Photo By Yusuf Kazmi
Taryn Harris is a painter, muralist, and singer based in Prince George's County. Since studying art, chemistry and poetry at the University of Maryland, she has continued her exploration of abstraction through her studio practice, by working as an assistant to local artists, and as a museum docent and preparator.
Citing the improvisational tradition of jazz, abstract painting, language poetry and meditation among ideologies influential in her artistic development, her growing collection of works often forgoe image in favor of the most visceral interactions between colors, shapes and textures.
Taking cues from abstractionists like Mildred Thompson, Gertrude Stein, Sam Gilliam, Joan Mitchell, Clyfford Still, Kandinsky, and others, she follows the age-old traditions of exploring the both individual, and the collective consciousness through a painter's lens.
C.V
2015
Culture of Excellence (Live Painting) - University of Maryland - College Park, MD
Between Friends - The White Room - Washington DC
In The Mix (Live Painting) - Emergence Community Arts Collective - Washington DC
The Root 2 - Pyramid Atlantic - Silver Spring, MD
Uprising (RAW) - The Howard Theatre - Washington DC
2016
What A Time To Be Alive - Studio Gallery - Washington DC
Smells Like A Turnip - Velvet Lounge - Washington DC
2017
A Mend Ment - University of Maryland - College Park, MD
Artomatic Crystal City, VA
Not.A.Bahi Event (Live Painting) - ImpactHub DC - Washington, DC
She Blooms 2017 (Live Painting) - Imagination Studios - Washington, DC
Taryn & Friends (Curated) - Wicked Bloom -Washington, DC
SPACES NoMA - Uline Arena - Washington, DC
May We Heal - The Annex - Baltimore, MD
Enter The Void - Uptown Arthouse - Washington, DC
Art All Night Congress Heights - Congress Heights Arts and Cultural Center - Washington, DC
2018
The Elements That Define Us - Prince George’s African American History Museum & Cultural Center - Hyattesville, MD
Her Colors - Milk Boy Arthouse - College Park, MD
Congruent – No King’s Collective Pop Up – Washington D.C
2019
UMBRELLA (#TagUp) - No King’s Collective Pop Up/ Martha’s Table - Washington D.C