James Tylor : CV
Education
Masters of Visual Art and Design (Photography), South Australian School of Art, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA, 2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours (Photography), Tasmanian School of Art, Nipaluna Hobart, Palawa Pakana Nations, TAS, 2012
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Photography), South Australian School of Art, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA 2011
Certificate IV ( Carpentry & Joinery ), TAFE WA, Boorloo Perth, Noongar Nation, WA, 2015
Exhibitions
2025
'Seasonal Shifts', Boroondara Arts Town Hall Gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, Vic
'Melbourne Art Fair', N.Smith Gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Tapa-arra Through the Landscape ', N.Smith Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW (Solo)
'52 actions, 52 artists' Qantas Founders Museum, Longreach, Iningai Nation, QLD
'Turrangka, In The Shadow ' Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Kulin Nation VIC (Solo)
'Ramsey Art Prize' Art Gallery of South Australia, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'52 actions, 52 artists' Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Palawa Nation, TAS
'Tokoolbota Wiyeliko (Truth Tell)' Museum of Art and Culture Yapang, Awaba Lake Macquarie, Awabakal Nation, NSW
'Winter Show', N.Smith Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
'On Country', ÉgliseSainte-Anne Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
'Turrangka, In The Shadow', John Curtin Gallery, Boorloo Perth, Noongar Nation, WA
'The Neighbour at the Gate', National Art School, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
2024
'Ceremony' Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, Wiradjuri, NSW
'The Darkness of Enlightenment' N.Smith Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Gadigal Nation, NSW (Solo)
'Art SG 2024', Agency Projects, Marina Bay, Sands, Singapore
'52 actions, 52 artists' Redcliffe Art Gallery, Redcliffe, Gubbi Gubbi and the Ningy Ningy Nations QLD
'Materiality but not as we know it' Canberra Art Museum & Gallery ,Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnnawal Nation, ACT
'Turrangka, In The Shadow ' Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn, Ngunnawal Nation, NSW (Solo)
'Art Fair Tokyo ' N.Smith Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
'52 actions, 52 artists' Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Garramilla Darwin, Larrakia Nation, NT
'Turning 3' N.Smith Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Gadigal Nation, NSW
'Sydney Contemporary' N.Smith Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Gadigal Nation, NSW
'Assembly' Adelaide City Council, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'52 actions, 52 artists' Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie, Birpai Nation, NSW
'Uncrated' Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Borrowed Landscapes Mosmon Art Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation,NSW
'Watch and Listen' Nexus Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation SA
'Bankstown Biennale' , Bankstown Arts Centre, Dharug Nation, NSW
'Summer 25 ', N.Smith Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
'52 actions, 52 artists' Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum, Gladstone, Bailai, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng and Taribelang Bunda Nations QLD
2023
'Ceremony ' Araluen Arts Centre, Mparntwe, Alice Springs, Arrernte Nation, NT
'Australiana: Designing a Nation', Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Aftertaste' Fairfield City Art Museum, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'SA History Festival' Hahndorf Academy , Pukartilla Hahndorf, Peramangk Nation SA
'Soft Landing' GAGPROJECTS, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'52 actions, 52 artists' Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, Bangerang nation, VIC
'Turrangka, In The Shadow ' UNSW Gallery , Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW (Solo)
'Photo London' Somerset House, London UK
‘Inspiring People’ National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
'Unmonumental’ Yarra Arts, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
‘New Acquisitions / New Perspectives’ , Flinders University Art Museum, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Naadohbii, To Draw Water’ Pātaka Art Museum, Porirua, Aotearoa NZ
'52 actions, 52 artists' Jervis Bay Maritime Museum, Jervis Bay, Yuin Nation, NSW
‘From An Untouched Landscape', LaTrobe Art Institution, Bendigo, Kulin Nation, VIC (Solo)
‘Turbulent', Artbank, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Ceremony ' Samstag Museum of Art, UniSA, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Turrangka, In The Shadow ' Centre of Contemporary Photography , Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Solo)
'Mudlirna ' JamFactory , Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Solo)
'52 actions, 52 artists' Singleton Arts and Cultural Centre, Singleton, Wanaruah people NSW
2022
'Naadohbii Drawing Water' Bunjilaka Cultural Centre Melbourne Museum, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Warpulayinthi' Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Duo with Rebecca Selleck )
'From An Untouched Landscape', Kluge Ruhe, Charlotteville, Monacan Indian Nation, VA, USA
'Of Embers' ArtSpace, Maroondah City Council, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'From An Untouched Landscape', Eastman Museum, Rochester, Seneca Nation, NY, USA (Solo)
'Fertile Ground', Horsham Regional Gallery, Wopetbungundilar Horsham, Wergaia Nation, VIC
'Fire Country' Melbourne Art Fair, GAGProjects , Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Duo with Rebecca Selleck)
'Adelaide Biennial: Free State ' Art Gallery of South Australia, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Who's Afraid of Aboriginal Art' VCA Art space, The University of Melbourne ,Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'For the Love of Trees' Burrinja Cultural Centre, Dandenong, Kulin Nation, VIC
'PRESENT' Melbourne Design Fair, Agency Project, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Old Ways, New Ways', Monash Gallery of Art,Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Turalayinthi Yarta', N.Smith Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW (Solo)
'disPLACEd: borders and belonging' ,Flinders University Museum of Art and Nexus Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Archive Apparitions', Photoaccess, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'Fire Country' Craft ACT , Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT (Duo with Rebecca Selleck)
'4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony' National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'Return to Nature ' Monash Gallery of Art, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Silver / SALA Festival 25th Anniversary' Queens Theatre, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'52 Artists 52 Actions' Penrith Regional Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
'wHole' Heide Museum of Modern Art, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'52 Artists 52 Actions' Bega Valley Regional Gallery, Bega, Yuin Nation, NSW
'Ceremony ' Shepparton Art Museum, Kanny-goopna Shepparton,Yorta Yorta Nation, VIC
2021
'Virtual exhibition', GAG Projects, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'The Gathering' PICA, Boorloo Perth, Noongar Nation, WA
'Captain Cook & the Art of Memorabilia', David Roche Foundation House Museum, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Inhabiating: Rebecca Selleck & James Tylor' Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton, Kulin Nation, VIC (Duo with Rebecca Selleck)
'Never standing still: new approaches in documentary photography', Monash Gallery of Art. Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Darkness of Enlightenment' Adelaide // International, Samstag Museum of Art, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'PHOTO 2021 International Festival of Photography', Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Void' Newcastle Art Gallery, Mulubinba Newcastle, Awabakal Nation, NSW
'WAYS OF LIVING: Identity, structure and collapse'. Canberra Museum & Gallery, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'Composing Archipelagos' Contemporary Arts Tasmania, nipaluna Hobart, Palawa Pakana Nation, TAS
'The National' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'STAGES ' Monash Gallery of Art, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Void' Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Arts Centre, Ngandowal Tweed Heads, Bundjalung nation, NSW
'Oh Museum' Cement Fondu, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'Opening Exhibition : Welcome' , N.Smith Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'Fertile Ground', Centre for Contemporary Photography, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Every Artist Ever', Stockroom, Kyneton, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Drawing Water' Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Cree Nation, MB, Canada
'Void' Artspace, Mackay, Yuwibara nation QLD
'Whose Land Is It ', Open Eyey Gallery, Liverpool, England
'Sculpture Co Edition', Stockroom, Kyneton, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Ecologies of Change: Grief and Hope in a Changing World' Royal Overseas League Gallery, London, UK
'Bowness Photography Prize' Monash Gallery of Art, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Finalist)
'Sharing stories', ANU School of Art and Design Gallery, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'From an Untouched Landscape ', N. Smith Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'HEAR : Inaugural Exhibition' ClimARTe Gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Chennai Photo Biennale' ,Chennai, India
'Void' Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga, Wagga,Wiradjuri nation, NSW.
2020
'kipli paywuta lumi' MONA FOMA, kanamaluka Launceston, Palawa Pakana Nation, TAS
'Void' Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'Economics of Water' Murray Albury Museum of Art, Bungambrawatha Albury, Wiradjuri nation, NSW (Solo)
'urban & ecological responses to climate change" Adelaide Town Hall, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Aski Earth Terre Yarta' 7 Wentworth Selbourne, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW (Duo)
'12 Screens, NIRIN 22nd Biennale of Sydney', Museum of Contemporary Art, Cockatoo Island & Artspace, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'Relative Permanence, NIRIN 22nd Biennale of Sydney,' Aesop, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'You Are Here' Boroondara Art, Town Hall Gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Craftivism' Bega Valley Regional Gallery, Bega, Yuin Nation NSW
'Love in the time of COVID-19', GAGProjects, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Void' Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, Wiradjuri nation, NSW
'52 Actions', Artspace, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'Craftivism' Warwick Art Gallery, Warwick, Githabul Nation, QLD
'Gathering Clouds: Photographs from the 19th Century and Today'. George Eastman Museum, Rochester,Seneca Nation, NY, USA
'Circles to Us' Nexus Arts, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Hoda Afshar + Others' GAG Projects, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'NIRIN NAARM 22nd Biennale of Sydney', Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Love in the time of COVID-19', Art Gallery of South Australia, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation SA
'The Dwelling', Contour 556, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'Void' Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Kulin Nation, VIC
'From an Untouched Landscape', Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'Craftivism' University of the Sunshine Coast Art Gallery, Sunshine Coast, Gabbi Gabbi Nation, QLD
'The Roots that Clutch', Photo Access, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'Cloudy - a few isolated showers, Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, Kulin Nation, VIC
'The Unsolicited Proposals Unit, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
2019
'Australian Photography' Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, Kumeyaay Nation, CA, USA
'Castlemaine State Festival', Castlemaine Art Gallery, Castlemaine, Kulin Nation, VIC (Duo)
'Aboriginal Diggers Vietnam Veterans Exhibition 'Tandanya National Indigenous Cultural Institute, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'52 Artists 52 Actions', Artspace, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'Craftivism' Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, Gunditjmara Nation, VIC
'For Country, for Nation' , Samstag Museum, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Food & Talk)
'Celebrating Culture', Glen Eira Gallery,Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Unbranded' , Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Kulin Nation, VIC
While You Were Sleeping, aMBUSH Gallery, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'Craftivism' Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington Peninsula, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Aski | Earth | Terre | Yarta', Australian Centre for Photography, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW (Duo)
'Aboriginal Diggers Vietnam Veterans Exhibition: Country Arts SA ' Walter Nichols Gallery, Galinyala Port Lincoln, Barngarla Nation SA
''Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards' MAGNT, Garramilla Darwin, Larrakia Nation, NT (Finalist)
'Craftivism' Museum of Australian Democracy, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'Economics of Water' Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Solo)
Pro Hart Art Prize Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill, Wilyakali Nation, NSW (Finalist)
'15 Artists 2019' Moreton Bay Art Gallery, Caboolture, Gabbi Gabbi Nation, QLD (Finalist)
'Bowness Prize' Monash Gallery of Art,Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Finalist)
'Aboriginal Diggers Vietnam Veterans Exhibition: Country Arts SA 'Yarta Purtli Art Gallery, Goordnada Port August, Nukunu & Barngarla Nation, SA
' The Forgotten War II', Flinders University, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'River on the Brink: inside the Murray-Darling Basin' S.H. Ervin Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
'CODE SWITCH' Blakdot gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Bundian Way Arts Exchange', Australia National University School of Art, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'Void' Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Wahluu Bathurst, Wiradjuri Nation, NSW
'Australia. A Journey Down Under' Contemporary Art Pavilion, Milan, Italy
2018
'Economics of Water' Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill, Wilyakali Nation NSW (Solo)
'Craftivism' Shepparton Art Museum, Kanny-goopna Shepparton, Yorta Yorta Nation, VIC
'Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 9th", QAGOMA, Meanjin Brisbane, Turrbal and Jagera Nations, QLD
'Obsession: Devil in the detail' Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Kulin Nation VIC
'Plenty' Ace Open, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Void' University of Technology Art Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'National Works on Paper Prize' Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Kulin Nation, VIC (Winner)
'SALA exhibition' GAGProjects, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Un-resettling' Melbourne Art Fair with Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Solo)
'Dark Country' Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Duo)
'Spring 1883' GAGProjects, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
'National Photography Prize 2018' Murray Art Museum Albury, Albury, Wiradjuri nation, NSW (Finalist)
'Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize' Stump Hill Gallery, Fleurieu Arthouse & Signal Point Galleries, Patpangga Fleurieu Peninsula, Kaurna Nation, SA (Winner)
'In site: process, performance, documentation' UQ Art Museum, Meanjin Brisbane, Turrbal and Jagera Nations, QLD
'A Luta Continua' Moonah Arts Centre ,Nipaluna Hobart, Palawa Pakana Nation, TAS
'Colony: Frontier Wars' National Gallery of Victoria, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Runes' Centre of Contemporary Photography, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Resolution: New Indigenous Photomedia' , Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, Awabakal Nation, NSW
'Tell Exhibition' UNSW Gallery, Sydney Festival, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'Our Mob' Streaky Bay Gallery, Streaky Bay, Wirangu Nation, SA
'Photo50: Resolution is not the point.' London Art Fair, London, UK
'Feltspace fundraiseing auction' Feltspace, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
2017
'Dreem Room' Smock & GU Film House, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Our Mob' Nautilus Arts Centre, Port Lincoln, Barngarla Nation, SA
'Who Speaks for a Community' Sister Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'YARN Australia' Merring Studio,Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Not Niwe, Not Nieuw, Not Neu', 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
'Namatjira Project Auction' Art Gallery of South Australia, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Our Mob' Roxbylink Art Gallery, Roxby downs, Kokatha Nation, SA
'Bowness Prize' Monash Gallery of Art, Narrm Melbourne Kulin Nation, VIC (Finalist)
'Kaiki & Taralyi: Tarnanthi Festival' Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institution, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Our Mob' Hahndorf Academy, Pukartilla Hahndorf ,Peramangk Nation, SA
'Unorthodox Flow of Images' Centre of Contemporary Photography, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation VIC
'Tell Exhibition:Ballarat International Foto Biennale' The Mining Exchange, Ballarat,Kulin Nation VIC
'Resolution: New Indigenous Photomedia' Shepparton Art Museum, Kanny-goopna Shepparton, Yorta Yorta Nation, VIC
'Walma: Moon Rise' Koskela, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'Light Works' Ladies Methodist College, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation VIC
'Speaking of History' Bett Gallery, Nipaluna Hobart, Palawa Pakana Nation TAS
'Blak Mirror' Gallery Lane Cove, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'Our Mob' Coorong Art Gallery, Tailem Bend, Ngarrindjeri Nation, SA
'Resolution: New Indigenous Photomedia' Arleen Art Centre, Mparntwe, Alice Springs, Arrernte Nation, NT
'Our Mob' Belalie Art Gallery, Jamestown, Ngadjuri nation, SA
'The witching hour' Centre for Contemporary Photography, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation Vic
'Ramsay Art Prize' Art Gallery of South Australia, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Finalist)
'Curtain Call' Stills Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
'Act Like A Man' GAG Projects, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Solo)
'Our Mob' Signal Point Gallery ,Goolwa, Ngarrindjeri Nation, SA
'The Dust Never Settles' UQ Art Museum, Meanjin Brisbane, Turrbal and Jagera Nations, QLD
'(Deleted Scenes) From Untouched Landscape' Shepparton Art Museum, Kanny-goopna Shepparton, Yorta Yorta Nation, VIC (Solo)
'Countercurrents' Samstag Museum, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Transmit Politic' Australian National University, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'Resolution: New Indigenous Photomedia' Perc Tucker Art Gallery, Townsville, Wulgurukaba nation, QLD
'Our Mob' Burra regional art gallery, Burra, Ngadjuri Nation, SA
'Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize ( Emerging Prize)' National Art School Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW(Finalist)
'Un-resettling' Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation VIC (Solo)
2016
'Photo Paris' Grand Palais, Paris, France
'Our Mob' Berri Regional Gallery, Berri, Meru Nation SA
'Silence Nature' JamFactory, Seppeltsfield, Ngadjuri Nation SA
'Un-resettling' European Month of Photography, Embassy of Australia, Berlin, Germany (Solo)
'New Matter: Recent forms of Photographs' Art Gallery of New South Wales, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'Bowness Photography Prize' Monash Gallery of Art, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation VIC (Finalist)
'Alchemical Traces' Shimmer Photography Biennial, Red poles gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Our Mob' Coorong Council Gallery, Tailem Bend, Ngarrindjeri Nation SA
'Resolution: Contemporary Indigenous photo-media of NGA' Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbuh, Bundjalung nation, NSW
'Darkness on the Edge of Town' Artbank, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'Endless Circulation: TarraWarra Biennial', TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Kulin Nation, VIC
'National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award' Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Garramilla Darwin, Larrakia Nation, NT (Finalist)
'Our Mob' Walkway Gallery, Bordertown, Bodaruwitj nation SA
'Over The Fence' University of Queensland Art Museum, Meanjin Brisbane, Turrbal and Jagera Nations, QLD
'Territorial Encounters' Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia,Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Solo)
'Un-Resettling' Alaska Projects, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW (Solo)
'Our Mob' Naracoorte Art Gallery, Naracoorte, Bodaruwitj nation SA
'Fleurieu Art prize' Samstag Museum, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Finalist)
'Reframed' Incinerator Main Gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Our Mob' Millicent Art Gallery, Millicent Bungandidj nation, SA
'Shadow Sites' Centre for Contemporary Photography, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Our Mob' Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, Bungandidj nation, SA
'Aotearoa My Hawaiki' Centre for Contemporary Photography, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Solo)
'Even Still' Adelaide Town Hall, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Aotearoa My Hawaiki' Stills Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW (Solo)
'Wyndham Art Prize' Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee, Kulin Nation VIC (Finalist)
'Cultural Revelations' Trinity Grammar School, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
2015
'Cutting edge: 21st-century photography' Monash Gallery of Art, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Via Niu Wai Niu Coconut water' Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture, Gabbi Gabbi Nation, QLD
'Wish You Were Here' Adelaide Central School of Art, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'The Alchemists' Australian Centre for Photography, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'Tarnanthi Festival: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts Festival', Art Gallery of South Australia, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Our Mob', Adelaide Festival Centre, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Fringe Dweller' Sauerbier House Contemporary Arts Space, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Concrete', Istanbul Biannual, Istanbul, Turkey
'Victorian Aboriginal Art Awards', Ballarat Regional Art Gallery, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Salon Des Refusés', Stokes Hill Wharf Darwin, Garramilla Darwin, Larrakia Nation, NT
'Aotearoa My Hawaiki', Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Solo)
'Penumbral Tales', Flinder University City Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Un-Resettling', Photo Access, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT (Solo)
'Erased Series (From an Untouched Landscape)', Adelaide City Council Art pod, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Solo)
'Ghostly Nature' Adelaide Town Hall, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Some Australian Photographs', Paul Mc Namara Gallery, Whanganui, Aotearoa/New Zealand
'The Skin Off Our Time', Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'These are Our Objects', Greenaway Art Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Solo)
'Un-Resettling', Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Garramilla Darwin, Larrakia Nation, NT (Solo)
'DeCookolisation', Stills Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW (Solo)
2014
'Southern Window', Northern Centre for Contemporary Art,Garramilla Darwin, Larrakia Nation, NT (Solo)
'Our Mob contemporary', Adelaide Festival Centre, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'135 Meridian East' Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Archaeology of Descent', Marshall Arts, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'North, South, East, West', Vivien Anderson Gallery presenting at Fortyfivedownstairs, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Outlaws', Linden Contemporary Art Space, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'31st Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award' Muesum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Garramilla Darwin, Larrakia Nation, NT
'On men', Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'Victorian Indigenous Art Awards' Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, Kulin, VIC
'National Work on Paper Prize' Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, VIC
'Moriendo Renasor' SASA Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Bay of Fires Art Prize' Gallery Parnella, St Helen Palawa Pakana Nation, TAS
'Seen, Heard and Understood' , Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Concrete' Monash University Gallery, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
'Un-resettling (Place)', Constance ARI, Nipaluna Hobart, Palawa Pakana Nation, Tas (Solo)
'Past Illusions and Present Realities' Nexus gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Grid Festival' Coffee Pot, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
Selected Exhibitions 2009 to 2013
The Analogue lab Exhibition: Alternative Photography on Paper,Glass and Metal' The Mill, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Decoration and Design: The black object' Australian Academy of Design, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin VIC
'Distorted: Illusion through the camera lens' Tooth and Nail Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA & Constance Ari Gallery, Nipaluna Hobart,Palawa Pakana Nation, TAS
'Add On' Depot II Gallery,Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'On What Grounds' Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute & Adelaide Town Hall,Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'First Light' Canberra Contemporary Art space, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal Nation, ACT
'On Men' Feltspace, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Our Mob' Adelaide Festival Centre, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA & Hong Kong, China
'Full circle: Visual Arts Graduate exhibition', South Australian School of Art, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Felt Natural', Torrens River: public art project' ,Torrens River, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Macquarie group emerging artist prize' Macquarie group building, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation NSW
'Past the measuring stick' Marshall Arts Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Solo Exhibition)
'Kodak Salon' Centre of Contemporary Photography, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin VIC
'Honours and Master of Fine Art and Design exhibition' Plimsoll gallery , Nipaluna Hobart,Palawa Pakana Nation, TAS
'Shimmer festival' Penny Hill Gallery' Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Black and white' Tasmanian School of Art, Nipaluna Hobart, Palawa Pakana Nation, TAS
‘UP: Experimental photography of the sky’ Tooth and Nail Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Cliftons Art Prize' Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation,SA
'The Shadow Box' Liverpool St Gallery,Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Pingyao International Photography Festival' Pingyao, China
'3 found media' Liverpool St Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
‘Rare: SASA Graduate Exhibition 2011’ SASA Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'120 Artist in 12 Weeks' SASA Gallery, arntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Structural integrity' FELT space/Next Wave Festival ,Narrm Melbourne, Kulin VIC
'Kimberley Art Prize' Derby, Nyiginka nation WA
'Seed of change' Black Pearl Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Exquisite corpse collaboration' the Reading Room, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Indigenous art exhibition' Flinders medical centre, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'Turning point' Black Pearl Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
'symbolic flora' Phat Café, Tarntanya Adelaide Kaurna Nation, SA
Food Events
2019
'Rations: Australian Army Food' For Country, for Nation, Samstag Museum, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Food & Talk)
2018
'Mai Kaurna Contemporary Food' Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 9th, QAG Cafe, Meanjin Brisbane, Turrbal and Jagera Nations, QLD
'Mai Kaurna Contemporary Food' Plenty, Ace Open, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
Exhibition Curator
2020
'kipli paywuta lumi' MONA FOMA, Launceston, Palawa pakana Nation, TAS
2017
'Temporary Curator' Djómi Museum, Maningrida, Kunibídji nation NT
'TALK BACK', Visual Bulk, Nipaluna Hobart, Palawa pakana Nation, TAS
2013
'Distorted: Illusion through the camera lens' Tooth and Nail Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA & Constance Ari, Nipaluna Hobart, Palawa Nation, TAS
'The Analogue Lab Exhibition: Alternative Photography on Paper, Glass and Metal' The Mill, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
2012
'UP: Experimental photography of the sky’ Tooth and Nail Gallery, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
Workshops
2015
Narrative Witness, Indigenous Peoples: Australia-United States Writing and Photography Exchange, Iowa University, Iowa, Siouan Nation, USA
2014
Look-between Emerging Photography Workshop, Look-between Photography Festival, Charlottesville, Monacan Indian Nation VA, USA
2013
Will Wilson, Tintype photography Workshop, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA
Jerry Spagnoli, Becquerel Daguerreotype Workshop, Goldstreet studios, Trentham, Kulin Nation, VIC
Prizes
2025
'Ramsey Art Prize' Art Gallery of South Australia, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Finalist)
2024
'Bowness Photography Prize' Museum of Australian Photography, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Finalist)
2023
'Bowness Photography Prize' Museum of Australian Photography, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Finalist)
2021
'Bowness Photography Prize' Monash Gallery of Art (Museum of Australian Photography) , Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Finalist)
2019
'Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards' MAGNT, Garramulla Darwin, Larrakia Nation, NT (Finalist)
'15 Artists 2019' Moreton Bay Art Gallery, Caboolture ,Gabbi Gabbi Nation QLD (Finalist)
'Pro Hart Art Prize' Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill, Wilyakali Nation, NSW (Finalist)
'Bowness Photography Prize' Monash Gallery of Art (Museum of Australian Photography) , Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation VIC (Finalist)
2018
'Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize' Stump Hill Gallery, Fleurieu Arthouse & Signal Point Galleries, Patpangga Fleurieu Peninsula, Kaurna Nation, SA (Winner)
'National Works on Paper Prize' Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Kulin Nation VIC (Winner)
'National Photography Prize 2018' Murray Art Museum Albury, Albury, Wiradjuri Nation, NSW (Finalist)
2017
'Gabriele Basilico Prize in Architecture and Landscape Photography' Milano, Italy (Finalist)
'Bowness Prize' Monash Gallery of Art (Museum of Australian Photography), Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Finalist)
'Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize ( Emerging Prize)' National Art School Gallery, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW (Finalist)
'Ramsay Art Prize' Art Gallery of South Australia, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Finalist)
2016
'Wyndham Art Prize' Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee, Kulin Nation, Vic (Finalist)
'Fleurieu Art prize' Samstag Museum, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Finalist)
'33rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award' MAGNT, Garramulla Darwin, Larrakia Nation, NT (Finalist)
'Bowness Photography Prize' Monash Gallery of Art (Museum of Australian Photography) , Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC (Finalist)
2015
'Victorian Aboriginal Art Awards', Ballarat Regional Art Gallery, Kulin Nation, VIC (Finalist)
'Salon Des Refusés', Stokes Hill Wharf Darwin, Garramulla Darwin, Larrakia Nation, NT (Finalist)
2014
'Victorian Indigenous Art Awards' Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, Kulin Nation, VIC (Finalist)
'31st Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award' MAGNT, Garramulla Darwin, Larrakia Nation, NT (Finalist)
'Bay of Fires Art Prize' Gallery Parnella, St Helen, Palawa Pakana Nation, TAS (Finalist)
'National Work on Paper Prize' Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Kulin Nation, VIC (Finalist)
2013
'Cliftons Art Prize' Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, SA (Finalist)
'Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize', Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW (Winner)
Publications
Art Collector 'the male gaze' issue 88, April 2019. by Jessica Clark https://artcollector.net.au
Unprojects 'Australian landscape photography: the colonial project, the panorama, its undoing' May 2018 https://unprojects.org.au
Artlink 'James Tylor : Turrangka: In the Shadows' May 2023 https://www.artlink.com.au/
Garland, 'In Search of Mai' March 2023 https://garlandmag.com
Indaily 'Decolonising food' September 2022 https://citymag.indaily.com.au
In daily 'We don’t need to see our blood to know we bleed' March, 2021 https://indaily.com.au
Artshub 'The Conversation: Australia must invest in First Nations curators and artists' March 2021 www.artshub.com.au
Fineprint 'Shadow Figures: circles to us' Issue 23: Governance, July 2020, www.fineprintmagazine.com
Garland, 'Kaurna Tool Kit' .November 2020 https://garlandmag.com
Artlink 'Editional Food bowl' December 2019 https://www.artlink.com.au
Artlink 'Mai : Contemporary Kaurna Food' December 2019 https://www.artlink.com.au
In daily Adelaide CityMag, 'The South Australian menu has always been seasonal ' July 2019 https://citymag.indaily.com.au/
Unprojects 'Australian landscape photography: the colonial project, the panorama, its undoing' May 2018 https://unprojects.org.au
Vault Magazine 'The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' Issue 24, November 2018 https://vaultmagazine.com
Griffith Review, 'Writing the Country' Turalyendi Yerta, Issue 63, October, 2018
Art Monthly Australasia, 'Returning the gaze: Hayley Millar-Baker and James Tylor in conversation', Issue 311, October, 2018
In daily Adelaide CityMag, 'Power, We Call This Place..' October, 2018 https://citymag.indaily.com.au/
Wrong wrong magazine,(Cenas desparecidas) de uma paisagem intocada, At Land, Portugal, no 13, 2018 http://wrongwrong.net
Art Collector What Next?, Melbourne Art Fair Special Edition 2018
Art link (Co-Editor) Indigenous: Kanarn Wangkiny_ Wanggandi Karlto_Speaking From Inside, no 2, Issue 38 2018
NGV Magazine An Un-Resesettling History, May-Jun 2018
Garland, 'Te Moana Nui: Navigating Time in Space' , December 2017 https://garlandmag.com
Memo Review Un-resettling at Vivien Anderson Gallery Apr, 2017. https://memoreview.net
Fineprint Magazine When Parallel Worlds (Don't) Collide, Issue 9, 2016, http://www.fineprintmagazine.com
Art Monthly Australia Territorial Encounters, Issue 291 Aug, 2016 p22-25
Landscape Stories, Aotearoa my Hawaiki, Issue 25, http://www.landscapestories.net. Aug, 2016
Runway, Territorial Encounters, http://runway.org.au, July 2016
A*Magazine, James Tylor: Using Daguerreotypes to explore colonialism, http://www.astar.tv, July 2016
Garland, 'Second Home', February 2016 https://garlandmag.com
Adelaide Matters, Photo-Artist James Tylor Issue 184, Oct 2015, p25
Art Monthly Australia, Untitled, no 283, Sept 2015, p33
Artlink Indigenous, Perceiving the distant, no2 ,vol 35, June 2015, p10-13
Adelaide review, Ghost stories May 2015 p43
Visual Arts Hub Indigenous art is more contemporary than you think, http://visual.artshub.com.au, Apr 2015
Meanjin, Representing Absence, Vol 71, No1, 2015 p138-150
Photofile, Past the measuring stick, Vol 96 Mar-May 2015 p104-111
Artzone, James Tylor Hybrid cultural Identity, Vol 58 Feb-Apr 2015
Aspire magazine, Rising Up: James Tylor, Feb- Mar 2015, p43
Art Collector, Curators Radar James Tylor, no 71, Jan-Mar 2015, p126-129
Art Monthly Australia, Past the measuring stick, no274, Oct, 2014, p24-27 & 28-31
Artlink Indigenous, Moments of Intersection, no2 ,vol 34, June 2014, p64-66
Artlink 'On Men' March 2014 https://www.artlink.com.au
Books
Turrangka, In the Shadows, James Tylor & Leigh Robb, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation, UNSW Press
Pull it Down: Reader, 2024, James Tylor and Matt Chun, Narrm Melbourne Kulin Nation, Slingshot Books
Negative/Positive: A History of Photography, 2020 Geoffrey Batchen, Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori Nations, Routledge Publisher
16 Ways of Looking at a photograph: Contemporary Photography, 2020, Claire Raymond, Manaháhtaan New York, Lenape, Oxford University Press
Collections
Australia
Adelaide City Council, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation SA
Artbank, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, Kulin Nation, VIC
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
Art Gallery of South Australia, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation SA
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Boorloo Perth, Noongar Nation, WA
Australia Council for Arts, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal, ACT
City of Stonnington, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Kulin Nation, VIC
Deakin University, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn, Ngunnawal Nation, NSW
Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Kulin Nation, VIC
Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham, Wergaia Nation, VIC
Latrobe Regional Art Gallery, Morwell, Kulin Nation, VIC
Linden New Art. Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
Macquarie Group, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
Methodist Ladies College, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
Monash Gallery of Art, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
Monash University Museum of Art, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
Museum of Contemporary Art, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal ACT
National Gallery of Victoria, Narrm Melbourne, Kulin Nation, VIC
National Museum of Australia, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal ACT
National Portrait Gallery of Australia, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal ACT
PhotoAccess, Kamberri Canberra, Ngunnawal, ACT
Shepparton Art Museum, Kanny-goopna Shepparton, Yorta Yorta Nation, VIC
University of New South Wales, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
University of South Australia, Tarntanya Adelaide, Kaurna Nation SA
University of Technology Sydney, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
University of Queensland Art Museum, Meanjin Brisbane, Turrbal and Jagera Nations, QLD
Westpac Art Collection, Warrang Sydney, Dharug Nation, NSW
United States of America
George Eastman Museum, Rochester, Seneca Nation, NY, USA
Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum, Charlottesville,Monacan Indian Nation VA, USA
Embassy of Australia, Washington, Piscataway Conoy Tribal Nation, DC, USA
United Kingdom of Britain
National Portrait Gallery, London UK
Private collections in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, UK, USA, France and Italy