Artists Justin Tyler Tate
SUMMER 2023 RESIDENT · MAY – JUL
Justin Tyler Tate
Large-scale installation · Canada
Justin Tyler Tate is an installation artist born in Canada, raised in the United States and now working internationally. He holds a BFA from NSCAD University in Halifax and an MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, Finland. He joined Manchester AIR at The Factory on Willow in Manchester, New Hampshire, for the Summer 2023 session.
Background
A full-time artist since 2009, Tate has realized more than 100 projects in over 20 countries on four continents.
About the work
Tate’s large-scale, ecologically driven installations combine sculpture, media, performance and social art, drawing on architecture, carpentry, botany, cooking, electronics and chemistry. He sees his role as highlighting the connections between ecological and personal health, while promoting social and economic equality through accessible public art and community events. Much of his work develops tools for environmental resilience and builds relationships between humans and the rest of the living world.
Tate is also a curator, author and frequent workshop leader. His ongoing series Fake It Till You Make It teaches participants to work with available materials, tools and sites, from building musical instruments out of salvaged refuse to cooking and electronics.
Selected highlights
Touch Me, a large-scale painted play space inspired by the game Twister, Luminaria 2019, San Antonio, Texas
Artist in residence, Prairie Ronde Artist Residency, Vicksburg, Michigan
Residency and community workshops with Moab Arts, Utah
Member of Pixelache, Helsinki
