Andrea Tierney has been following an artistic career as a painter all her life.
Growing up in Austria and studying at the Academy of Fine Arts has created the foundation for a deep cultural connection with the art of the 20th century, in which she finds herself rooted - in particular with the painters Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Paul Klee and the artists and teachers of the Bauhaus in Germany.
Painting has always been the core of her practice, from where she has branched out into digital media using her artwork for prints on textiles, in animations and short videos as well as projections. Her work spans 5 decades of studio practice, exhibiting and curating many of her exhibitions.
Her work emphasises patterns - understood in the most loose and abstract way -where the representation of the human figure for example translates into forms of abstraction akin to an alphabet. Pattern as a subliminal language connects with our innate ability to decipher and interpret forms in their ever- changing appearance.
This website is designed to give a glimpse into Andrea’s work. It is hoped that the viewer will find the motivation to know her work in more detail. A studio visit can be arranged and is welcome.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Still Lives - CASS Art Space, London
2023 BLUE – Levels of Abstraction - CASS Art Space, London
2022 Pattern - Willesden Library Gallery, London
2020 Rock - Up / Pop - Up Exhibition - Hackney Showroom
2018 Work and Play - Galerie BVOOE, Cultural Quarter, Linz
2017 Reflexionen zu Thomas Bernhard - Universitaetsbibliothek, Salzburg
2016 A Month at the Castle - Castle Weinberg, Austria
2016 What's in a Line? - Watermans Art Centre, London
2012 Chroma - Galerie BVOOE, Cultural Quarter, Linz, Austria
2011 Illusions on White - North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
2010 Linz-Leonding-London - Galerie Haus 44, Leonding
2010 Paper Works - Raum der Kunst, Schloss Traun, Austria
2009 Colour Harmonies - Nehru Cultural Centre, London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 EAG, Ealing Art Group, Open Ealing Arts Centre, Ealing
2024 BEAT Art Trail - London Borough of Ealing, Open Studios
2023 BEAT Art Trail - London Borough of Ealing, Open Studios
2023 Drifting Woods - Galerie BVOOE, Linz
2022 BEAT Art Trail - London Borough of Ealing, Open Studios
2021 BEAT Art Trail - London Borough of Ealing, Open Studios
2014 Where does the Line take us? - North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
2013 Freeflow - Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London
2012 Material Girls - Pitshanger Studio Gallery, Ealing, London
EXHIBITION ORGANISATION AND CURATING
2008 Welcome to the Tent - 4-day Art Exhibitions and Performances, Ealing, London
2007 Welcome to the Tent - 4-day Art Exhibitions and Performances, Ealing, London
2006 Welcome to the Tent -12-day Art Exhibitions and Performances, Ealing, Southall
and Greenford, London
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023 Salzamt Linz
2017 Castle Weinberg, Austria
2013 Gmunden, Austria
2012 Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
2011 Malo, Italy
2005 Paliano, Italy
TRAINING
2007 BA Hons Textile Design/Print, Central Saint Martins College for Art and Design
2001 MA Hypermedia Studies at University of Westminster
1991 Qualified Teacher Status for Schools in England and Wales
1978 BA Fine Art (Painting) Academy of Fine Art, Vienna
1974 Teacher Training Course at the Academy of Art and Industrial Design, Austria