Taji Ra'oof Nahl:
Philadelphia based, interdisciplinary artist who delves social commentary by casting historical investigation through contemporary practice and formats. He deploys abstract vocabularies, using minimalist, conceptual and futurist approaches to create elegant, culturally evocative work: installations, video, performance, sculpture, soundscapes and painting. He connects history with a sense of inspiration, and renders new insights through an aesthetic experience of profound wonder. Ultimately his work uses a conceptual engagement to pose very challenging questions about the legacies, conditions and conduct which distort and confound spiritual transformation. His work has been shown at The Italian Palace - Tangier Morocco͵ The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Fisher Brooks Galley and the Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery at Columbia College of Chicago. Additional exhibitions include
Solo @ : Pageant Soloveev Gallery, Philadelphia & Indigo Bleu Design & Cultural Center, Little Berlin Annex
Public Sculpture Installation, Bird Park, Old City Philadelphia. Group @ : New Gallery at West Chester University, Goggleworks Reading Pa.,
In Philadelphia, PA:
Ice Box Project Space; National Archive; Kelly Writers House/University of Pennsylvania; James Dupree Gallery; Philadelphia City Hall, African American Art Museum Philadelphia Further citations of distinction:
2015 Artblog People's Choice awards
PEW Fellow (wish list),
Kali Yuga Zoo Brigade 2015 Best Exhibit . Performance/ narrative production:
Under the rubric of TR7, Mr Nahl has produced
Inteactive Installations : Micro Film Festival &
Philadelphia Renaissance Report
Stage: 1. " 2014, " Everybody wants to be Malcolm !" 2015
"Mali is Another Galaxy" shown as part of Film festival in Accra Ghana 2015. Collaboration: Taji spearheads Defenders of the Republic & 2Spiral Art collectives. He collaborates extensively with artists of various disciplines .
