Artist Statement
The Mythos series is inspired by my childhood in deep South Texas, and one that held more than the usual share of mystery. My mind, always busy with imaginings, was also trying to see past the veil of obscurity that was my normal. Not knowing the people I came from, or how I came to be where I was, led to a heightened sense of wonder. This wonder imbued most everything; as long as I can remember, it has been entwined with a sense of hope and possibility, of trying to see the unseeable and to know the unknowable - longings that we all share in some way or another.
Tami Bone is a Texas-based artist, whose work has been exhibited nationally and was recently shown at the 2012 Shanghai International Photographic Invitational Exhibition. She has received numerous awards and recognitions, including; being named one of the Best of the Best Emerging Photographers by BW Gallerist, a Photo Review Competition Winner, a Review Santa Fe Selected Participant and a three-time Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist. In 2012 her work was exhibited in 3 solo shows, and was published in Aether Magazine as well as the United Kingdom's Black+White Magazine.
Tami's most recent body of work, Mythos, is inspired by her childhood in deep South Texas, and one that held more than the usual share of mystery. Her mind, always busy with imaginings, was also trying to see past the veil of obscurity that was her norm. Not knowing the people she came from, or how she came to be where she was, led to a heightened sense of wonder. This wonder imbued most everything; as long as she can remember, it has been entwined with a sense of hope and possibility.
Today Tami lives in Austin, Texas and engages photography as a means of story telling and self-expression, while knowing that the stories we tell form our personal truths and unique folklore. She believes that our stories, both true and imagined, are significant and have the power to shape our lives, before finally, they become our lives. While her recent body of work, Mythos, is her own tale, it is a token of the shared mystery that binds us together.
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