EXPERIENCE
Maryland Institute College of Arts, Baltimore Graduate Program Assistant
January 2023- Present
- Handpicked by the director for exemplary leadership qualities
- Streamline communication channels between administration, director and student body
- Lead productive meetings with the aim of enhancing the student experience
- Contribute to the successful coordination of the new directorship candidate interview process
Rush Arts Philadelphia, Philadelphia — Gallery Educator/Assistant
August 2021 - Present
- Instruct art class on Wednesdays to students in Jamaica via Zoom
- Assist with curating artist exhibitions with responsibilities including lighting, and video-recording, show preparation, and coordination
- Explain works, and give information to incoming guest visiting exhibits
Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square — Arts Educator
August 2020 - June 2021
- Engaged middle and upper school students in multidisciplinary activities
- Presented lesson plans and student evaluations for program admin while
executing deliverables within deadlines
- Lead conversations with students to build communication, interpersonal skills, and artistic expression
EDUCATION
Maryland Institute College of Arts, Baltimore — MFA
August 2022 - May 2024
Received the highest merit scholarship to the Leroy Hoffberger painting program.
Tyler School of Arts, Philadelphia — BFA
August 2016 - December 2018
Studied at the Temple University Rome campus in art studio studies and practice on a study abroad scholarship.
ARTIST TALKS AND LECTURES
Delaware County Community College - Juried Exhibition Artist Lecture, 2023 - Media, PA
The Yard - Luminescence Artist Panel Discussion, 2023 - Washington D.C
Maryland Institute College of Art - LaToya Hobbs Fundamentals of Drawing Class, 2023 - Baltimore, MD
MENTORSHIP
Graduate Program Assistant for MICA Interim Director Stephen Ellis
Graduate Program Assistant for MICA Director Joan Waltemath
Black Artist School Modality Facilitated and Instructed by Romi Crawford, Fred Moten, Marvin X, Sonia Sanchez, Dianne McIntyre, Tim Davis, Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter, Ben Jones, Ssmpada Aranke, Shawn Walker, and Abiodun Oyewole
Studio Assistant for Odili Donald Odita
Mural Restoration with David McShane
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Black Rock Center of the Arts “Between Sunbeams” Germantown, MD
2021 - Rush Arts “Everything & Nothing” Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - The Yard “Luminescence” Washington, D.C.
2023 - 610|215 Contemporary Delaware County Community College “Juried Exhibition by Mark T. Gibson” Media, PA
2023 - Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery Fred Lazarus IV Center “Conjure” Baltimore, MD
2023 - NoMü NoMü Gallery “Hand to Eye” Baltimore, MD
2023 - NoMü NoMü Gallery “Salt Eaters” Baltimore, MD
2023 - WPA “Benefit Auction” Washington D.C
2023 - Celeum Gallery “Behind City Walls” Chelsea NY, NY
2023 - Zo Gallery “Construction, Deconstruction” Baltimore, MD
2023 - Hudson Guild Gallery (Two Person Exhibition) “Dialogue: Taj Poscé & Wanda Payne” New York, NY
2023 - Eubie Blake Cultural Jazz Center, “To Witness, To Experience, To Reflect“ Baltimore, MD
2022 - Leidy Gallery Fred Lazarus IV Center “We Are Not Similar” Baltimore, MD
2022 - Gallery CA “To Witness, To Experience, To Reflect“ Baltimore, MD
2022 - Cherry St. Pier “Tiny Rooms for Elephants Art Festival” Philadelphia, PA
2019 – Old City Jewish Arts Center “My Freedom” Philadelphia, PA
2019 – Bishop Gallery “Still Nigga” Brooklyn, NY
2019 – Vox Populi “What Makes That Black?” Philadelphia, PA
2018 – Temple University Rome “BFA Show” Rome, Italy
2018 – Yale Norfolk School of Art “Terrain” Norfolk, CT
2017 - Blank Canvas Gallery “Past the Present” Miami, FL
2016 – Penn State Abington “Bertha Lear Juried Exhibition” Abington, PA
2016 – CCC Gallery “Converse” Newtown Sq., PA
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Congressional Black Caucus Visual Artist Award, 2023
Leroy E. Hoffberger Fund, 2022-2024
Hoffberger Foundation Fellow, 2022-2024
MAP Black Artist Grant and Fellowship, 2020
Temple Rome Study Abroad Scholarship, 2018
Heckt Award in Printmaking, 2019
Bertha Lear Painting Award, 2015
RESIDENCIES
Yale Norfolk Summer Arts
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2022, “Art is Love”, Rush Arts, assistant-curator of Noah Smalls
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Rush Arts Philadelphia Rush Tales: Taj Poscé Studio” , Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 2021
“These are must sees in the gallery this fall”, Philadelphia Inquirer, 2021
“Fellow, Mural Arts 2020 Fellowship for Black Artist” - Fox29 News - 2020
“Black Lives Matter movement has impact on artists - and they have our attention” - Courier Post - 2020
“Leave A Trail” - Connections Magazine – 2019
“Temple Univ. student heading to Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art” - Philadelphia Tribune – 2018