Connor Tingley (born October 7, 1993) is a
US artist, living and working in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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.
Family
Connor Tingley was born in
Torrance, CA
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on October 7, 1993. He has a twin brother, Austin, who also lives and works in Los Angeles.
Early inspiration
Animation
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and
character design Character design may refer to:
*Characterisation, the process of conveying information about characters
*Character creation, the process of defining a game character
*Model sheet
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was an early interest—one that was inspired by
Pixar films. Tingley's growing skills and varied attention eventually led to the search for a mentor, and Tingley began an eight-year
apprenticeship
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with
illustrator
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and
designer, Professor Sheldon Borenstein. Here, Tingley studied
Florentine painting
Florentine painting or the Florentine School refers to artists in, from, or influenced by the naturalistic style developed in Florence in the 14th century, largely through the efforts of Giotto di Bondone, and in the 15th century the leading scho ...
,
anatomy
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,
life drawing and
Chiaroscuro
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lighting from age 10. Tingley spent his time observing, drawing, and studying a period of “fundamental growth” that helped him to understand the construction of figures and nature.
Education
Following a lengthy mentorship, Tingley worked in toy design at
Jakks Pacific and went on to
ArtCenter College of Design
Art Center College of Design (stylized as ArtCenter College of Design) is a private art college in Pasadena, California.
History
ArtCenter College of Design was founded in 1930 in downtown Los Angeles as the Art Center School.
In 1935, Fred ...
in
Pasadena
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Its ...
, to study illustration with the intention to work at
Pixar Animation Studios
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. Simultaneously, he was part of a creative collective with high school peers, designing a range of media assets for musicians and companies, and extensively travelling. Ultimately, he chose to leave ArtCenter and pursue a wide range of opportunities, which immediately involved touring, designing
album cover
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s, and providing
creative direction
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for artists.
Exploring different art forms
His artwork appeared on the cover of
Vogue
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Business
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Russia
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, captured by
Swiss
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* Swiss people
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*Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports
*Swiss Internation ...
photographer
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Michel Comte
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in 2016. It was at this time that Tingley developed a collaborative relationship with legendary hairstylist Peter Savic, who famously created looks for
Madonna
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.
Through Savic, Tingley's work was introduced to
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
cosmetic
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*Cosmetics, or make-up, substances to enhance the beauty of the human body, apart from simple cleaning
*Cosmetic, an adjective describing beauty, aesthetics, or appearance, especially concerning the human body
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founder and art director
Francois Nars; Nars tapped the artist for his
Marie Claire
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fashion feature in September 2016, which featured Tingley's hand-painted silk veils. Tingley and Nars collaborated on cosmetics released in 2019.
Tingley's Los Angeles based creative agency, Cool LLC, designed packaging, identity and color palette for the collaboration.
Tingley's solo exhibition in
Bucharest
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on March 23, 2017, was held at Uzina Electrica Filaret. The premiere of the exhibition “Raw Intimacy” curated by Adrian Buga showcased 29 works along with a collaboration between Tingley and Savic. Tingley describes the paintings in the exhibition as having, “a lot of translucent layers in which you can see bone and flesh. They metaphorically combine; there is nothing to hide.”
Recent exhibition
Tingley and Savic's latest collaboration is an exhibition at
St. Michael's Church in
Vienna
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on March 6. Titled, “The Meat Series,” this exhibition features a series of paintings using hair as a medium. “To create these paintings, we use hair to emulate and study the microstructures of the life’s pillars and in doing so we found the uncanny resemblance between the forms of hair and muscle fiber; between outside and inside, and between death and life,” stated Tingley. “Using hair as our medium to explore shape, we let it fall on canvas, trusting nature's rhythm to emulate its natural design in the muscles’ ripples, layers and form.”
References
External links
''Celeb Buzz'', This is How Kourtney Kardashian Decorated Penelope Disick's Bedroom''Hollywood Reporter'', Lily Collins, Rain Phoenix Attend Art of Elysium's Charitable Art Auction''US Magazone'', Cindy Crawford and Family Went As Punk Rockers for Halloween''LA Confidential Magazine'', Artist Connor Tingley on Celebrities and Vogue''Vogue'', This A$AP Rocky–Approved Artist Brought His Eye to NARS’s Latest Must-Have Makeup Collection''Flaunt'', Connor Tingley , Clicked The Home Button Thrice, Now Everything's Nice''Vogue'', Artist Michèle Lamy's Boxing Installation Packs A Visual Punch In Venice
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1993 births
21st-century American artists
Living people