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