Tyler James (b. 1992) is a photographer and cinematographer whose work probes the edges of solitude, memory, and emotional endurance. His images mine the quiet corners of the everyday—transforming them into meditative spaces where absence feels as palpable as presence. Rooted in the upheavals of his own life, James’ photographs carry the weight of the unspoken, the psychic residue of places and objects that hold more than they reveal.

With a meticulous eye for light and form, James creates images that hum with quiet tension. Shadows stretch, reflections distort, and the mundane becomes something sacred—imbued with layers of meaning that feel just out of reach. His compositions invite viewers to linger, to look again, and to find themselves in the spaces between what is seen and what is felt.

There’s a vulnerability in James’ work, an acknowledgment of life’s fragility and the resilience it demands. Each image becomes a reckoning, a small act of defiance against the erasure of the everyday. It is photography as memory and monument—a reminder that even the simplest spaces can carry the weight of a world.


CV

Exhibitions

2025 - Charity Auction — 2025 Art of Possibilities Art Show — Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute — Golden Valley, MN

2024 - Photo A-GoGo — Bakery Photographic Collective — Portland, ME

2024 - Group Exhibition — Bali Art Space 2024 — Superlative Gallery — Bali, Indonesia

2024 - Group Exhibition — “Beyond the Photograph” — RI Center for Photographic Arts — Providence, RI

2023 - Group Exhibition — “Text-ure 2023” — CICA Musem —  Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2023 - Group Exhibition — NCOA “Aging Well for All” — Arlington, VA

2023 - Group Exhibition — SFA Texas National Art Competition — SFA University — Nacogdoches, TX

2023 - Group Exhibition — “Forever Framed” — NEAL DIGITAL Gallery — Beijing, China (documentation of show)

2023 - Group Exhibition — 2023 Pacific Northwest Drawers — Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts — Portland, OR

2023 - Group Exhibition — Grants Pass Museum of Art — Grants Pass, OR

2022 - Group Exhibition — “New Years Yacht Party” — Obscura DAO — Oncyber.io

2022 - Group Exhibition — “13 to 30” — Soho Photo Gallery — Soho, NYC

2022 - Solo Exhibition — “Into the Night” — Narrowsburg Union Gallery — Narrowsburg, NY

2022 - Group Exhibition — “Artist Book Market” — Public Functionary Gallery — NE Mpls, MN

2022 - Group Exhibition — “People 2022” — Biafarin — Canada

2022 - Group Exhibition — “Emptiness 2022” — Biafarin — Canada

2022 - Group Exhibition — SUGOI x Sunrise Art Club #NFTNYC2022

2022 - Solo Presentation/Keynote — The Lower Drawer — Brooklyn, NYC

2021 - Group Exhibition — “HOME ‘21” — Lensculture

2020 - Group Exhibiton — NCOA “Aging Well for All” — Arlington, VA

2019 - Solo Exhibition — “Monochrome Minnesota” — Rafter Penthouse Gallery Space — Minneapolis, MN

2017 - Solo Exhibition — “Monochrome Minneapolis” — Wesley Andrews Gallery — Minneapolis, MN

2017 - Group Exhibition — RAW: Natural Born Artists — Chicago, IL

2017 - Group Exhibition — RAW: Natural Born Artists — Minneapolis, MN

2017 - Solo Exhibition — “Colors of Minnesota” — Sencha — Dinkytown, MN

2017 - Group Exhibition — “Made at MCAD 2017” — Minneapolis, MN

Publications

Interview — Lensculture HOME ‘21 Photobook

Group Zine — Hutspot Magazine — issue 04

Article & Interview — Northeaster Newspaper — Vol. 42, No. 24

Interview — Star Tribune

Interview — MCAD Magazine

Sponsorship — Leica Camera USA

Interview — Artists at Rafter Apartments - Book

Interview — Leicaphilia.com

Interview — Leicarumors.com

Interview — WCCO

Awards

Finalist — HOME ‘21 LensCulture Competition

Finalist — 2020 NCOA Aging Well for All

Winner — 2018 Made at MCAD Show — Best Newcomer