Dinizulu Gene Tinnie

DINIZULU GENE TINNIE is a New York–born visual artist and designer, writer, educator, and an activist in historical preservation and cultural affairs. He relocated to Miami in 1974, where he joined the iconic Miami Black Arts Workshop, co-founded the broader Kuumba Artists Collective, and chaired the newly formed Art Department while teaching at historically Black Florida Memorial University. The legacies of the Transatlantic slave trade inform his artwork and advocacy.