Taki Gold

Through his towering painted canvases, TAKI reflects his childhood experience during the Liberian Civil War to reveal the complexities of war, power, femininity, and identity.

Currently based in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, TAKI came to the United States from Liberia, Africa at the age of ten. He lived through four years of war under the protection of local village women. These women shaped TAKI’s understanding of color and form, encouraging him to process the brutality of war by creating beauty from wreckage. In 1994, TAKI was reunited with his parents and siblings and has continued to use his art to contemplate notions of identity, belonging, and rebirth.

Today TAKI's art can be found in many private collections throughout the world including New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, Saint Augustine Beach, Florida, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Atlanta, Georgia, Austin, Texas, Cleveland, Ohio, London, and Greece.

B.A., University of Rhode Island

Private Reception, Saint Augustine, FL 2023
E.K. Art Gallery, Los Angeles 2022
LA Art Show, Los Angeles 2022
Art N The Bowl, E.K. Art Gallery, Los Angeles 2022
We are Afrika, World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Robin Rice Gallery, New York 2021
LA Plages Gallery, New York 2020
Nesbitt Dream Foundation Charity Event, Montecito, CA 2020
Carr Winery Art Show, Santa Barbara, CA 2019
Gallery of Montecito Art Show, Montecito, CA 2018
Boulder Art Week, Boulder, CO 2018