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Taji Senior is an actor, theatre maker and cultural worker. Her artistic practice and field of artistic inquiry is rooted in the exploration of Blackness as an impossibility.

Her practice and aesthetic are most influenced by the pioneers of the Black Artists Movement of the 60s, the work of Black scholars and sociologists such as Saidiya Hartman, Fred Moten, C. Riley Snorton and Tressie Mcmillan Cottom and the work of Black women visual artists: Faith Ringgold, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems and Zanele Muholi. She is specifically interested in exploring the sonic and temporal elements of world building.  Her work as a cultural worker is an expansive tapestry of professional creative experiences including serving as an Audio Producer and Logistics Coordinator for theGrio Black Podcast Network where she produced episodes featuring George M. Johnson, Tarana Burke, Da’Shaun L. Harrison, Tamika Mallory and more. You can listen to some of the episodes she produced here.

Taji most recently served as the Literary Associate for New York Theatre Workshop and was a NYTW 2050 Administrative Artistic Fellow. During her time as a fellow, she had the opportunity to observe rehearsals led by Les Waters, Tamila Woodard, Whitney White, Chay Yew, Lee Sunday Evans, Will Davis and others. She also holds a B.A. in journalism from Texas Tech University and worked formerly as TV News Producer.