A person wearing a leopard-print cat-ear hooded outfit kneels behind a large yellow globe, holding it in a dimly lit room with colorful flags and plush items in the background.

Alana Taijé

Multidisciplinary Fine Artist

Known for emotionally charged works that blend Neo-Expressionist and Surrealist influences, Alana Taijé explores identity, cultural erasure, self-worth, decolonization, and Indigenous identity through bold color and powerful narratives.

Deeply informed by her Afro-Indigenous Caribbean heritage, her practice spans vibrant self-portraiture, intimate reflections, heartfelt familial tributes, live painting, and community engagement. Her growing presence as an artist, curator, and gallery host — supporting gallery launches and professional showcases — has established her as an emerging figure within the New York and New Jersey art scene.

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Inheriting Narrative & Form

A Reflection of Process, Identity, and Visual Language

The following statements are directly sourced from an audio recording. This [recording] was transcribed and dated on August 24th, 2026:

“I’m not going to fabricate this sort of idea that I’m this savant, right – because a lot of people will approach creativity in general, especially in this age of [Artificial Intelligence], as something that is completely incomprehensible. It’s natural to see something [another human has created] and look at it in wonder and amazement and genuinely question, how could somebody do that, because you yourself don’t have the skills, right? But that’s exactly what it is. It’s a skill.

It's the same issue we face with The Great Pyramids, StoneHenge, and Easter Island. Modern people unversed in the histories of storytelling and the development of human language 'blame' our greatest creations on alien entities, when art has always been far more complex than that. These large, seemingly ominous structures were their way of expression, of ornament, and to displace every 'unfathomable' action to something ambivalent – it discredits our work in society, as humans, here on Earth."