BIO

Born, New York 1968
Lives and Works in Los Angeles

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 The Utopian Project, Blythe Projects, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)

2011 Aerospace, Blythe Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2009 Incidence and Reflection, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Pulse Miami 2011, exhibited by Blythe Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Pulse LA 2011, exhibited by Blythe Projects, Los Angeles, CA
NEXT, Chicago, Illinois, exhibited by Blythe Projects, Culver City, CA
artMRKT San Francisco 2011, exhibited by Blythe Projects, Culver City, CA

2010 Pulse Miami 2010, exhibited by Blythe Projects,
Art San Diego, exhibited by Blythe Projects
Out There, Gallery 825, LAAA, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Hillary Metz
Los Angeles Art Show, exhibited by George Billis Gallery
Red Dot Miami, Art fair exhibited by George Billis Gallery

2009 4 x 5, Frank Pictures Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fresh, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Rock and Elegance, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Hillary Metz)
Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA exhibited by George Billis Gallery
Red Dot Miami, Miami FL, exhibited by George Billis Gallery

2008 A-B(o)MB, Miami, FL, Juried Show of International Emerging Artists, Curated by Annie Wharton
Subsequent exhibition during Art Basel Miami
Red Dot London, London, England, exhibited by George Billis Gallery
Art Now Miami, Miami, FL exhibited by George Billis Gallery


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Harnish, Tracy, “Top Ten Art Shows of 2011”, ArtweekLA, Vol. 59, January 20, 2012

Chassepot, Beatrice, "What's going on...in Los Angeles? An ideal arts community," art.esp, May 2011

Westin, Monica, "Preview The Best of the Pulse LA Art Fair", Flavorpill.com, September 2011

Wagley, Catherine, "Eight Reasons L.A. Art Is What It Is," LA Weekly, Vol.33, No.44, September 2011

Corbett, Rachel, "Battling Art Fairs Hit San Francisco", Artnet.com 2011

Wood, Eve, “Michael Salvatore Tierney,”Artillery, Vol. 5, Issue 4, March/April 2011

Shaw, Michael,"Michael Salvatore Tierney: Aerospace,”Art Scene, Vol. 30, No. 6,February 2011

“Michael Salvatore Tierney: Aerospace,” Artweek.LA, Vol. 14, February 21, 2011

Rohrer, Kevin, “Art Meets Aerospace,”www.blog.nasa.gov, January 24, 2011

Cassagrande, Reggie. “Aerospace.” Lipstictracez March 2011: n. pag. Web. www.lipstictracez.com

A. Moret, "Michael Salvatore Tierney the Artist Gains Photographic Access to Unexpolered Military Bases," Flaunt, August 2010, Issue 110, 40.

Chassepot, Beatrice. "be-art emerging artists exhibition." 2010 issue.
www.be-art.com

Cassagrande, Reggie. “Incidence and Reflection.” Lipstictracez March 2010: n. pag. Web. www.lipsticktracez.com

Nicolaides, Becky. "Exploring Social and Civic Transformations in Suburban Los Angeles Since 1945:Surveying the Landscape of Los Angeles Suburbia" Autry Western History Workshop and the LA History Group.
February 2010

Commençons par saluer, sur la page "Talents" de be-Art, l'arrivée de Michael Salvatore Tierney, photographe à Los Angeles. January 2010http://www.be-art-website.com

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Visiting artist, University of Southern California School of Architecture, Rebecca Lowry's class, January 30, 2012


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Clive Wilkenson Architects, Los Angeles, CA
Serial Musique, Venice, CA
JT Burke, Pasadena, CA
Greenberg Glusker, Los Angeles
New Capital Group, New York
Liz Falletta, Falletta Development, Los Angeles
Law Offices of Lisa L. Maki, Los Angeles
Chava Danielson, DSH Architecture
Mathew Brubaker, Los Angeles


EDUCATION

BA, Art History, University of Massachusetts
Attended Loyola Marymount University