b. Atlanta, GA, 1963

• EDUCATION

  • 1984

    • University of Utah

• SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

  • 2009

    • Explosure, Ace Gallery Beverly Hills, CA
    • Explosure, Phillips de Pury & Company, London, UK

  • 2007

    • All the More Real: Portrayals of Intimacy and Empathy, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
    • The Naked Portrait, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • 2006

    • The Mother Project, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
    • Offspring: Representations of Children in Contemporary Visual Culture, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA

  • 2003

    • The Family, Windsor, Vero Beach, FL

  • 2001

    • I am a Camera, Saatchi Gallery, London
    • Tierney Gearon – Photographs, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY

• FILM

  • 2007

    • Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project. Dir. Jack Youngelson and Peter Sutherland. DVD. Zeitgesit Films, 2007.

• SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • 2007

    • Johnson, Miki. “Family Values [review of Daddy, where are you?]” American Photo November 2007.
    • Gearon, Tierney. Daddy, where are you? New York: Steidldangin, 2007.

  • 2006

    • Aletti, Vince. “Mother Love.” The New Yorker 20 November 2006.
    • Allsop, Laura. “Female Trouble: Tierney Gearon.” Art Review October 2006.
    • Gray, Richard. “Tierney Gearson.” 10 October 2006.
    • Hill, Logan. “New York Screen: Mother, May I Shoot You?” New York Magazine 1 May 2006.
    • Lytal, Benjamin. “Just-So Stories” The New York Sun 26 October 2006.
    • Nelson, Karin. “Mommy Dearest.” Blackbook October/November 2006.
    • “Tierney Gearon [Fall Preview].” New York Magazine 4-11 September 2006.
    • Welch, Will. “Fear and Loving.” The Fader October/November 2006.

  • 2002

    • Phillips, Kathy. “Scent of a Woman.” Vogue [UK] November 2002.

  • 2001

    • Cavendish, Lucy. “Private View.” The Sunday Telegraph Magazine 14 January 2001.
    • Cork, Richard. “Intimate Disclosures.” The London Times 9 February 2001.
    • Cummings, Laura. “I am a Camera.” The Observer 7 January 2001.
    • Darwent, Charles. “Anyone for Tennis?” Modern Painters Spring 2001.
    • Fallon, James. “Tierney’s Tempest.” W June 2001.
    • “Family Affair.” Vanity Affair January 2001.
    • Giuliano, Charles. “Saatchi’s Kids.” NY Arts April 2001.
    • Jackson, Kevin. “Home is Where the Camera is.” The Independent 22 January 2001.
    • “La belle et l’intim.” French Numero February 2001.
    • O’Brien, Aoife. “A Life Through a Lens.” The London Times 9 February 2001.
    • Rattray, Fiona. “Painting by Cameras.” The Independent 7 January 2001.
    • “Tierney Gearon.” Town and Country Magazine March 2001.
    • Toynbee, Polly. “For Shame!” Modern Painters Summer 2001.
    • Trevis, Di. “Working the Mask.” Modern Painters Summer 2001.

  • 2000

    • “What They Were Thinking.” The New York Times Magazine 4 June 2000.
    • Wood, Gaby. “What a Photograph…” The Observer 26 November 2000.