Now showing at TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image through March 21, 2026
On December 11 2025, I had the privilege of opening an exhibition at TILT Institute alongside my brothers Rashid Zakat and Lendl Tellington. Homeboyz in Innerspace brings together three artists who grew up in different religious traditions but found our spiritual grounding through art, music, and community.
I was nervous to make and show this work, and I still feel like that nervousness led me to leave some meat on the bone as far as ideas I could’ve explored, but I have to admit - it was incredibly rewarding to see people come to the show and see the ideas we developed over the last year. Especially dope was seeing my brother and sister come and enjoy the work.
I stopped by the following week to make a few photographs of the space:
The exhibition asks a question that's been central to my practice: As beings driven by the need for context, what stories do we construct to navigate the world we live in? For me, that question has always circled back to family and faith—to the traditions we inherit and the complicated work of deciding what to carry forward.
HEIRLOOMS
My contribution to the show is "HEIRLOOMS," a series of photographs exploring inherited faith and family tradition through my experience growing up as a Jehovah's Witness. The work documents my family preparing for the Memorial, one of the Witnesses faith’s most sacred observances, while simultaneously examining my own evolving relationship to that faith.
The series serves as both documentation of preparation and metaphor for the way faith can fragment identity—being simultaneously insider and outsider to your own family tradition.
Brotherhood and Spiritual Practice
What makes this exhibition meaningful to me is the context - Rashid and Lendl come from their own religious backgrounds, their own negotiations between tradition and self-determination. We've built our own spiritual practice together through years of creative collaboration, conversation, and shared reverence for the transformative power of art and music.
On View Through March
"Homeboyz in Innerspace" is on view at TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image (1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia) through March 21, 2026. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 12-6pm.
If you're in Philadelphia, I'd love for you to see it.
For more information about the exhibition, visit TILT's website.
Photography by David Evan McDowell | All Public Studio