Glass Bender. Neon Dreamer. Story Illuminator.

Tahirah Rasheed transforms glass tubes into radical lightscapes, where abstraction meets activism and glow becomes a call to action. Her luminous sculptures reflect a fierce devotion to centering the autonomy, resilience, and joy of Black women, bringing visibility to stories that deserve to shine. A West Oakland native and UC Berkeley alumna, she co-founded a groundbreaking art collective rooted in Black feminist theory—a movement of artists, curators, and thinkers using creativity as a tool for liberation and collective care.

Her work has captivated the art world and beyond, earning her a place in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 100 honoree and features in The New York Times, TIME, Vogue and ARTnews to name a few. She has shaped cultural conversations as a programming collaborator with the de Young Museum and as a juror for the Museum of the African Diaspora’s Emerging Artist 2024 cohort.

In 2024, as an artist-in-residence at the renowned Pilchuck Glass School, she immersed herself in bending glass and building light-driven narratives that fused personal memory with communal resistance. Tahirah’s creations pulse with life and defiance, marking her place as a visionary voice in contemporary glass art.

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