Tatiana Tatum

Artist:

  • Oil Painting

  • Mosaic

  • New Media

Woman standing at a booth with paintings and a pride flag

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tatiana Tatum Art LLC Beaufort, SC
Mosaic Workshop Instructor (Jan 2025 - Present)

Thibault Gallery Beaufort, SC
Exhibiting Artist (May 2021 - Present)

Alpha Mare Gallery Savannah, GA
Exhibiting Artist (Jun 2025 - Present)

Lowcountry Games LLC Beaufort, SC
Contractor: Art Direction & Production Artist (Sep 2023 - Feb 2025)

PRESS

Hyperallergic
Magnum O-PsPsPs Show

Art Spiel
Magnum O-PsPsPs Show

Lowcountry Weekly
Artists Behind the Fog (Review)
The Flow Takes First
Play, Cry, Repeat (Featured Artist Show)

JURIED EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS

Long Beach Island Foundation Gallery NJ
40 under 40 Juried Exhibit (Jul - Aug 2025)

Alexandria Museum of Art LA
38th September Competition (Jul - Oct 2025)

Charleston City Gallery
Piccolo Spoleto 2025 Annual Juried Show

Page-Walker House NC
Fine Arts League of Cary 30th Annual Juried Exhibition (Jul - Sep 2025)

John Mark Verdier House SC
Lafayette Bicentennial Celebration Exhibit (Mar 2025)

Jepson Center, Telfair Museums GA
PULSE Art+Technology Festival, with Beaufort Digital Corridor (2023 - 2025)

HONORS & AWARDS

Honorable Mention - LBIF “40 under 40”
Juror: Jennie Goldstein, Curator of Collection at the Whitney Museum of American Art (Mar 2025)

Best of Show
Society of Bluffton Artists 31st Annual Judged Show (Mar 2025)
(as Tatiana Zalapskaia)

First Place
Beaufort Art Association 61st Annual Spring Art Show (Feb 2025)
(as Tatiana Zalapskaia)

Annual USCB Chancellor’s Purchase Awards
(Apr 2024)
(as Tatiana Zalapskaia)

Magellan Scholar Grant
University of South Carolina (Dec 2023)
(as Tatiana Zalapskaia)

Second Place
Arts and Social Sciences, Discover Carolina USC Conference (Apr 2024)
(as Tatiana Zalapskaia)

GROUP SHOWS

Magnum O-PsPsPs Show
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Sept 15-25)

SOLO SHOWS

Featured Artist
Thibault Gallery, Beaufort, SC (Jul - Aug 2025)

Featured Artist
Beaufort Art Association, Beaufort, SC (April 2021)

ART IN PUBLIC PLACES

Watermen Boots Project
KOA Point South, Yemassee, SC (April 2025 - present)

“Inside Out”
USCB Center for the Arts, Beaufort, SC (April 2024 - present)

NON-PROFITS

Lowcountry Pride
Exhibiting Artist; Artist Vendor (2024 - 2025)

Beaufort Art Association
Gallery Committee Volunteer (Jun 2019 - Apr 2021)

Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation
Valentine Ball Auction - Contributing Artist (2025)

Lowcountry Habitat for Humanity
Upcycled Art Auction - Contributing Artist (2023 - 2025)

EDUCATION

University of South Carolina Beaufort, Bluffton, SC
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, April 2024

Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow, Russia
Specialist (BS + MS) in Chemistry, June 2017

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

Received a Like from Jerry Saltz on Instagram
Online (March 2025)