The Morris Museum, located at 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, New Jersey 07960, is presenting Tula Telfair: NATURE Does Not Locate Itself from June 26 through October 5, 2025. This is the first solo museum exhibition of Tula Telfair’s work in the New York City metropolitan area in the past 15 years.
- The Morris Museum is hosting Tula Telfair’s first solo museum exhibition in the NYC-metro area in 15 years, running June 26 – October 5, 2025.
- The exhibition features 33 works, including 21 large-scale paintings created between 2014 and the present, exploring the intersection of realism, imagination, and nature.
- The show is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog and a unique installation pairing Telfair’s works with minerals and cultural artifacts from the museum’s collection.
Exhibition Content
The exhibition includes 33 works, among them 21 monumental canvases painted between 2014 and the present. It examines Telfair’s work at the intersection of realism and imagination, as well as art and the natural world.
The paintings are hyper-realistic and immersive. They are created from memory, imagination, and emotion, rather than direct observation. The works convey the grandeur of nature, its capacity to inspire awe and wonder, and its unnerving power.
Additional Features
A fully illustrated catalog accompanies the exhibition. The catalog contains essays addressing Telfair’s aesthetics, techniques, creative rhythms, and her position within the tradition of American painting.
The installation also features a curated selection of minerals and global material culture from the Morris Museum’s collection, all of which were selected by the artist and are displayed alongside her paintings.
Support and Availability
The presentation of Tula Telfair: NATURE Does Not Locate Itself is supported by Melanie and Alan Levitan, with installation assistance from Novartis. The exhibition catalog is available for purchase in the Morris Museum shop and through its online store.
