Cornelius Tulloch is a Miami, Florida-based interdisciplinary artist and designer. With work transcending the barriers of architecture, visual art, and photography, Tulloch focuses on how creative mediums can be combined to tell powerful stories. With inspiration from his Jamaican and African American heritage, his work expresses how bodies exist between cultures, borders, and characteristics to create spatial impact. His work has been exhibited in fairs and museums including The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., Pulse Art Fair, Miami, Florida, and the Museo Nazionale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy. In 2016, he was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and is included in the permanent collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem. He is a winner of the Your Portrait 2020 competition, and recipient of a 2020 Ellies Creator Award from Oolite Arts.
BIO
ABOUT THE RESIDENCY
Through photography and mixed media, Cornelius Tulloch re-imagined transatlantic narratives of black histories, cultures, and bodies in the Everglades. Influenced by the likes of the Florida Highwaymen and Black Seminoles he researched the Florida natural landscape as a space of liberation. “By looking at how our human habits relate to the environment, we can begin to create an inclusive space and dialogue with the environment that fosters a culture of ecological consciousness and social equity,” Tulloch notes.
"Being at Everglades National Park through AIRIE was a truly transformative experience. I feel as if I’ve been picked up and dropped on another planet, in the best way possible." - Cornelius Tulloch
ARTIST STATEMENT
About their work Everglades Portrait, 2022, from Passages at the Nest
Exploring the presence of Black identities in south Florida Landscapes, this series of photographs uses color and light to create a journey through the everglades. The Hidden histories of the landscape come to life through this imagery reimagining the everglades through the black lens. Inspired by the Florida Highwaymen, Tulloch approached the south Florida environment with the hopes of continuing the legacy of these African American painters through contemporary mediums.
IN THE NEWS
“Passages,” Creative Directed by Cornelius Tulloch will be presented at the 2023 Aspen Ideas Climate Conference! From March 6-9, hundreds of leaders and climate innovators will gather with the public in Miami Beach for the second annual Aspen Ideas: Climate event. In conjunction with the Aspen Ideas: Climate, the City of Miami Beach and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs will present a series of temporary site-specific public art commissions, film screenings, and performances highlighting issues related to climate change and sea level rise. Tulloch was selected by Miami-Dad Arts in Public Spaces to present “Passages”, the multimedia installation which made its first public debut during our AIRIE Art + Environment Summit during Art Basel. Learn more.