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Taj Marquis Reed (b. Trenton, NJ, based in Brooklyn, NY) is an image and text artist. He holds a BA in Art, Literature, and Human Behavior summa cum laude from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and is a Photo MFA candidate at the University of Hartford.

Taj has exhibited at 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 images have been featured by Booooooom, Pomegranate Press, Black Mass Publishing, and other print publications.

Taj’s practice is dedicated to the liberatory potential of visual and textual language. His work focuses on sites of Black sociality through history, cultural traditions, memory, and the vernacular.


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 Talks

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 lecturer, Professional Practice
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
2023

Panelist O.N.S Exchange Art + Tech
SoHo, NY
2018