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About Ta-coumba Aiken: Ta-coumba is a Twin Cities artist, arts administrator, educator and community activist who focuses on public art and collaborative projects. His “rhythm paintings” on paper and canvas are loose and lively. He has participated in the creation of over 300 murals and public art sculptures with themes ranging from local history to the artist’s own style of rhythmic pattern and spirit writing. The artist has served on the boards of the Minneapolis Arts Commission, the African American Cultural Arts Center, Forecast Public Arts, and the St. Paul Arts Collective and has acted as an advisor on the arts for both the
City of St. Paul and the City of Minneapolis. He has been the recipient of awards including a Pollack- rasner Foundation Fellowship and a Bush Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship. His works can be found in public and private collections including those of the Walker Art Center, General Mills, Herbie Hancock, Taj Mahal, and Maya Angelou.  |
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Other Works by Ta-Coumba Aiken
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Omnipotent, 2001
Acrylic on paper
The Walker Art Center
Julie and Babe Davis Acquisition Fund |
In 2000 local artist Ta-coumba Aiken painted this “Voices of Hope” mural on the wall of the St. Paul Union Gospel Mission.
A City Pages article highlighting some of the best murals in the Twin Cities includes this work |
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I Got This, Ta-Coumba Aiken, Acrylic on canvas h: 48 x w: 36 in / h: 121.9 x w: 91.4 cm Contemporary (ca. 1945-present) Price 4,700 USD |
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Biography ( )
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1988 |
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Pollack/Krasner Fellowship, New York, New York |
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1990 |
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Art in Public Places, Minneapolis Arts Commission Minneapolis, MN |
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1991 |
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Headland Center for the Arts, four month residency, Sausilito, CA |
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1992 |
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BUSH Artist Fellowship, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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1993 |
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Nicollet Mall- Art In Public Places Project, "SHADOW SPIRIT" in collaboration with Seitu Jones, 12th and Nicollet, Minneapolis MN |
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1993 |
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Interrogating Identity, created an installation for a traveling exhibit with the Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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1993 |
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Robert Street Municipal Parking Ramp, created six cast walls a one nine feet in diameter etched glass window, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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1994 |
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Gottlieb Fellowship, New York, NY |
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1996 |
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Cultural Collaboration Grant, In collaboration with Zenon Dance Company, Minnesota State Arts Board, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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1997 |
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Celebration of Life Mural, In collaboration with Master Muralist Dr. John Biggers, lead artist Seitu Jones, myself, and a select team of fifteen artist, created a 200'w by 16' h mural, on Lyndale and Seventh Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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1999 |
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Highgrove Credit Union, five panel mural 8'h by 10'w Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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1999 |
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Richard Green / Central,Weed &Seed public Art Project Sculpture, Minneapolis, Minnesota (in progress) |
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1999 |
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Capital New Year 2000, Illustrator for promotional packet |
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1999 |
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Voted the " BEST LOCAL ARTIST" by the CITY PAGES' Best of the TWIN CITIES 1999, Minnesota |
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1999 |
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Saint Paul Art Collective, President; Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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1999 |
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Cultural Collaboration Grant, with Pangea World Theater Minnesota State Arts Board, recipient. |
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1999 |
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Leadership in Neighborhood Fellowship, Saint Paul Companies, recipient, Minnesota |
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1999 |
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National Community Development and the Arts Conference, Community Artists' Collectives' Keynote speaker, Houston, Texas |
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1999 |
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AFRICA, One Continent Many Worlds, ten murals collaborated with students from five schools, for the Minnesota Science Museum. Twin Cities |
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2000 |
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Marcy Open School, History mural project, Minneapolis, MN |
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2000 |
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Artists' Concept for Developing Community: The Lake Street Project, Intermedia Arts; guest curator. Minneapolis,MN |
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2000 |
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Hollman Project artist team, artist consultant for community development project. Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Exhibitions
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2001 |
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Joy; ADC Communication, 84' x 11' Mural within cafateria, Eden Prairie, MN |
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2001 |
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Peanuts On Parade, Charlie Brown; St. Paul, MN |
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2000 |
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'Open Face'; Installation,Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
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2000 |
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Voices Of Hope;Gosple Child Care Center, 128' x 20' Mural, St. Paul, MN |
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2000 |
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Painted Glass Vessels; Flatland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN |
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2000 |
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Cinderella Stories;Set Design; Stepping Stone Theatre, Minneapolis, MN |
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2000 |
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Peanuts on Parade, Snoopy, City of St. Paul, MN |
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1999 |
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Spirit House Revisited, with Bill Slack and Seitu Jones, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota |
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1999 |
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Sources, with James Tanner, Colette Gaiter, and Seitu Jones; Macalaster College, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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1999 |
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Diaspora, multimedia exhibition, at The Lounge, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Curated by Newscaster Robin Robinson, KMSP9 |
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1999 |
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BROTHERS & SISTERS TO THE BONE, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Curated by Ta-coumba |
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1999 |
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Kohn Gallery, Sharing the Spirit, solo, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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1998 |
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ABSOLUT EXPRESSION, Original works by African American Artist. Traveling exhibition sponsored by ABSOLUT VODKA |
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1998 |
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Lutheran Brotherhood Hdq, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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1997 |
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Vision From Within, Intermedia Arts, curator, Minneapolis |
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1996 |
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Unique Images Fine Arts Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota |
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1996 |
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Diversity: New Acquisition Exhibitions, Saint Paul, MN |
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