Tahliah Simumba

Gramarye
2024



Tahliah Simumba, also known as TAAHLIAH, is a Scottish multidisciplinary artist and musician based in London. Moving fluidly between sound, painting, performance, and film, her practice traces the shifting lines between internal and external narratives – mapping intimacy, identity, and collective experience through experimental forms. Her work is defined by a commitment to trans-led cultural production, often foregrounding collaboration, cultural ecologies, and embodied modes of perception.

Her critically acclaimed debut album Gramarye was nominated for Best Independent Album at the AIM Independent Music Awards and shortlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year Award in 2025. Her debut EP Angelica received Best Independent EP at the AIM Independent Music Awards in 2022, establishing her as a leading voice in the new wave of avant-garde pop and electronic music. In 2022, she was named BBC Radio 1 Dance Artist of the Year, and in 2024 she was nominated for Best Breakthrough Producer at the DJ Mag Best of British Awards.

She has performed at major cultural institutions including Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, ICA, Southbank Centre, and the Barbican, as well as at festivals such as Glastonbury, Ladyland, Draaimolen, and Sónar. Her interdisciplinary works have been exhibited at the V&A and the National Library of Scotland. Across clubs, galleries, and live contexts, her work has uplifted dance floors and audiences internationally, tracing moments of release and reflection held in continual dialogue.

Her collaborations have spanned the worlds of contemporary music, orchestration, and pop culture, including projects with London Contemporary Orchestra, Blood Orange, English Teacher, Lyra Pramuk, and Loraine James. She has previously guest-presented on BBC Radio 6 Music and hosts her own radio show Fe’rever Forever on foundation.fm.

Alongside her artistic practice, Tahliah has cultivated a parallel path in curation, programming, and advocacy. She has held roles at the Scottish Queer International Film Festival and Africa in Motion Film Festival, and currently works at the British Film Institute, contributing to institutional approaches to inclusion and accessibility.


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Education

Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Painting & Printmaking
2021

Universität der Künste Berlin
Performance & Sound
2019




Solo Shows

(upcoming) TBA
Glasgow International,
Glasgow, Scotland
2026





Group Shows

move/003
180 The Strand 
London, England
2024

Passions 
National Library of Scotland 
Edinburgh, Scotland
2022

Tay Late: And the Beat Goes On 
V&A 
Dundee, Scotland
2021




Representation

untitled (recs) 
primary talent (uk and eu)
united talent (usa)