Tajh Rust
Tajh Rust was born in 1989 in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from The Cooper Union in 2011 with a BFA in Painting and Film. He is currently a 2019 MFA candidate at Yale University School of Art.
Tajh Rust’s environmental portrait paintings explore the relationships between black identity and space. He collaborates with his subjects to determine how they are represented and also employs film and literary references to draw connections between portraiture, language, and modes of representation.
Rust’s work has been exhibited throughout America, and he will be shown in the upcoming exhibition, ‘Familiar Boundaries, Infinite Possibilities’, which will be presented at the August Wilson Center in Pittsburgh from October 12, 2018 – March 24, 2019. Rust’s new work will be shown alongside national and international contemporary artists who draw from themes that question society’s obsession with tradition, policing, consumption and indulgence.
Rust currently lives and works in New Haven, CT
Selected Works
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Tajh Rust
Subject VIII (Naomi), 2018
Tajh Rust
Subject VIII (Naomi), 2018
Details
Medium
Painting
Materials used
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Dimensions (in)
32 x 32
Dimensions (cm)
81 x 81
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Tajh Rust
Adrienne, 2017
Tajh Rust
Adrienne, 2017
Details
Medium
Painting
Materials used
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Dimensions (in)
72 x 54
Dimensions (cm)
183 x 137
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Tajh Rust
Sleep (Day Dreaming), 2018
Tajh Rust
Sleep (Day Dreaming), 2018
Details
Medium
Painting
Materials used
Oil on canvas
Dimensions (in)
48 x 84
Dimensions (cm)
122 x 213
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Tajh Rust
Jonathan, 2016
Tajh Rust
Jonathan, 2016
Details
Medium
Painting
Materials used
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Dimensions (in)
72 x 48
Dimensions (cm)
183 x 122
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Tajh Rust
At The Table, 2018
Tajh Rust
At The Table, 2018
Details
Medium
Work on paper
Materials used
Oil on yupo paper
Dimensions (in)
48 x 60
Dimensions (cm)
122 x 152
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Tajh Rust
Ocean Floor, 2018
Tajh Rust
Ocean Floor, 2018
Details
Medium
Work on paper
Materials used
Oil on yupo paper
Dimensions (in)
60 x 60
Dimensions (cm)
152 x 152