Zeelie makes black, queer sanctuary spaces called "soulscapes". Her work exists in-between: in risky, broad, liminal spaces. These spaces are refuge: refuge from forces of genocide and theft that shaped the very concept of art; refuge from hatred and ignorance; refuge from those whose wallets grow fat from selling black communities downriver.

These soulscapes are composed of a gumbo: sound, electronics, cello performance, installation, culinary, textile, and performance art simmer together with the Alabama folk arts of their family's rural homestead to, deep within the viewer, lay down a road home.

She has performed, lectured and held residencies at The Laundromat Project, UBuffalo, Harvard University, Flux Factory, Elsewhere Museum, MoMA, Powerhouse Arts, Gavin Brown, The Shed, Recess, Pioneer Works, Swale, and Governor's Island.