Tourmaline

b. 1983, United States

Tourmaline (b.1983, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; lives and works in Miami, Florida, USA) is an artist, filmmaker, writer, and activist whose practice highlights the experiences of Black, queer, and trans communities and their capacity to impact the world. Her film Salacia (2019) is currently on view at Tate Modern as part of the display Art and Society. Solo exhibitions include Video Room: Tourmaline, MASP, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2024); Pleasure and Pollinator, MUDAM, Luxembourg (2023); Pleasure Garden, Chapter NY, New York (2020–21). Group exhibitions include Whitney Biennial 2024: Better Than The Real Thing, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Acts of Resistance: Photography, Feminisms and the Art of Protest, South London Gallery, London, UK (2024) The Irreplaceable Human, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark; Like Magic, MASS MoCA, Massachusetts and Artist and Society, Tate Modern, London (2023).