Tyler Yvette Wilson is an interdisciplinary artist who primarily works with text, photography, and video. Her research-based practice blends children’s motifs, autobiographical, current, and historical narratives to discuss the foundations of Western societies, and to explore the malleable nature of history. Tyler was raised in Austin, TX and Atlanta, GA.  She studied at Davidson College from 2010 to 2016 and graduated with a B.A. in Studio Art. In 2020, she earned her M.F.A. at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in the Mount Royal School of Art, where she was named a MICA Community Endowed Fellow, won the 2019 Graduate Research Development Grant and received the 2020 Mount Royal School of Art’s Emerging Artist Award. Artsy featured Tyler soon after. She later became a semifinalist and was chosen as Judges’ Favorite in the Global Design Graduate Show 2020, sponsored by Somerset House, Arts Thread and Gucci.

Her work has been admired by artists such as Joan Jonas, Martha Rosler, Tania Bruguera, Carolee Schneemann, Ellen Lupton, and Dread Scott. While completing a public art commission for the Town of Davidson, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) named her a quarterfinalist in their Legacy Sculpture Competition. In 2022, she was a juror for Davidson’s $5M commission, “With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited People”. In addition to being a 2023 Visiting Artist in Residence at Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Tyler was among the Atlanta Center for Photography’s (ACP) 2023 Emerging Artist Fellowship cohort. In 2024, she was in a traveling group show, Flowing Abstraction, with El Anatsui, Julie Mehretu, and Sam Gilliam among other artists. Curated by Klare Scarborough, an accompanying catalogue was published within the year. Recently, her work has been exhibited in Baltimore, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Washington DC and Philadelphia.

Tyler is a Board Member for Davidson Arts and Creative Engagement, and serves on Davidson College’s Art Collection Advisory Committee. Tyler is an adjunct professor at Oglethorpe University and resides in Atlanta, Ga.