ALLISON TIERNEY

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​EDUCATION
M.F.A. Fine Arts - Graduated 2015                                                                  B.F.A. Painting and Ceramics – 2005-2009
​UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC                                                                     Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Teaching Fellow, Graduate Assistantship,                                                     SC Life Scholarship, Rutledge Scholarship    
Teaching Assistantship, Ackland Fellow

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current - Education Assistant - ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC
Current - 2018    Art Adventures Instructor – Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
2018 – 2015   Art a La Carte Instructor – Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
Current – 2015   Youth and Adult Art Class Instructor – ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC
2017-2015    Afterschool Arts Immersion Instructor – ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC
2016     Visiting Lecturer, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (Core Concepts: Image – Instructor of Record)
2016-2013    Tool Room Monitor, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC     
2015    Teaching Fellows, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (introduction to Painting – Instructor of Record)
2014    Teaching Fellows, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (Core Concepts: Image – Instructor of Record) 
             Ackland Fellowship,  UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (Art a La Carte Instructor)               
             Graduate Teaching Assistant, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (Introduction to Drawing)
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020    (upcoming) Ross Gallery, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
2018    Glimpse. Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
2017    Emerging Artist Gallery, Arts Center, Carrboro, NC                                                                                                                                           Raleigh HQ, Raleigh, NC
2016    The Things We Keep, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
2015     Objectness, UNC Alcott Gallery, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2014     Between Intuition and Reason, Green Gallery – Scrap Exchange, Durham, NC
2012     Perimeter Gallery, Arts Council of York County, Rock Hill, SC
2011     Etherredge Center at USC Aiken, Aiken, SC
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS                    
2019    Traditions: Compounded, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC

2018    Juried Art Show, curated by Annah Lee, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC *Awarded First Place                                One Night Stand, curated by Lindsay Metivier, Joel Hopler, and Carley Zarzika, Goldenbelt, Durham, NC
            Artfields, Lake City Partnership Council, Lake City, SC                                                                                                                        
            Raleigh Fine Arts Exhibition, curated by Jennifer Dasal, Duke Center for Performing Arts, Raleigh, NC
            Schwa, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC          
                                                                                                          
2017    Community Show, ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC                                                                                                                                                         notBIG(4), curated by Kurt Gohde, M S Rezny Studio/Gallery, Lexington, KY                                         
             Mixtape, Subverbal Collective, The Carrack, Durham, NC                                                                                                                                 The Lived Body, Subverbal Collective, The LAB, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
                                                        
2016     Instructors Show, ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC                                                                                                                                                       Mater-realism, curated by Will Partin, The Alcott Gallery, Hanes Art Center, UNC Chapel Hill, NC                                                         Monster Drawing Rally, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC                                                                                                             Meld, curated by Jina Valentine, Spectre Arts, Durham, NC                                                                                                                             Camstellations, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC                                                                                                                                 Fresh, curated by Marshall N. Price, Artspace, Raleigh,NC                                                                                                                               Artfields, Lake City Partnership Council, Lake City, SC 

2015   Community Show, Arts Center, Carrboro, NC                                                                                                                                                        The Land of No Things, curated by Chris Vitiello, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC                                                                          Community Show, The Carrack, Durham, NC                                                                                                                                                      UNC Art Auction, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC  
          
2014   Exchange Gallery, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC                                                                                                                                          SCOPE, The southern landscape, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC                                                                                                                Artfields, Lake City Partnership Council, Lake City, SC                                                                                                                                      Move, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC                                                                                                                                                                That makes me nervous, Chapel Hill Underground, Chapel Hill, NC                                                                                                              Open Hang, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC                                                                                                                                                      Community Art Show, The Carrack, Durham, NC                                                                                

2013   Anything Goes, Litmus Gallery, Raleigh, NC                                                                                                                                                          Artfields, Lake City Partnership Council, Lake City, SC                                                                                                               

2012   Art Frenzy Art Auction, Arts Council of York County, Rock Hill, SC                                                                                                                 Group Exhibit, Community Performing Arts Center, Rock Hill, SC     
               
2011  Art Frenzy Art Auction, Arts Council of York County, Rock Hill, SC                                                                                                                 22nd annual juried competition, Arts Council of York County, Rock Hill, SC *Awarded First Place                                                          Out in, Gallery 313, Anderson, SC                                                       

2010  35th Annual Juried Show, Anderson Arts Center, Anderson, SC                                                                                                                       BFA Senior Show, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC                                                                                                                                       Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

2009   A show of series, The Loading Dock Gallery, The Getty’s Building, Rock Hill, SC                                                                                         50 Paintings, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC                                                                                                                                                Student Exhibition, Sims Science Building, Winthrop University, Rock Hill SC                                                                                             The Function of Art, Windows with a view, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC                                      
           Winthrop University Pottery Sale, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC                                  

2008   Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC *Purchase Award                                                                           Advanced Painting Show, Lewandowski Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
            Student Exhibition, The Loading Dock Gallery, The Getty’s Building, Rock Hill, SC                                                                                      Winthrop University Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC       
 
AWARDS/GRANTS/LECTURES/PUBLICATIONS
2018      Artists lecture given at Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, NC
              First Place Award, Juried Show, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
2017      Vitiello, Chris, “BURNAWAY’s Best of 2017: Favorite Exhibitions in the South and Beyond,” 
                        Burnaway, http://burnaway.org, December 20, 2017
                Darland, Joe, “Small Is More Than Just A State Of Mind,” UnderMain, http://www.under-main.com/,August 20, 2017
                Co-Founder and member of Subverbal Collective
 
2016      Fallon, Katherine, “Exhibit Explores “The Things We Keep’,” Connect Statesboro,   http://www.connectstatesboro.com,                           March 08, 2016
               Artist for the Artspace CSA (Community Supported Art) Program      
               Durham Emerging Artist Grant – Durham, NC
               Artists lecture given at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
2015      HGTV’s Love it or List it, Mid Century Maternity
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2014       UNC Arts and Sciences Magazine                                                                                                                                                                          Awarded the “Top Prize for Outstanding MFA Work,” UNC Chapel Hill
               Dedalus Award Nominee
2013       Studio Visit Magazine – Winter edition
2011       First Place Award, 22nd Annual Juried Competition, Arts Council of York County, Rock Hill, SC
2010       President’s & Plumb Purchase Award, Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC                    
 
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2018        Azule, Hot Springs, NC
                 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (Declined to attend)
2015        Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Awarded Pollock-Krasner Fellowship
 
COLLECTIONS
Hanes Art Center, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Raleigh Municipal Art Collection, Raleigh, NC