Tariqa Waters

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Tariqa Waters
Born1980 (age 44–45)
Richmond, Virginia
Occupations
  • Artist
  • curator
  • director of Martyr Sauce Pop Art Museum
Style Installation art
Website martyrsauce.com

Tariqa Waters (born 1980) is a contemporary artist known for her whimsical fabrications, painting, self-portraiture, and installations. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Waters was born in Richmond, Virginia. She has lived in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Georgia, and Sicily, relocating to Seattle, Washington in 2012. Waters is a self-taught artist. [5] [6]

Career

Waters works in varied media, including canvas, wood, plastic, ceramics, paint, glass, and photography. Waters’ work has been featured in numerous institutions and galleries including the Seattle Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, Hedreen Gallery, and Pivot Art + Culture.

2019 NO series in conjunction with The Seattle Art Museum. NO by Tariqa Waters.jpg
2019 NO series in conjunction with The Seattle Art Museum.

Waters opened Martyr Sauce in 2013, as an artist-led gallery and neighborhood cultural institution, showcasing underrepresented artists. [7] In 2015, along with Jonathan Moore, she founded RE: DEFINITION, a gallery at the Paramount Theater bar. [6]

Her solo exhibition, 100% Kanekalon: The Untold Story of the Marginalized Matriarch, opened at the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle in 2016. [6] [8]

Waters, curated a group exhibition called Yellow Number 5 at the Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM), in Bellevue, Washington, held in 2020 and 2021. Waters succeeded in removing Executive Director Benedict Heywood and holding BAM's board and staff accountable for their racism and other intersectional systems of oppression. [9] [10]

In 2020 Waters’ exhibition Yellow No.5 debuted at the Bellevue Arts Museum.

Her five-room blown-glass immersive installation, Gum Baby, opened at the Museum of Museums in fall 2022. In the summer of 2023 Waters' large scale installation "4th Sunday" exhibited at the Seattle Art Fair and Art on Paper New York.

Is the founding owner of Martyr Sauce Pop Art Museum & Gallery, located in the historic Seattle arts district of Pioneer Square. [11] [12]

References

  1. ↑ Keimig, Jas (June 30, 2021). "SAM, TAM, BAM, NAAM, SAAM: Meet MS PAM!". The Stranger.
  2. ↑ Clemans, Gayle (November 4, 2020). "Tariqa Waters, a force in Seattle's arts community, expands gallery, curates vibrant show at BAM". The Seattle Times .
  3. ↑ Cedeno, Jose (February 24, 2021). "The creative space in downtown Seattle that celebrates art, music, and culture". KING 5 . Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Tariqa Waters". Artist Trust. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  5. ↑ "Tariqa Waters". Bellwether. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "RE:DEFINITION - Events". www.stgpresents.org. Archived from the original on June 9, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ Graves, Jen. "Best Discovery at Art Walk Last Night? That's Easy. Martyr Sauce". The Stranger. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Full Extension: Tariqa Waters' Personal Art & Style". Seattle Magazine. May 16, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  9. ↑ Waters, Tariqa (August 2022). "Open Letter to Bellevue Art Museum". openlettertobellevueartmuseum.wordpress.com. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  10. ↑ Burbank, Megan (March 16, 2021). "Artists call for removal of Bellevue Arts Museum director". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  11. ↑ Thank you, MS PAM
  12. ↑ "Arts: Tariqa Waters". 20 March 2023.
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