About me
Taïna Mueth
Taïna is a Montreal-born mixed-media artist and community organizer of Haitian and Cameroonian heritage. She is the co-founder of Je suis Montréal and a member of the Intercultural Council of Montreal.
Taïna’s work explores relationships between future and present through a Black cultural lens and attempts to foster new truths beyond dominant cultural discourse to connect the African diaspora with its histories and embodied knowledge. Her work is research-driven, instigated by history, fantasy, and science-fiction to explore Blackness with the intent of analyzing its infinite interconnectedness.
Taïna debuted her career as a collage artist in 2020. She has always been enamored with archives and sought to respond to symbolic annihilation in the collective memory. Since then, she has been part of a group exhibition and had a solo exhibition. She also facilitates workshops addressing themes such as art, identity, social justice, and education.
As mentioned by Zimbabwean painter Kudzanai-Violet Hwami: “the beauty of being a child of the diaspora is being able to reinvent ourselves and what it means to be African”. Using this premise as a reference point, Taïna wants to emancipate herself by connecting with a narrative that she has yet to see.
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Education
2022
Master's degree in Business Administration - Entrepreneurship and Management (M.B.A.), Laval University, Quebec, Canada [In progress]
2021
Research Assistant under the direction of Gada Mahrouse, Associate Professor at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2020
Creative Leadership Certification, Factry School of the Creative Science, Montreal, Canada
2019
Bachelor in Nursing, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Selected Workshops & Exhibitions
2023
Le partage d'autorité dans les musées: Curation et médiation : le partage d’autorité avec les communautés et les publics des musées, Panelist, McCord Museum, Montreal
2023
École de la diversité, Panelist, College Maisonneuve, Montreal
2022
Tamarack Institute Annual gathering on community-led impact, Key speaker and panelist, Centre Mont-Royal, Canada
2022
The Importance of Individual Stories and Narratives in the Fight Against Discrimination, Round Table, at Montréal, Arts Iinterculturels (MAI), Canada
2022
Between Past and Present, Curator, Work by Bliss Mutanda, WIP Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2022
Art and Social Justice, Online Workshop, YWCA, Canada
2021
Les Voix de Bordeaux-Cartierville , Solo outdoor exhibition, Montreal, Canada
2021
Youth Lead Innovation Festival , Youth-led Solutions for Education, Online Workshop, United Nations
2020
History of Race and Ethnicity in Montreal, Online Workshop, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
2020
"Je Propagerai mes mots jusqu'à temps d'exister", Art residency and Group exhibition, Celine Bureau X Boiling, Montreal, Canada
2019
Elitism in Activism, Workshop, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
2018
Les Visages de la Diversité, Curator, Work by Yannis Davy Guibinga, Eastern Bloc Gallery, Je suis Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Selected Projects
2021
(In)Visible Minority, Creative Director, presenting the work of Élisée Lang and Jean Tran, Je suis Montréal
2020
J'suis pas raciste, j'ai un ami noir, Institut National de l'Image et du Son, Artist for documentary opening credits
2020
Between Past and Present, Creative Director, Presenting the work of Bliss Mutanda, Je suis Montréal
2019
The Pandemic of Racism, Creative Director, presenting the work of Mallory Lowe Mpoka, Je suis Montréal
Features
2022
‘Systemic change in society’ needed to end violence against women: advocate
2022
Prix Reconnaissance jeunesse du Québec - Taïna Mueth ouvre grand les portes de la métropole
2022
Cision Canada - Nouvelle nomination au Conseil interculturel de Montréal
2022
Urbania - Portrait de trois leaders atypiques qui font face aux grands enjeux de notre époque
2022
The Link Concordia - Photography exhibition looks to accurately rewrite history
2021
CBC - Untold Stories project seeks to highlight history, legacy of diverse Quebecers
2021
Journal des Voisins - Une balade sonore et visuelle au cœur de Bordeaux-Cartierville
2018
CityNews Montreal - "I am Montreal" Photography project
2018