Tamara’s art is entirely based on her emotions. It is a metaphor of her personal feelings that are depicted through her favorite animal – the dog.
Tamara has spent all her childhood with dogs. Before she started talking to her parents, she had communicated with dogs. She could understand their feelings, desires and intentions just by closely looking at them. These childhood experiences are Tamara’s foundation for her artistic work.
Motions and emotions of Tamara’s sculptures are really a mirror of her present sentiment. Her art portrays psychology of dogs and through their emotions she is illustrating her present state of mind.
Her fingers are converting life vibrations into different dog moods and this dog personification converts dogs into humans. We can see, feel and empathize: love, passion, warmth, despair, sorrow, joy, grief…
Tamara has immortalized Greyhounds in her sculptures. They have given Tamara motivation and freedom to express their elegance, beauty, calmness, velocity and graciousness in the form of unique artifacts.
Tamara Rakic, born February 21, 1961, graduated in Sculpture 1985 and received Masters Degree in 1988 at The University of Fine Arts, Belgrade.
Tamara has participated in many national and international exhibitions.
Her awards include:
2004 – Special Jury Award – Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Salon, S.N.B.A. du Louvre, Paris, France
2005 – Sculpture Award – 1st prize - Fédération nationale de la culture Française, FNCF, Versaille, Paris, France
2007 – Golden Chisel Award – Belgrade, Serbia
Tamara’s works are represented in significant public and private collections.