Tamara Lea Kaufman
February 2026
  
Artist Statement
Tamara Lea Kaufman’s personal artwork ranges from serious to quirky, dark, adult-themed humor.
She creates multimedia assemblage, collage, and dioramas made from HO-scale railroad hobby miniatures, preserved insects, paint, embroidery, found objects, and typically discarded materials such as candy wrappers and the overlooked debris of everyday life.
Her work explores topics of consumption, waste, desire, relationships, psychology, politics, societal pressures and the levity of humor needed to survive it all.
It gives her joy to repurpose materials into something new, useful, or...
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