, England on a study abroad program. Tamara attended Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana and earned her degree in painting in 1978.