Steeped in personal and universal histories, Taj Poscé’s complex work is built by burning and collaging archival elements, construction materials, and paint. The combination of materials and the physical act of destruction imbues the work with a spirit found throughout natural history, aligning with universal laws and forces reflected by the ethereal motifs he employs. Poscé focuses on moments that crystalize the beauty and vulnerability of Black life, asking what it means to carry weight of the past spiritually, while simultaneously straddling a state of chaos thinking of the future.
Taj Poscé was born and raised in Philadelphia, and is currently based in Baltimore, MD. This spring Poscé finished his MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Arts (MICA) where he received the highest merit scholarship to the Leroy Hoffberger painting program and the Congressional Black Caucus Visual Artist Award. He has a BFA from the Tyler School of Arts (Philadelphia, PA) where he studied under Odili Donald Odita and received numerous awards including the Yale Norfolk Summer Residency, and a studio abroad in Rome, Italy with Italian American papermaker Roberto Mannino. Just on the Other Side is the artist’s first exhibition with DIMIN and first solo exhibition in New York.