About

For Daryl Oh, a photograph is an artifact of a moment. That moment is the piece of art, and the artist is God. Originally from Bethesda, Maryland, Daryl was a commercial photographer in New York City for 10 years after graduating from the Tisch School of the Arts in 2014. At 23 she opened Holyrad Studio, a creative agency, production studio, and membership collective that provided affordable access to spaces, equipment, and programming.

As a community leader and educator, Daryl is passionate about teaching artists the business skills that are missing in current art education programs that prevent artists from finding upward economic mobility, which is exacerbated by the cost of entry. This leaves the most important voices out of the conversations where they are needed most.

In 2021, despite her best efforts in the face of lockdown, Holyrad Studio closed its doors and Daryl retired from commercial photography for good.

She moved to Trinidad by accident in 2023 after misreading a Craigslist ad, where she now pursues her fine art career full-time. As a survivor of domestic violence, finding an affordable place to live and reconnect with her first artistic love, the black and white portrait.

She sees photographs as artifacts of a moment. A moment is not simply a random slice of time. Time becomes a moment when it is observed, and that moment is a piece of art; ‘ready-made.’ Behind the camera, She is only a witness, framing a moment. Repetitive in method and typology, her work is hinged upon the universal as a way to reveal Truth. Everyone has a fingerprint. No two are the same.