Daniel Tierney

West Oakland, CA

Danieltierney@gmail.com

Education:
M.F.A 2004

• San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA

B.F.A 2001

• Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland, OH

 
Solo shows:
2011
Reject, Reject. Steven Wolf Fine Arts. San Francisco. CA
2010
The best Laid plans are made in ruins. Luis De Jesus Gallery. Santa Monica, CA
2008
Ghost Hesh. Steven Wolf Fine Arts. San Francisco, CA
2007
Predator and the eternal return. San Francisco Arts commission. San Francisco, CA
2006
Bringing home the feral fight. Ping Pong Gallery. San Francisco, CA
Daniel Tierney: Project Space. Mills College Art Museum. Oakland, CA
Retired Monsters California College of the Arts. Playspace. San Francisco, CA
2005
Daily Dose Low Gallery (fecal face). San Francisco, CA
Dangerous Stranger. Set design for singer/songwriter/playwrite, Sonny Smith.
Headlands Center For the arts. Sausalito, CA
Dan Tierney: Project space. Headlands Center for the arts.
Sausalito, CA

Group Exhibitions:
2011
Living Room. Park life. San Francisco, CA
2010
Spatium Sets. University of California Santa Barbra. Santa Barbra, CA.
2009
Hot and Cold Baer Ridgeway. San Francisco, CA
United states of Color Vs. Grand theft Auto. Seminal Projects. San Diego, CA
2008
^^^^. An allegory of a mountain. Mahan Gallery. Columbus, Ohio
2007
Id Is. Steven Wolf Fine Arts. San Francisco, CA.
Close Calls: Headlands center for the Arts. Sausalito, CA.
2006
Residency Projects: 2005-2006 Kala Fellowship Exhibition. Kala Art Institute. Berkeley, Ca
2005
8th year anniversary show. The Smell. Los Angeles, CA.
Fecalface.com 5 1/2 year anniversary show. 111 Mina gallery. San F, CA
2004
Annual art Auction. Adobe books. San Francisco, CA
Supernatural. Southern Exposure. San Francisco, CA
The primary pleasures of eating, or drinking, or looking, or sex.
Adobe Books main gallery. San Francisco, CA
Suspensions. Diego Rivera Gallery. San Francisco, CA
Field Trip. Stevenson Blanche Gallery. Cal Arts. Los Angeles, CA
2003
You could do worse. The Disco. San Francisco. CA
Landing. Southern Exposure. San Francisco, CA
After the dissolve… Post. Los Angeles, CA
Making Ends Meet. Lucky Tackle Gallery. Oakland, CA
Monster Drawing Rally. Southern Exposure. San Francisco, CA
Fresh. SFAI Swell Gallery. San Francisco, CA
Peace. Adobe Books main Gallery. San Francisco, CA

Awards and honors:
2010
First person to be a finalist for the Tournesol Award 5 years in a row without winning. Headlands Center for the Arts. Sausalito, CA
2005
Goldie Award San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Artist in Residence. Kala Art institute. Berkeley, CA
Artist In Residence. The Headlands Center for the Arts. Sausalito, CA
2002
San Francisco Art Institute MFA Fellowship.
Frank N. Wilcox memorial prize for excellence in printmaking. Cleveland Institute of Art

Bibliography:
2008
Artforum.com Critics picks. Glen Helfand.
Ghost Heash Review. Cheng, Dewitt. Art ltd.
Trippe, John. FecalFace.com interview.
Helfand, Glen. Particulate Matter catalogue essay.

2005
Berry, Colin. “Daniel Tierney at Headlands Center for the Arts”.Artweek. June
Helfand, Glen. “Goldies 2005. The Guardian Outstanding Local Discovery
Awards” .San Francisco Bay Guardian. November 9, 2005
Polito, Rick. “Playing with perspective”. Marin Independent Journal.
April 14, 2005