21世紀近代美國人氣普普風格藝術家
得不到愛的坦尼斯
天生嚴重色盲的他以色彩宣告世界！
他如何作畫
他以色號辨別過千種顏色。在黑白的世界, 他看不見顏色, 但作品卻更天馬行空。他作畫的手稿, 獨特的營用色號及大膽手法, 使他的作品不斷帶來驚喜。 他絕對是令人印象難忘的藝術家。
『LOVELESS』的主題源自於坦尼斯最新作品“ Drag Landscapes”，採訪了來自全國各地的幾位扮裝皇后，講述了他們的生活和身份。為這些第三性別者，創建了每個女王的肖像，肖像中的文字，擷取於採訪中最重要的文字覆蓋在他對女王的描繪上。
坦尼斯運用色彩心理學的原理並創造具有層次感的視覺風格。雖然是色盲，但色彩對他來說並非為創作的障礙，成為一種獨特的，用藝術觀察世界的方式。
展覽
2019
“Mickey: From Walt to the World”, The Walt Disney Family Museum,
San Francisco, CA / May 2019 – March 2020
“10SC + 3 GUN”, China Brand Day Expo, Shanghai, China / May 1st
“10sc + Team Orange”, Shenzhen Licensing Expo, Shenzhen, China / July 15th
2018
“Drag Defined”, Davidson College, Davidson, NC / April 4th
“TENxTENxTEN”, Magical Memories, Las Vegas, NV / April 12th – 15th
“Mitte Haus Exhibition”, Mitte Haus, Miami, FL / May 8th – August 31st
“Tennessee Loveless Disney Exhibition”, Art on 5th, Austin, TX / June 22nd – 23rd
2017
“Drag Landscapes + Say Their Name”, dual show with Lily Wachowski, Center on Halsted, Chicago IL / June 2nd – July 1st
“Art Outsiders Lecture”, Mon Ami Gabi, Reston, VA – Bethesda, MD / June 6th – 7th
“Broken Heart”, group show // Peanut Gallery, Chicago, IL / June, 19th
“Tennessee Loveless and Tim Rogerson / Disney POP”, Art on 5th, Austin, TX / July 28th – 29th
“Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Anniversary Show”, Magical Memories, Las Vegas, NV / August 10th – 14th
“The Art of Tennessee Loveless” Book Launch, Magical Memories, Las Vegas, NV / October 27th – 29th
“Drag Friday”, ArtInsights Gallery, Reston, VA / November 25th
“TENxTENxTEN”, Magical Memories, Las Vegas, NV / December 15th – 17th
2016
“TENxTENxTEN”, Magical Memories, Las Vegas, NV / February 5 – 7th
“Art Outsiders Editions 10 – 15”, Art Insights Gallery, Reston, VA / May 20th
“Disney Pop”, Choice Gallery COMICON Exhibition, San Diego, CA / June 17th – 21st
“TENxTENxTEN”, Magical Memories, Las Vegas, NV / November 4th
“Art Outsiders Borderline Series”, Art Insights Gallery, Reston, VA / November 6th
2015
“Loveless Collective Deux”, Las Vegas Strip / Grand Bazaar Installation, Las Vegas, NV / February 15th – November 1st
“Disney Fine Art”, Choice Collectibles, Los Angeles, CA / March 20th
“Modern Tour”, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA / June 15th
「變裝皇后系列 Drag Landscapes」
– Paris, France – May 2017 – March – 2018
– Dublin, Ireland – May – June 2018
– Madrid, Spain – July 2018
– Sydney, Australia – October 2017
「得不到愛在芝加哥 Loveless in Chicago」
– Flat Iron Arts Association – Chicago, Aug 2016 – Aug 2017
「得不到愛總集 Loveless Collective」
– DTLV Container Park – Las Vegas, Feb – Aug 2013
講座 // 論壇
“Collectors Choice: The Parallel World of Pop Art and Toys”
Shanghai Licensing Expo – Shanghai, China – Oct 2019
“Mickey Mouse 90th Anniversary Artist Panel Discussion”
The Walt Disney Family Museum, San Francisco, CA – May 2019
“Intellectual Property Growth + Brand Development”
Shenzhen Licensing Expo – Shenzhen, China – Oct 2018
“Integrating Commercial Art Practices in the Field of Public Works”
Shanghai Licensing Expo – Shanghai, China – July 2018
“Drag Defined: A Lecture on Queer Stories and their Portraits”
Davidson College – Davidson, NC – April 2018
公共項目 // 裝置
“Heartbeat City”, 1 Floor Installation with Halcyon Tower, Changsha, China, Dec 2019
“Loveless City”, 7 Floor Installation + Creative Room, Projection Room, Skate Park, and Gallery
INCITY Center, Jinan, China – June 2019
“Ladies and Gentlemen, These are my Dreams and They are My Friends”
Mural – Joy City Center – Shanghai, China – May 2019
出版品
2017
The Art of Tennessee Loveless: The Mickey Mouse Ten X Ten X Ten Contemporary Pop Art Series (Hachette Book Group)
媒體報導
- 聯合新聞網 - Apple 為身障人士更新軟體 SignTime 聯繫手語翻譯師服務上線！(5.24.2021)
- 中時新聞網 - 體貼身障人士 蘋果App Store新增手語師遠端服務Apple Watch支援手勢操作 (5.20.2021)
- 9to5Mac (外媒) - Apple通過App Store，Fitness +，Shortcuts Gallery等慶祝全球無障礙意識 (5.20.2021)
- iMore (外媒) - 蘋果在其服務中慶祝全球無障礙意識日 (5.20.2021)
- Apple新聞稿 - Apple 即將推出專為身障人士設計的強大軟體更新 (5.19.2021)
- 旅遊天地 - 上海萬達瑞華酒店傾情呈現藝術展覽 (3.18.2021)
- 新浪新聞 - UNIX攜手坦尼斯美髮沙龍變身普普風餐酒館 (12.31.2020)
- 民視新聞 - UNIX攜手坦尼斯美髮沙龍變身普普風餐酒館 (12.31.2020)
- 經濟日報 - UNIX攜手坦尼斯 普普風也吹入美髮沙龍 (12.29.2020)
- 新民晚報 - 龍珠、高達、奧特曼……潮玩IP帶來童年回憶殺 (12.23.2020)
- Goliath Atlanta - 10SC < |Tennessee Loveless (4.1.2020)
- 今日頭條 / 長沙潮生活 - 解鎖長沙潮人打卡「新寵」，ins藝術波普展，高顏值出片率一百昏 (12.23.2019)
- 搜狐 - 原创IP泰迪珍藏跨界人气艺术家坦尼斯打造中国最潮IP (10.24.2019)
- 每日頭條 - 原創IP泰迪珍藏跨界人氣藝術家坦尼斯打造中國最潮IP (10.24.2019)
- Reston Now (外媒) - Tennessee Loveless來到Mon Ami Gabi參加Art Outsiders葡萄酒晚宴 (6.5.2017)
- Metro Weekly (外媒) - Tennessee Loveless在Reston的Art Insights展出「藝術局外人」系列獨特名人肖像作品 (11.18.2016)
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Tennessee Loveless, born in Greenville, SC, is a contemporary pop artist whose bold use of color and pattern evokes an immediate visual impact to the viewer, but also creates a poetic irony when one considers the fact that Loveless is severely colorblind. Despite many obstacles throughout his life and career he has persevered in pursuing his career as an artist. He is driven by his passion for painting people and iconic fictional characters in a way that strikes an emotional and nostalgic connection through the power of the one thing he is blind to.
Tennessee’s inability to distinguish most hues has never swayed him from creating art. If any thing, his disconnect from this in his early years made him obsessed with the forming of patterns, objects and shapes. He became attracted to the destruction of white space and became captivated with the idea of filling anything lacking in form with pattern. Later in life, he began attaching color to his subjects as he learned in color theory books which hues complimented or contrasted each other appropriately.
He also communicates hue choices through an objective and synesthetic nature. The essence of his work is largely dedicated to the emotional pull and storytelling element of color, expression, and pattern, and mostly importantly, the crossing of the senses.
Leaving Savannah College of Art and Design for his lack of conventional color usage, Tennessee graduated from a small business college in Atlanta and moved to San Francisco in search of a new life in art. Down in the drag bars of South of Market, Tennessee began drawing on bar napkins, which quickly got the attention of the patrons and performers of the area. Tennessee began painting drag queens as his focus, and quickly his work spread like wildfire through the gay community. The World of Wonder Gallery out in Los Angeles asked for his work in 2008 for a retrospective on drag for their show “Ru Paul’s Drag Race, Season 1”, and through the PR of this event, Tennessee was picked up by Disney to become an artist for their fine art division.
In 2011, he created art for “Other Than: For You To See” an official selection at the Cannes Film Festival. He has been in licensing and production development for the Walt Disney Company, helping facilitate successful health and beauty products with MAC Cosmetics, OPI, Johnson & Johnson, Procter and Gamble, Benefit, and Urban Decay. He has created officially licensed art for both Disney and Warner Brothers. Most notably his 10x10x10 series, based on one hundred silhouettes of Mickey Mouse that express an artist’s journey, exploring the history of the icon, while bringing global, societal, and personal context to the imagery.
As an art explorer, he has been an artist in residence in San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, Las Vegas (with the “Loveless Collective” Pop up gallery in 2014), Chicago, Paris, Berlin, and Athens, Georgia. He has also toured the world as part of creating his 10x10x10 series. Tennessee was named one of the “People of the Year” from Instinct Magazine, and “Best of Sacramento” in Sactown Magazine. He was also the featured artist for the 2015 winter color issue in Anthology Magazine, and was the artist with SpeedoUSA for their 2016 Summer Olympics collection..
Tennessee is celebrating the release of his first retrospective book written by Dave Bossert, titled “The Art of Tennessee Loveless, The Mickey Mouse 10 x 10 x 10 Contemporary Pop Art Series”, which will entail the entirety of his work thus far with Disney Publishing. He recently completed the project of painting influential icons entitled “Art Outsiders” out in Washington D.C. Lastly Tennessee is returning to painting drag queens with his worldwide socio-geographical portrait series called “Drag Landscapes”, and “Know Where”, a expedition themed multi paneled piece project featuring his “Sketchwave” aesthetic.
HOW HE PAINT?
He recognizes colors by pantone codes. In the world of black & white, he cannot see colors, but his paintings are the most spectacular ones. The unique way of color uses , keep bringing people surprises. He is the special and remarkable one.
EXHIBITIONS
2019
“Mickey: From Walt to the World”, The Walt Disney Family Museum,
San Francisco, CA / May 2019 – March 2020
“10SC + 3 GUN”, China Brand Day Expo, Shanghai, China / May 1st
“10sc + Team Orange”, Shenzhen Licensing Expo, Shenzhen, China / July 15th
2018
“Drag Defined”, Davidson College, Davidson, NC / April 4th
“TENxTENxTEN”, Magical Memories, Las Vegas, NV / April 12th – 15th
“Mitte Haus Exhibition”, Mitte Haus, Miami, FL / May 8th – August 31st
“Tennessee Loveless Disney Exhibition”, Art on 5th, Austin, TX / June 22nd – 23rd
2017
“Drag Landscapes + Say Their Name”, dual show with Lily Wachowski, Center on Halsted, Chicago IL / June 2nd – July 1st
“Art Outsiders Lecture”, Mon Ami Gabi, Reston, VA – Bethesda, MD / June 6th – 7th
“Broken Heart”, group show // Peanut Gallery, Chicago, IL / June, 19th
“Tennessee Loveless and Tim Rogerson / Disney POP”, Art on 5th, Austin, TX / July 28th – 29th
“Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Anniversary Show”, Magical Memories, Las Vegas, NV / August 10th – 14th
“The Art of Tennessee Loveless” Book Launch, Magical Memories, Las Vegas, NV / October 27th – 29th
“Drag Friday”, ArtInsights Gallery, Reston, VA / November 25th
“TENxTENxTEN”, Magical Memories, Las Vegas, NV / December 15th – 17th
2016
“TENxTENxTEN”, Magical Memories, Las Vegas, NV / February 5 – 7th
“Art Outsiders Editions 10 – 15”, Art Insights Gallery, Reston, VA / May 20th
“Disney Pop”, Choice Gallery COMICON Exhibition, San Diego, CA / June 17th – 21st
“TENxTENxTEN”, Magical Memories, Las Vegas, NV / November 4th
“Art Outsiders Borderline Series”, Art Insights Gallery, Reston, VA / November 6th
2015
“Loveless Collective Deux”, Las Vegas Strip / Grand Bazaar Installation, Las Vegas, NV / February 15th – November 1st
“Disney Fine Art”, Choice Collectibles, Los Angeles, CA / March 20th
“Modern Tour”, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA / June 15th
“Drag Landscapes”
– Paris, France – May 2017 – March – 2018
– Dublin, Ireland – May – June 2018
– Madrid, Spain – July 2018
– Sydney, Australia – October 2017
“Loveless in Chicago”
– Flat Iron Arts Association – Chicago, Aug 2016 – Aug 2017
“Loveless Collective”
– DTLV Container Park – Las Vegas, Feb – Aug 2013
LECTURES // PANELS
“Collectors Choice: The Parallel World of Pop Art and Toys”
Shanghai Licensing Expo – Shanghai, China – Oct 2019
“Mickey Mouse 90th Anniversary Artist Panel Discussion”
The Walt Disney Family Museum, San Francisco, CA – May 2019
“Intellectual Property Growth + Brand Development”
Shenzhen Licensing Expo – Shenzhen, China – Oct 2018
“Integrating Commercial Art Practices in the Field of Public Works”
Shanghai Licensing Expo – Shanghai, China – July 2018
“Drag Defined: A Lecture on Queer Stories and their Portraits”
Davidson College – Davidson, NC – April 2018
PUBLIC WORKS // INSTALLATION
“Heartbeat City”, 1 Floor Installation with Halcyon Tower, Changsha, China, Dec 2019
“Loveless City”, 7 Floor Installation + Creative Room, Projection Room, Skate Park, and Gallery
INCITY Center, Jinan, China – June 2019
“Ladies and Gentlemen, These are my Dreams and They are My Friends”
Mural – Joy City Center – Shanghai, China – May 2019
Press
- UDN News - Apple 為身障人士更新軟體 SignTime 聯繫手語翻譯師服務上線！(May 24.2021)
- China Times - 體貼身障人士 蘋果App Store新增手語師遠端服務Apple Watch支援手勢操作 (May 20.2021)
- 9to5Mac - Apple celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness with App Store, Fitness+, Shortcuts Gallery, more (May 20.2021)
- iMore - Apple celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day across its services (May 20.2021)
- Apple Press Release - Apple previews powerful software updates designed for people with disabilities (May19.2021)
- Travelling Scope - 上海萬達瑞華酒店傾情呈現藝術展覽 (Mar.18.2021)
- FTV News - UNIX攜手坦尼斯美髮沙龍變身普普風餐酒館 (Dec.31.2020)
- Economic Daily - UNIX攜手坦尼斯 普普風也吹入美髮沙龍 (Dec.29.2020)
- Xinmin Evening News - 龍珠、高達、奧特曼……潮玩IP帶來童年回憶殺 (Dec.23.2020)
- Goliath Atlanta - 10SC < |Tennessee Loveless (Apr.1.2020)
- Great Daily - 解鎖長沙潮人打卡「新寵」，ins藝術波普展，高顏值出片率一百昏 (Dec.23.2019)
- SOHU - 原创IP泰迪珍藏跨界人气艺术家坦尼斯打造中国最潮IP (Oct.24.2019)
- 每日頭條 - 原創IP泰迪珍藏跨界人氣藝術家坦尼斯打造中國最潮IP (Oct.24.2019)
- Reston Now - Tennessee Loveless to Come to Mon Ami Gabi for Art Outsiders Wine Dinner (Jun.05.2017)
- Metro Weekly - Tennessee Loveless at Reston’s Art Insights (Nov.18.2016)
