Thomas Tulis (born 1961) is an American photographer and painter living and working in Atlanta, Georgia.

Life and work

Tulis was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After a couple of years of college, he joined the United States Army. After the army he put all of his time and efforts into his art. In 1985 he was able to open his first studio and that same year had his first exhibition. He lives a very simple life. In 1997, Tulis was Artist in Residence at Pouch Cove Foundation, a self-sustaining, not for profit art retreat near St. John's, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Group exhibitions

Collections

Tulis' work is held in the following permanent collections:

Quotes

"Two hundred and fifty images laid before me and I was enthralled. They were perfect. I wished I used more of them. The photography brought a sense of presence, of immediacy and of realism to a space that I knew would soon be awash in metaphors within a visionary frame." – Steven Guynup

Publications