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Connor Tingley (born October 7, 1993) is a US artist, living and working in
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Family

Connor Tingley was born in
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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 and character design was an early interest—one that was inspired by
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films. Tingley's growing skills and varied attention eventually led to the search for a mentor, and Tingley began an eight-year
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with illustrator and
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, Professor Sheldon Borenstein. Here, Tingley studied Florentine painting,
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and
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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
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and went on to ArtCenter College of Design in
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, to study illustration with the intention to work at
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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 covers, and providing creative direction for artists.


Exploring different art forms

His artwork appeared on the cover of
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, captured by Swiss
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Michel Comte in 2016. It was at this time that Tingley developed a collaborative relationship with legendary hairstylist Peter Savic, who famously created looks for Madonna. Through Savic, Tingley's work was introduced to French cosmetic founder and art director Francois Nars; Nars tapped the artist for his Marie Claire 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
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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
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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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