Wade Tullier (b.1988, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a visual artist working primarily in ceramics and sculpture. His work and process explore how form, memory, and identity become embedded in objects, often through a logic of transformation, chance encounters, and dreamlike juxtaposition. Drawing on archetypal objects, trinkets, and fragments of architecture or nature, Tullier reconfigures objects through stacking and assemblage, dislocating them from function to uncover their mythic potential. His sculptures feel both ancient and contemporary, staging encounters where meaning emerges from juxtaposition, chance, and symbolic repetition. Influenced by oral traditions, the uncanny logic of Surrealist objects, and the quiet power of relics, he considers how clay itself participates in the telling—and retelling—of history and personal myth.

Tullier holds a BFA from Louisiana State University and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, with recent shows in Miami, Chicago, and Detroit. His work is included in ‘With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932’ at the Cranbrook Art Museum and is included in ‘Clay Pop’ at Jeffrey Deitch New York. Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit, MI, The Progressive Art Collection, Jorge M. Pérez Collection, John Marques Art Collection, Miami, The Bunker Art Space, Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, West Palm Beach, FL. 


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