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Artist Statement -




The paintings I make are charts of wanderings; what I mean by that is: you can wander around a painting and have, at least sometimes, a feeling of recognition of the place where you are. But the place can shift into a new location, you lose your bearings and then find yourself by intuition. You don't know how you got there, but you know where you are. There are well-beaten tracks and waymarkings that appear familiar.
When I set off on a new canvas, white, pristine, in the morning, I often think why should I want to mess this up? It's like an empty mirror, but when the first few marks are made, it changes. It has direction, it begins to beckon you. Making the decision to start is the important thing, it doesn't seem to matter what you do. Disparate things can be united, related somehow. Dialogue begins. You're conscious of what is going on in one direction, but a lot is happening along the wayside.

Contrasts are important: for example, organic versus geometric. Organic forms arise from memory. There is the energy of the life form against the rectangle of geometric space.

Color is used emotionally. One is pulled into it or set upon by it.

My major concern is to face this "wall" and apply paint so as to both respect the wall and create recesses in it. I feel I would like to sculpt the painting, to cut caves into the wall and thus create a certain presence of emergent life.


John Tierney






Artist Exhibitions




2015 Paris Portes Ouvertes Anvers Aux ABBESSES
2014 Yiali Tsamisi, Chania, Crete
2010
The Olive Press Gallery, Crete
2009
The Mosque, Hania
2008
Charlotte, North Carolina
2006
The Mosque, Hania
Arte Nime, Grenoble, France
2004
Red Box, Barjols, France
Arkhana, Nantes, France
Mundoart, Laren, The Netherlands
The Mosque, Hania, Crete
Gallery Claude Goudal, Lyons, France
2003
L'Exception, Poitiers, France
Mundoart, Laren, The Netherlands
2002


Marche d'Art Contemporain, Chatou, France
Atelier Z, Grands Formats, Paris, France
St'Art, Contemporary Art Fair, Strasbourg, France
2001
"O Rage" Atelier Z, Paris, France
2000
Nitrianska Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia
Mojmirovce, Slovakia, Exchange "Mexico-Slovakia"
Intercambio Chiapas - Oaxaca 2000

1. Escuela de Bellas Artes, Universidad Benito Juarez Oaxaca
2. Centro Cultural "Ricardo Flores Magon", ISSSTE, Oaxaca
Galeria de la Universidad de Ciencias y Artes, Chiapas. UNICACH Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas
4. Centro Cultural Rosario Castellanos Comitan, Chiapas
1999
Oaxaca, Mexico
Mojmirovce, Slovakia
Off St'Art, Strasbourg, France
1998
G.M.A.C. Paris-La Defense
1997
Oaxaca, Mexico, Taller Rufino Tamayo
1988
Le Parvis, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada


Individual Exhibitions



2007
The Foundation Lounge, Boston
2006
44 Rue Ramey, Paris
2004
The Monastery, Hania, Crete
2003
Gallery In The Crypt, London, England
Tabl'o Gourmand, St Germain-en-Laye, France
The Monastery, Hania, Crete
Gallerie K, Strasbourg, France
2002

Art Exhibition Gallery - Kunty Moureau, Eghezee, Belgium
Galerie K, Strasbourg, France
Aigenart Salon, Bretten, Germany
The Monastery, Hania, Crete
Galeria Michalsky Dvor, Bratislava, Slovakia

2001
The Monastery, Hania, Crete
2000
Galerie K, Strasbourg, France
Bergen op Zoom (Breda), Holland
Pyramide, Strasbourg, France
The Monastery, Hania, Crete
1999
The Monastery, Hania, Crete
Tryon, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Chateau de Gordes, Vaucluse, France
1998
The Monastery, Hania, Crete
1997
The Monastery, Hania, Crete
1996
The Monastery, Hania, Crete
1995
Westborough, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1994
Dudley, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Galerie Fayoum, Hania, Crete
1992
Guanajuato, Mexico


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Numerous private, corporate, museum, gallery and government collections detailed information coming soon.

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