James Tylor’s art practice examines the concept of racial and cultural identity in Australian contemporary society and social history. He explores Australian cultural representation through his multi-racial heritage comprising Aboriginal, English and Maori Australian ancestry. His work predominantly focuses on 19th century history of Australia and its continual effect on present day issues surrounding racial and cultural identity in Australia.
Read MoreTylor’s artist practice specializes in historical photographic processes from the 19th century. These image making processes include Albumen, Argyrotype, Cyanotype, Daguerreotype, Dry glass plate, Gum bichrome, Kallitype, Salt paper, Van Dyke and Wet glass plate. His interest in these unique photographic processes is linked to his fascination with Australia history and the use of these mediums to document Indigenous Australian and Maori culture in 19th century.
In 2011 he completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the South Australian School of Art in Adelaide; in 2012 he completed Honours at the Tasmanian School of Art in Hobart. He is undertaking his Masters in Visual Art at the South Australian School of Art. Tylor trained and worked as a carpenter in Derby, Darwin Australia and Helsingør, Denmark between 2003 - 2008.
