Art Reception for Mallory Stowe

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Tamara Lea Kaufman

"pretty ~ ugly"

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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Mallory Stowe

"Observer Occurrences"

March 2026

Mallory Stowe (b. in Cleveland, OH) is a painter interested in anxiety and awe surrounding the natural world. Her work reflects how systems of memory, whether in the body or in the environment, can perpetuate suffering or nurture empathy. The resulting paintings excavate humor, pleasure, fear, and connection in a storytelling manner. Stowe received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2025 and her BFA from Ohio University in 2022. Stowe was a finalist for the 2023 AXA Art Prize at the New York Academy of Art and has received a juror award at the Women of Appalachia show at Dairy Barns Art...
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Art Reception for Mallory Stowe

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Tamara Lea Kaufman

"pretty ~ ugly"

February 2026

Mallory Stowe

"Observer Occurrences"

March 2026

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Tamara Lea Kaufman

"pretty ~ ugly"

February 2026

Mallory Stowe

"Observer Occurrences"

March 2026

Mad City Story Slam

Art Reception for Mallory Stowe

Socially