Between Reverie and Memory, 2026
Single channel video with four channel sound
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wallach Gallery
Opening April 25, 3–6 pm
On view through May 24
A work shaped through memory and return.
Thank you @buckellison for the nomination and for the chance to reflect on my practice and perspective.
Honored to be included in this year’s list @cultured_mag@leicacamerausa . Grateful for this recognition and even more energized for what’s next 🖤
Ring’in, 2025
a 2 channel study of preparation and the quieter registers of ritual.
featuring Raleek Born @youngvegan_boxer
sound by me, final mix by @asalausasa
“This is everything,” @paultazewell told the audience as he held his Oscar aloft at Los Angeles’s Dolby Theatre earlier this year.
In the crowd, the muses he has dressed, from Ariana Grande to Rachel Zegler, rose to give him a standing ovation. That night, the Akron, Ohio, native became the first Black man to win the award for Best Costume Design for his work on @wickedmovie .
Voluminous tailoring aside, Tazewell’s trademark is his collaborative bent—bringing silver screen A-listers and aspiring theater actors alike into the dressing room for long and winding conversations about character direction. “How do you see this role?” and “What are your intentions?” are just two of the queries that have yielded some of this century’s most indelible costumes. There was his Lin-Manuel Miranda one-two punch with 2008’s ‘In the Heights’ and the culture-shifting 2015 run of ‘Hamilton.’ A turn at the Metropolitan Opera with Terence Blanchard’s ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones.’ And of course the worldwide phenomenon that is the ‘Wicked’ franchise.
It was on the set of 2019’s ‘Harriet,’ where she starred as abolitionist Harriet Tubman, that the designer first met his now-frequent co-conspirator, @cynthiaerivo . They found themselves side by side again when Erivo was cast as the all-green Witch of the West. Before they reunited for the release of ‘Wicked: For Good,’ the pair sat down to discuss how what happens in the dressing room—existential questions, scrapped ideas, and reality checks—lays the foundation for everything we see on screen and stage. Link in bio to read their conversation.
Photography: @ashmclean
Styling: @miltonmania
Grooming: @_beautifulleebeat
Lighting Tech: @markjaysonquines
Production: @missdionnenyc
Location: @schomburgcenter
Ring’in, 2025 Mixed media installation (photographs, sound, video projection, 8’ x 8’ steel sheet)
I’ve been thinking about the boxing gym as a site of refuge and the many ways interiority can take shape within it. A place where ritual, meditation, and discipline converge. EQBC holds a rugged beauty that drew me in deeply.
Thank you @shootafairone for trusting me to document such a sacred space, and to @youngvegan_boxer for your generosity in letting me into your world.
(Installation documentation by Alan Weiner)
💫 With immense gratitude, I’m overjoyed to announce my debut solo show, ‘Seeking you in other bodies...’, at Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, opening October 3rd - November 2nd. 🖤
Through photography, I’ve learned to express a deep sense of tenderness and sensitivity while highlighting connections to the natural world. ‘Seeking you in other bodies...’explores themes of Black masculinity, identity, and fatherhood.
Incredibly grateful to every and anyone who’s supported me in this journey, and @blueskygallerypdx and @enfocoinc_ for this opportunity.
