CV
Tamika Azarkadeh
Tamikaazarkadeh@pme.com
Tamika’s practice is rooted in introspective abstraction, with the recent focus being the potential of reductive form to speak to the resilience of Slavic and Balkan cultural identity. Inspired by artists such as Kazimir Malevich and Katarzyna Kobro, she explores how spatial composition and non-objective language can articulate experiences of displacement, loss, and survival. The monochromatic works—characterised by intricate linework and spatial tension seek to balance clarity with emotional depth, precision with disruption.
Being a cross cultured artist has allowed her to approach her practice as both a political and personal act. The overlooked, the ‘not-remembered’, and the soft-spoken became central to her visual narrative. The use of black and white underscoring both contrast and continuity; the absence of colour allows for greater focus on form, repetition, and psychological resonance.
For Tamika, drawing is a form of cultural archaeology excavating layers of personal and collective identity, while reconstructing meaning through visual systems. Each mark acts as a form of cognitive mapping, representing the capacity to adapt and reconfigure under pressure. Through this process, she renders visible the quiet forms of endurance that define marginalised identities.
Education
City & Guilds of London Art School
Bachelor of Fine Arts
2026