photo by Raine Yung at Smitten House Salon July, 2026 (in this photo Billy holds the lid of a Lomo tank showing the logo for the Lomo company. Lomo made 16mm development tanks and accessories during the middle of 20th century and they were designed in the former Soviet Union.)

My name is Billy Tucker. I’m a working and teaching artist in Chicago Illinois. I have over 20 years of DIY art making, artist booking, curation, and collaborative/collective experience in art and social practices. I’m a curious maker, I’m interested in people, histories and historic sites. While my mediums of making are not limited I gravitate toward celluloid filmmaking and field recording a lot. Art has been with me throughout every instance of my life and will likely only become present throughout the rest of my life.

My research and practice is also not limited but I am currently experimenting with eco chemistries, expired obsoleted materials, and impossibilities. My education was late by traditional standards but its my goal to share what I’ve learned, all of the ways of making art affordable, accessible. Possibilities are infinite.