Taneesh Kaur

San Francisco

Taneesh Kaur is a US-born Punjabi teaching artist based in San Francisco, a social justice advocate who uses nature to understand and dismantle systems of mental and physical oppression. Her visual art has been shown in galleries in the Bay Area and Southern California, and has received praise from the international Luxembourg Art Prize 2023. Her poetry appears in journals and anthologies, most recently in KALW's Bay Poets series. Her full-length poetic memoir, "Thawing," is out now from Collapse Press. Taneesh has a Master's in linguistics from San Francisco State University, and is currently in the MFA program for poetry at University of San Francisco. More of her work can be found in English and Spanish at www.TaneeshCantos.com.

Projects

  1. Thawing: A Poetic Memoir

    Publisher Note: A full length, hybrid collection of prose essays and poetry that outlines how one immigrant artist in the USA managed to overcome traditional and non-traditional family trauma; physical, emotional and situational; borne from the caste systems of India and the US.

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  2. Social Justice for All

    In this series, I explore ways we can improve quality of life for ourselves and each other as it relates to education, elections, and other social issues.

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  3. Literary Analysis

    Literary analysis in English and Spanish.

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  4. Conversation Analysis in Supreme Court Nominee Hearings

    This project analyzes Senate Judiciary Hearings over Supreme Court nominees using the linguistic theory Conversation Analysis. The first completed one looks at Brett Kavanaugh's hearing. Check out the link to the full text. Other analyses are in progress.

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  5. Metaphors and Immigration: How Media Imagery Shapes Discourse

    This paper explores the metaphors of immigration in the US, as it is presented in the current media climate, using the linguistic theories of Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Critical Discourse Analysis. Data was gathered and analyzed from a survey with open-ended questions.

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  6. United States of Diversity (Dictionary.com)

    I wrote a column for a few years with Dictionary.com called United States of Diversity. It's a sociolinguistic exploration of the minority languages and dialects of the the US. Started to try to mute or counter some of the hateful rhetoric coming from the Trump administration.

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  7. Haiga of Resistance

    This project explores personal trauma through the Japanese haiga tradition, pairing visual art with haiku. Each haiku will be embroidered onto a painting that will vary in size and shape depending on the image. Mixed media, acrylic and thread

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  8. Surreal in Nature

    Surreal in Nature is a side project that incorporates nature with the surreal in an attempt to challenge our perceptions of nature and our relationship to it.

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  9. Feather to Flesh

    Feather to Flesh 10 paintings, 10 poems Queer Rebel Productions Intergenerational Curatorial Resident Artist Program 2022 A love story. The collapse of the spirit and physical worlds, exploring this dichotomy as they merge. The limitless beauty of love and surrender.

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  10. Queer Rebel Artist Residency 2022

    Queer Rebel Productions Intergenerational Artist Residence Program 2022 Two videos: 1. Feather in Taking Up the Space (October 11 virtual showing) 2. Frida Kahlo Tribute in Give Us the Word (October 14 virtual showing)

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  11. United in Diversity

    United in Diversity is a weekly IG Live show hosted by Taneesh Kaur on the platform @thegalaxy_of_poets. The show is rooted in poetry and dedicated to holidays, traditions, and literature around the globe. Sundays 2pm PST / 5pm EST IG @thegalaxy_of_poets

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Skills

  1. Literary Arts

    Focus
    Writing, Editing, Teaching, Literary Criticism, Comparative Literature, Preservation & Archival
    Genres
    Ghazal, Haiku, Lyric Poetry, Narrative Poetry, Free Verse Poetry, Experimental Poetry, Education, Social Justice, Opinion & Commentary, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

  2. Social Justice

    Focus
    Research, Whistleblowing, Education, Civic Engagement
    Topics
    Children & Youth, Criminal Justice Reform, Immigration Reform, Gender & Sexuality, Intersectionality, Political & Electoral Reform, Racial Justice

  3. Linguistics

    Branches
    Cognitive Linguistics, Morphology, Phonology, Pragmatics, Socio Linguistics, Etymology, Phonetics, General Linguistics
    Periods
    20th Century Ad, 2o20s, 2o1os, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s, 1970s, 1960s
    Languages
    Indo European, Afro Asiatic

  4. Painting

    Types
    Surrealistic, Spiritual, Figurative, Abstract
    Media
    Acrylic, Mixed Media
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