Taj holds a BA in Art, Literature, and Human Behavioral Studies summa cum laude from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and is a second year MFA in Photography candidate at the University of Hartford currently on exploratory leave.
He has exhibited with Harper’s Gallery and Hercules Art Studio Program in New York City, New York; Villa Heike Gallery in Berlin, Germany; Agony Books in Richmond, Virginia; Boyden Gallery in Historic St. Mary’s, Maryland, and digitally through the Maryland State Arts Council. In addition, his work has been featured by Booooooom, Pomegranate Press, Black Mass Publishing, and other digital and print publications.
Taj will be a 2025 Cornell Image Text Workshop Resident and a 2026 artist-in-residence at The Anderson Ranch Arts Center. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Select Exhibitions
Holiday, Group Exhibition
Harper’s Chelsea 512, New York, NY
2024
Stòffa Anniversary Exhibition
Curated by Black Mass Publishing, 125 Grand St, New York, NY
2024
Open Studio, Group Exhibition
Peach, Long Island City, NY
2024
A Field of Blue is Not a Sky
Curated by Chikara Umihara, Villa Heike, Berlin, DE
2024
Toward a Self-Made Shore Black Histories in Southern Maryland, Three-Person Exhibition
Curated by Joe Lucchesi, Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s City, MD
2023
Documenting Tulagi Pl, Solo-Exhibition
Southern Maryland Folk Life Center, Daugherty-Palmer Commons, St. Mary’s City, MD
2023
Reimagined Memory, Group Exhibition
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Capstone Exhibition, Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s City, MD
2022
Peter the Dealer, Group Exhibition
Curated by Ian Lewandowski, Hercules Art Studio Program, New York, NY
2022
Nothing Left But Healing, Group Exhibition
Curated by Jessie Feinman, Agony Books, Richmond, VA
2022
St. Mary’s College of Maryland All-Student Show
Juried by Nell Elder, Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s City, MD
2021
IDENTITY, Group Exhibition
Maryland State Arts Council Winter/Spring
2021
Residencies and Lectures
Anderson Ranch Artist In Residence
Snowmass Village, CO
2026 forthcoming
Cornell Image Text Workshop Residency
Ithaca, NY
2025
Artist talk, Toward a Self-Made Shore
Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s City, MD
2023
Artist House Residency
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
2023
Visiting Artist Lecture
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
2023
Visiting lecturer, Professional Practice
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
2023
Course Instructor, Through the Lens: Narrative Photography
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
2022
Panelist O.N.S Exchange Art + Tech
SoHo, NY
2018
Education
University of Hartford
Master of Fine Arts in Photography
2026 (expected)
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Bachelor of Arts in Art, Literature, and Human Behavioral Studies
summa cum laude
2022