Tyler Nykilchyk is a queer, neurodivergent, interdisciplinary artist, working with photographic processes, filmmaking, drawing, textiles, and sculpture. He’s a graduate of the diploma program at SPAO (School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa) and is currently studying Interactive Multimedia and Design at Carleton University. He has exhibited at the Ottawa Art Gallery, CONTACT Photography Festival, and Roseberry Road studios (Bath, UK). He has screened his short films in festivals in the UK, Egypt, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Gatineau, and Ottawa.
He's interested in combining traditional craft practices with alternative processes and technology, resulting in a unique visual story. Integrating the past, present and future Nykilchyk’s work exists within the intersection created by themes of identity, environment, memory, and sustainability. Their work explores the relationships between the perceiver, the creation, and the maker, while also addressing complex struggles with the artist’s physical body. Nykilchyk’s work invites the viewer to intimately observe struggle, creating a vulnerable and thought-provoking experience that encourages self reflection.