Artist Statement

I am a photographer, photojournalist, calligrapher, and mixed media artist. I have loved creating art since my first art class in elementary school. After retiring from a career in the sciences, I furthered my interest in photography by completing the Photography Master Certificate program at Montgomery College. Since 2017, I have exhibited my work at several local venues. My interests include landscape, macro, architectural, and portrait and event photography. My mixed media and collage art result from conceptualizing photographic prints as fabrics and texts. My art and photography inspired designs are informed by patterns created by quilters, the wings and other components of pollinators, birds, flowers, landscapes, masks, and the creative application of digital filters. I am inspired by the artists Alma Thomas and M.C. Escher. 

Education

2019-2023: Montgomery College Master Certificate, Photography Program (Honors) - 2024.

Group and Juried Exhibitions (selected) 

• Bouquet of Glowing Zinnias, JEMBE Black Artists of DC 25th Anniversary Show Juried, Artists and Makers Studio, Rockville, MD, July 3-July 24, 2024

• Glen Echo Labor Day Art Shows (2019-2024); Embodied in the Enchanted Tree 

• The Mansion at Strathmore: Varmints, and Tiger Flowers, Washington Calligraphers Guild, Inc., 40th Ann. Exhibition/Surrealism, 2018

Photography and Art Affiliations (selected) 

• 2019-present: Black Artists of DC, BADC, member 

• 2020-present: Exposure Group, African American Photographers Association in Washington, DC, member 

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/derrickctabor

https://www.instagram.com/derrick.tabor.58

https://www.viewbug.com/member/DCTabor

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/derrickc-tabor 

Bibliography

Varmints, and Tiger Flowers, 40th Anniversary Exhibit, Scripsit, Vol. 40 (2), 2018