Saba Taj

Saba Taj is a visual artist based in Durham, North Carolina. Inspired by Islamic stories, sci-fi, and revolution, Taj’s work explores representation, the gaze, queerness and the body. Their work employs interdisciplinary practices including mixed-media drawing, painting and collage, sewing, and performance. Taj was the 2019–20 post-MFA Fellow for the Documentary Diversity Project at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies, former executive director of The Carrack Modern Art, Southern Constellations Fellow at Elsewhere Museum, and featured speaker at TEDxDuke in 2017.