Warith Taha
Biography
Warith Taha is a visual artist from Oakland. Deeply inspired by his mother, Warith’s practice draws from a diverse field ofresearch ranging from abstraction to 90’s Black Inches Magazines, family photos to found domestic objects,self-portraiture toautobiography. These points of interest become anchors in an ongoing autobiographical exploration which often touches on hisrelationship to American history, race, gender, sexuality and class. Warith received a BA in Sociology from Boston College in2009 and an MFA in Painting from Tyler School of Art and Architecture in 2020.
Exhibitions
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The Culture From Which I Sprang
13 Jul - 21 Sep 2024Jenkins Johnson Gallery announces its West Coast exhibition The Culture From Which I Sprang, commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It features work by Dewey Crumpler, Lola Flash, Wadsworth Jarrell, Gordon Parks, Greg Rick, Andre D. Wagner, Warith Taha, and Philemona Williamson. The exhibition title...