Tarah Marie (they/them) is a queer multidisciplinary artist whose work embraces their love of playing with traditional and experimental processes. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Tarah’s creative practice includes printmaking, bookmaking, stained glass, and ceramics. Each project contains repurposed and handmade materials that work towards sustainable creativity. Driven by the beliefs that art should be inclusive, expressive, and a catalyst for change, their work challenges perfectionism, uplifts community, and resists the constraints of capitalism through shared knowledge and making art accessible.
Tarah’s art reflects their learned self-acceptance, including their experiences of healing, and embracing queerness as a source of strength and inspiration. They prioritize materials that carry meaning whether it’s handmade paper, plant-based pigments, or reclaimed objects; they create pieces that speak to resilience, values, and personal storytelling.
Alongside their studio work, Tarah is an art educator committed to nurturing curiosity and creative freedom. They teach workshops and community demos based on experimentation within traditional processes, encouraging others to see making as both a form of personal growth and a communal practice. Tarah’s practice focuses on the idea that art is just as much about the way it came to be as it is the outcome.
They currently create and live in San Diego, California with their wife, cat, and dog.
