Vivian Tanga

I am a Baltimore-based traditional still life and portrait painter. In 2020, I completed a four-year studio art certification from the Schuler School of Fine Arts, where I learned classical drawing and painting methods. In the fall of 2020, I debuted in my first solo exhibition at the Strathmore Mansion in Rockville, Maryland.

My work is, above all, dedicated to creating moments of beauty and meditation. While I paint in a traditional style, I am always striving to find ways to combine the methods of the past with a contemporary point of view.

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Education

Schuler School of Fine Art

Certificate in Studio Art - May 2020

Grand Central Atelier

Painting Boot Camp - Summer 2019

Drawing Boot Camp - Summer 2018

Columbia University

BA in Russian Language - May 2016

Scholarships and Awards

National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

The John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship - April 2020

The Portrait Society of America

Art of the Portrait Conference Scholarship Award - Spring 2019 & 2020

The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.

Merit Scholarship - May 2019

Grand Central Atelier

Summer Painting Scholarship - March 2019

The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.

Diane L. Templar Memorial Award - November 2018

Solo & Group Exhibitions

Presence - Solo Exhibition

The Mansion at Strathmore in Rockville, MD - November 2020 - January 2021

Emergence - Dual Show with Rebecca Scheuerman

Gore Dean at the Forge in Pheonix, MD - July 2021

Baltimore Art Gallery Group Show

Baltimore Art Gallery in Baltimore, MD - December 2021