Tamara Kalo’s artistic practice explores the intersection of land, body, home and collective memory. She employs distortion, glitching and fragmentation as techniques for image-making and perception. In her works, which range from photography, video, sculpture, textiles, and performance, Kalo focuses on the body as a relational measure of re-mapping memory, displacement, and boundaries through remembrance and site specificity. Her practice facilitates a fluid understanding of the temporality of the human experience in contrast to the vast and ancient wisdom of landscapes and other-than-human beings. Often navigating between personal and regional domains, she attempts to capture the fragility between events and their recollection.
2016 University of California at Berkeley
BA in Architecture, minor in French
Group Shows
2025 Intersections,Baro Gallery & O Contemporary; Abu Dhabi, UAE
2025 All Beautiful Things Are Fragile, Athr Gallery; JAX District, Riyadh, KSA
2025 Reunion, AlSerkal Advisory; Diriyah, KSA
2025 Islamic Arts Biennale, And All That Is In Between; Jeddah, KSA
2025 Perfume in Exile, Friends Artspace; Arlington, Virginia
2024 I want to be happy, I wish to be yellow. Gallery Isabelle; Dubai UAE
2024 In the blink of an eye, TAP Billboard Commission; Beirut, Lebanon
2024 The Nest, Al Riwaq Art Space; Manama, Bahrain
2024 How To Time Travel, MMAG; Amman, Jordan
2023 An Eternal Witness, Fenaa Alawwal; Riyadh, KSA
2023 Shattered Horizon, TakeOver Beirut; Lebanon
2023 On purpose; Athr Foundation, Diriyah, KSA
2023 Atmospheric; Cairo Citadel, Egypt
2023 Stories from the Present Past; Saida, Lebanon
2025 All Beautiful Things Are Fragile, Athr Gallery; JAX District, Riyadh, KSA
2025 Reunion, AlSerkal Advisory; Diriyah, KSA
2025 Islamic Arts Biennale, And All That Is In Between; Jeddah, KSA
2025 Perfume in Exile, Friends Artspace; Arlington, Virginia
2024 I want to be happy, I wish to be yellow. Gallery Isabelle; Dubai UAE
2024 In the blink of an eye, TAP Billboard Commission; Beirut, Lebanon
2024 The Nest, Al Riwaq Art Space; Manama, Bahrain
2024 How To Time Travel, MMAG; Amman, Jordan
2023 An Eternal Witness, Fenaa Alawwal; Riyadh, KSA
2023 Shattered Horizon, TakeOver Beirut; Lebanon
2023 On purpose; Athr Foundation, Diriyah, KSA
2023 Atmospheric; Cairo Citadel, Egypt
2023 Stories from the Present Past; Saida, Lebanon
Grants
2021 Athr Maan Grant
Residencies
2025 Postnatural Independent Program; Madrid, Spain
2024 NEOM Residency; Neom, KSA & Madrid, Spain
2024 Bait Shouaib Residency; Jeddah, KSA
2023 Intermix Residency; Diriyah, KSA
2024 NEOM Residency; Neom, KSA & Madrid, Spain
2024 Bait Shouaib Residency; Jeddah, KSA
2023 Intermix Residency; Diriyah, KSA
Collaborations
2024 Gazelle in a Mother’s Eye with Jumana Emil Aboud; Diriyah, KSA
2022 Structural Fluidity, Noor Riyadh Light Festival, with Nasser Almuulhim; Riyadh, KSA
2021 Hayy Jameel Facade; Contours on Collective Consciousness, collaborated commission with Nasser Almulhim, Jeddah, KSA
2021 Diriyah Biennale; performed for This Sea is Mine by Marwah Almugait, Riyadh, KSA
2022 Structural Fluidity, Noor Riyadh Light Festival, with Nasser Almuulhim; Riyadh, KSA
2021 Hayy Jameel Facade; Contours on Collective Consciousness, collaborated commission with Nasser Almulhim, Jeddah, KSA
2021 Diriyah Biennale; performed for This Sea is Mine by Marwah Almugait, Riyadh, KSA
photo by Latifa Bokhari