Tamara Garvey

Tamara Garvey has always loved to read, so her paintings frequently incorporate tiny handwriting hidden within the images — like a fun little reward for those who look closely! She graduated from SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design) in 2008 with a B.F.A. in illustration, and in 2009 won an Honorable Mention in Savannah’s Telfair Art Fair. 

In 2010 she moved to NYC, where she spent 7 years selling her work in craft markets to art collectors from all over the world (including actor Adam Sandler and the late writer Elizabeth Wurtzel). After moving back to Savannah, she joined Gallery 209, where she shows the majority of her original paintings, in 2020. That year, she also received the Judith Alexander Foundation Relief Fund for Georgia Visual Artists. 

She is proud to have been awarded 1st Place in Mixed Media at the Society of Bluffton Artists in Bluffton, SC, in their 2021 Judged Show. In 2023, she was juried into Savannah’s historic City Market Art Studios (public galleries/working studios). That year she was also voted Best Local Visual Artist in Connect Savannah's "Best Of" Contest.