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EXPO CHICAGO 2024 | Exposure
Under New Ownership, Expo Chicago 2024 Maintains It’s Midwestern Charm
“It might be in its 11th edition, but EXPO Chicago is embarking on a new chapter. This year’s fair—the largest in the U.S. Midwest—is the first since Frieze announced last summer that it’d be acquiring EXPO, along with The Armory Show in New York….”
Dreamsong | EXPOSURE | Booth 420
“Dreamsong is pleased to announce our participation in Expo Chicago 2024. The gallery’s presentation will be in Booth 420 of the Exposure section, curated by Rosario Güiraldes, Curator of Visual Arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
Dreamsong’s solo presentation at Expo Chicago highlights the full range and depth of Ta-coumba T. Aiken’s work, featuring recent paintings, collages, works on paper, prints and sculptures.” — Dreamsong
DREAMSONG Preview Gallery
Please contact Dreamsong for further information at: rebecca@dreamsong.art
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, installation view in Dreamsong’s booth at EXPO Chicago, 2024. Photo by Justin Barbin. Courtesy of EXPO Chicago.
Honoring Black History | Frieze Los Angeles 2023
“A highlight of the Focus section curated by Amanda Hunt and Sonya Tamaddon, Dreamsong gallery presents a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow, Ta-coumba T. Aiken, whose work is rooted in a deep engagement with Black history and culture.” — Frieze Los Angeles 2023
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, In Plain Sight, 2021, Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy the artist and Dreamsong
Frieze Los Angeles 2023 | History, Land and Identity
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, Untitled, 2022, Acrylic on tape mounted to paper. Courtesy of the artist and Dreamsong (Minneapolis).
Frieze Los Angeles
“Dreamsong is pleased to announce their participation in Frieze LA 2023. The gallery’s presentation in the Focus section of the fair will feature recent work by Minnesota-based artists Ta-coumba T. Aiken and Nicole Havekost, both of whom have spent decades developing visual languages that speak to their lived experiences through materially innovative approaches to painting, collage and sculpture.” —Dreamsong
February 16-19, 2023
Please contact Dreamsong for further information or to request a preview at: rebecca@dreamsong.art.
Frieze Los Angeles is led by Christine Messineo, Frieze’s Director of Americas. Alongside some of the US's most exciting emerging spaces are major world-leading galleries.
Amanda Hunt, (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis) will be curator for the second year of the fair’s Focus section devoted to galleries from across the country that have been in operation for twelve years or less and alongside new Associate Curator Sonya Tamaddon. —Frieze Los Angeles
2022 DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC ARTISTS: SOUL | SOIL | SENSES
Public Art Saint Paul hosted by by Sanjit Sethi, President of MCAD, and Laura Wertheim Joseph, Curator of Exhibitions at MN Museum of American Art.
November 3, 2022
“Public Art Saint Paul’s Distinguished Public Artists is a FREE annual event in which leaders in the field of public art share their practice, their work, and their vision for the field of public art.” — Public Art Saint Paul
Credit: Public Art Saint Paul and MCAD
Guggenheim Fellowship Winner Ta-coumba T. Aiken
TWIN CITIES PBS ORIGINALS
AIR DATE: September 16, 2022
Season 2023 Episode 3
Maren Machles profiles much-honored St. Paul artist Ta-coumba Aiken.
Ta-coumba Aiken's Guggenheim Fellowship Was a Long Time Coming
Mpls. St Paul Magazine
August 28, 2022
“After eight tries and a lifetime of work, this Minneapolis artist finally earned a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship and thinks the best is yet to come.”
— By Robyne Robinson
Photo credit: Cameron Wittig
‘Just My Imagination’ Exhibit designed to evoke ‘positive spirit’
Photo Courtesy Red Wing Arts
Republican Eagle
August 17, 2022
“A new art exhibit fills the walls of Red Wing Art’s Depot Gallery. Ta-Coumba T. Aiken, a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow and Twin Cities artist, is featuring some new pieces in this solo exhibition, “Just My Imagination.”“
Art Hounds: Northern Spark returns; Ta-coumba Aiken's abstract art on display
MPR News
June 9, 2022
“Allison Baker, an art professor at Hamline University, was excited to see the solo show by Ta-coumba T. Aiken at Dreamsong Gallery in northeast Minneapolis. Baker said the show “couldn’t have been better timed,” coming weeks after Aiken was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for 2022.”
By Emily Bright
2019 Ta-coumba T. Aiken Awakening 45” x 68”, acrylic on canvas
Photo Credit: Tom Dunn Photography
The Fearless Artist is Present: In conversation with Ta-coumba Aiken
2021 Ta-coumba T. Aiken ARRIVAL 36” Diameter, acrylic on canvas
MPLSART.COM
May 23, 2022
“Celebrating both a Guggenheim Fellowship and a solo show at Dreamsong, the artist talks about Spirit Writing, Rhythm Patterns, time travel, and the importance of showing up…
To converse with Ta-coumba is to bear witness to his paintings.” — Yonci Jameson
Guggenheim fellow Ta-coumba Aiken’s solo show at Dreamsong gallery
Northeast Minneapolis Arts District
May 2022
“A conversation with St. Paul artist Ta-coumba T. Aiken is a lot like taking in one of his paintings: Many layers and winding threads lead to findings that might shift as you further consider them.”
By Karen Kraco
Photo Credit: Karen Kraco — Ta-coumba Aiken in his studio
A St. Paul artist is getting national attention for receiving a prestigious fine arts fellowship
Ta-coumba T. Aiken wins a Guggenheim, recognizing decades of dynamic work
MINNPOST Arts & Culture
April 26, 2022
“Aiken says the fellowship signifies a belief in his work, which allows him to continue to do his work in communities at large.“
By Sheila Regan | Columnist
Photo Credit: Tom Dunn Photography
Ta-coumba Aiken Appointed as a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow
Ta-coumba T. Aiken | 2022 Guggenheim Fellow
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
April 7th, 2022
The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced on April 7th, 2022 the recipients of the 97th Guggenheim Fellowships competition. Based on prior achievement and exceptional promise, a diverse group of 180 exceptional individuals were appointed. Ta-coumba is recognized in the Fine Arts category after competing in a rigorous process of nearly 2500 applicants for 2022.