I work at the intersection of earth and future.
My practice is a form of listening to land, to memory, to the quiet intelligence that lives inside trees, water, and the human body. Through painting, sculpture, film, and world-building, I create spaces where time softens and alternative futures become visible. In my work, creativity moves like water. It flows through ancestry, science, and intuition, carrying fragments of the past into speculative, life-centered futures. Figures rest. Forests breathe. Color behaves like light alive, responsive, and intentional. These are not imagined worlds of escape, but reminders of what is already possible when humans return to rhythm with the Earth.
I am drawn to moments of stillness hands touching bark, bodies paused in thought, landscapes that feel sentient. My materials and imagery exist in conversation between ancient knowledge and future technology, where ecology, physics, and imagination are inseparable.The work asks quiet questions:
What happens when we stop rushing? What futures open when care becomes the dominant intelligence? How does the planet respond when we remember how to listen? I do not create answers. I create thresholds. Places to breathe.An inner knowing, remembered.Artist Bio
Fatimah Taj whitej is an interdisciplinary artist, storyteller, and art educator with over 20 years of experience teaching, creating, and building creative spaces across the globe. Her practice spans painting, sculpture, illustration, film, and speculative world-building, rooted in earth-based wisdom, environmental futures, and intuitive knowledge. She has lived, worked, and traveled extensively, drawing inspiration from diverse cultures, landscapes, and ancestral traditions. This global perspective deeply informs both her artwork and her teaching philosophy, which centers creativity as a living, regenerative force rather than a fixed skill. Fatimah is currently a full-time Professor of Art at Colorado State University Pueblo, where she teaches foundational and advanced studio courses while developing innovative curricula that merge art, ecology, storytelling, and future-thinking. Her approach to education emphasizes curiosity, inner knowing, and the cultivation of sustainable creative practices.
Across her career, she has remained committed to nurturing artists not only as makers, but as thinkers, healers, and visionaries. Whether in the classroom or the studio, her work invites a return to rhythm with the Earth, with imagination, and with the deeper intelligence that guides creative life.