Tariqa Waters

Tariqa Waters (born 1980) is a visual and performance artist, curator, educator, and gallerist in Seattle, Washington. She is the owner of Martyr Sauce gallery in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.[1][2][3]

Tariqa Waters
Born1980
Richmond, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArtist
StyleInstallation art
Awards2018 Artist Trust Fellowship Award
Websitemartyrsauce.com

Early life and education

Born in Richmond, Virginia and having lived in Washington DC and Sicily, Waters arrived in Seattle in 2012. Waters is a self-taught artist.[4][5]

Career

Waters opened Martyr Sauce in 2012, as an artist-led gallery and neighborhood cultural institution, showcasing underrepresented artists. In 2015, along with the late Jonathan Moore, she founded RE: DEFINITION, a gallery at the Paramount Theater bar with the same aim of elevating underrepresented artists, as well as redefining historic cultural space.[5][3]

Alongside her work at Martyr Sauce and RE:DEFINITION, Waters continued work on her own art. Her solo exhibition, 100% Kanekalon: The Untold Story of the Marginalized Matriarch, opened at the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle in 2016.[5] The title refers to synthetic hair extensions which are part of an African American Hair ritual.[6]

Waters curated a group exhibition called Yellow Number 5 at the Bellevue Arts Museum, in Bellevue Washington, held in 2020 and 2021.[7][8]

References
  1. "Tariqa Waters". Artist Trust. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  2. Fair, Seattle Art (2017-07-18). "Tariqa Waters: 'I Don't Need To Make Any Apologies For What I Do As An Artist'". Medium. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  3. Am; Manitach, a; Edwards, Miguel (2014-10-15). "Tariqa Waters and Martyr Sauce". City Arts Magazine. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  4. "Tariqa Waters". Bellwether 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  5. "RE:DEFINITION - Events". www.stgpresents.org. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  6. "Full Extension: Tariqa Waters' Personal Art & Style". Seattle Magazine. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  7. Vansynghel, Margo (November 5, 2020). "New Bellevue Arts Museum show brings technicolor to dark days | Crosscut". Crosscut. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  8. Cedeno, Jose (February 24, 2021). "The creative space in downtown Seattle that celebrates art, music, and culture". King5. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
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