Michael Tierney

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Michael Tierney stands out for his fantastical landscape paintings inspired by contemporary culture.
Combining acrylic, emulsion and pastel, bold graphic lines and juxtaposed shapes, his pieces are a flotsam and jetsam of colours and creatures.
Michael Tierney received a scholarship to study Art and Design before being scouted by the Saatchi Gallery.

British artist Michael Tierney stands out for his fantastical mixed-media paintings which conceptualise the chaotic and multi-layered aspects of contemporary culture that often leave us over-stimulated and disorientated. A blend of Street Art, Pop Art and graphic design, his colourful menageries sizzle with characters, creatures and colours plucked from the artist’s imagination.

Michael Tierney’s Education and Early Career

Michael received a scholarship to study art at the University of Brighton. Only four years after he graduated, his paintings were snatched up by the Saatchi Gallery and exhibited at their ‘Spring Fever’ exhibition. In 2016, the Wall Street Journal got wind of Michael’s talent, calling him a ‘rising star’ in the industry. Since, his mixed-media mash-ups have continued to humour and delight observers across the globe, featuring in The Guardian newspaper and on the Royal Academy and Dazed websites. His pre-Brexit Pro-EU posters, in particular, garnered media attention.

Style and Approach

Michael’s creations are a maelstrom of ideas and simulacra expressed through bright colours which pop from the canvas, bold graphic lines and juxtaposed shapes. His complex compositions are inspired by places the artist has visited as well as his impressions of everyday life but reflected through distorted, funhouse mirrors. Fun and playful pieces such as acrylic and spray paint Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! create tensions between real life, the alien and the imaginary. Michael’s style epitomises the weird and wonderful of fantasy art, and the overwhelming stimuli modernity confronts us with.

Michael Tierney Artworks

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    Fiesta Forever by Michael Tierney
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    Fiesta Forever by Michael Tierney

    Fiesta Forever

    Paintings - 70x70 cm
    All Stars Party by Michael Tierney
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    All Stars Party by Michael Tierney

    All Stars Party

    Paintings - 40x40 cm
    First Star I See Tonight by Michael Tierney
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    First Star I See Tonight by Michael Tierney

    First Star I See Tonight

    Paintings - 20x20 cm
    Starlight by Michael Tierney
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    Starlight by Michael Tierney

    Starlight

    Paintings - 40x40 cm
    Cats etc. by Michael Tierney
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    Cats etc. by Michael Tierney

    Cats etc.

    Paintings - 85x85 cm
    Party Party by Michael Tierney
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    Party Party by Michael Tierney

    Party Party

    Paintings - 40x40 cm
    Dos by Michael Tierney
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    Dos by Michael Tierney

    Dos

    Paintings - 80x80 cm
    Miniboss by Michael Tierney
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    Miniboss by Michael Tierney

    Miniboss

    Paintings - 30x30 cm
    Finish Him by Michael Tierney
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    Finish Him by Michael Tierney

    Finish Him

    Paintings - 80x80 cm
    How Do I Defeat Him by Michael Tierney
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    How Do I Defeat Him by Michael Tierney

    How Do I Defeat Him

    Paintings - 80x80 cm
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    The Gift by Michael Tierney

    The Gift

    Paintings - 54x40 cm
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    Journey To Disco Planet by Michael Tierney

    Journey To Disco Planet

    Paintings - 70x50 cm
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    Ooh La La by Michael Tierney

    Ooh La La

    Paintings - 40x40 cm
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    Hitchin' A Ride  by Michael Tierney

    Hitchin' A Ride

    Paintings - 30x30 cm
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    Return to Disco Planet by Michael Tierney

    Return to Disco Planet

    Paintings - 80x80 cm
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    Wheel of Fortune by Michael Tierney

    Wheel of Fortune

    Paintings - 80x80 cm

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