SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

Stevenson University, Stevenson MD

Resonators- Ceremonial Musical Instruments, Late 21st Century, Jones Falls Settlement

2022

Manor Mill Gallery, Monkton MD

Foraged: Bird Reliquaries from Late 21st Century Jones Falls Settlement

2021

AREA 405, Baltimore MD

Invocations

2019

Function, Baltimore MD

Urban Stream Dreams

Laughing Pint, Baltimore MD

Anthropocene Scenes

2014

Greenbelt Art Center, Greenbelt MD

Intertidal Souls

2014

Artefactory, Baltimore MD

Recent Collages

2013

Chroma Art Projects, Charlottesville VA

Little Journeys

2013

Laughing Pint, Baltimore MD

Journeys

2012

Charmingtons, Baltimore MD

Redemption

Zeke’s, Baltimore MD

Recent Paintings

2011

School 33 Art Center, Baltimore MD

Urbanautica

Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD

Collage Stories: A Centennial Exhibition

2010

High Grounds, Baltimore MD

Recent Collages

2009

Three, Baltimore MD

Falling in Love in Patterson Park

2008

Gallery Imperato

, Baltimore MD

Salvage

2007

Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore MD

Bricolage

2006

Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore MD

Fluke Placards

2005

Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore MD

Intercurrences

2004

Greenbelt Art Center, Greenbelt MD

SHARD . LAB

Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore MD

Tableaux

2003

Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore MD

Stratiforms

2002

Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore MD

Fragmentary

2001

Embassy of Austria, Washington DC

Presence of Absence

Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore MD

2000

Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore MD

Cosmic Dust Constructions

The Passage Gallery, Vienna Austria

1999

The Ralls Collection, Washington DC

Ultimate Transmigration Apparatus

1998

Zaruba Gallery, Rockville MD

Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC

Shadow Maps

1996

Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC

Voluptuous Carcass

Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore MD

Schemata

1995

Dupont Circle, Washington DC

The Icarus Cycle

Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore MD

Mind Wanders

1994

Cumberland Theatre, Cumberland MD

The Icarus Cycle

Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore MD

1993

Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC

Passages

1992

Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore MD

Kuai

1991

Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC

Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore MD

Findings

1989

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington DC

Extrapolations

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SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2025

Baltimore Museum of Art, exhibit for winners of Baker Art Award

2024

Crow’s Nest, Baltimore MD, curated by Leonardo Martinez

Zo Gallery, Baltimore MD, “Fragment(ed)ing” curated by Liz Faust,

Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA, “Re-membering Ourselves” curated by Kit Donnelly

Gallery 220, Havre de Grace MD, “Constructed Stories & Fabricated Forms” curated by Jim McFarland

2022

Connect + Collect, “Post-Consumption Benediction” with Adam Stab

Richmond Gallery, Park School of Baltimore,”Inhabit”- Ceremonial Garments from Late 21st Century, Jones Falls Settlement

2020

Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville MD, “Patterning”, Molly Ruppert, Curator

2019

Y:Art, Baltimore MD

2018

Max Gallery, Baltimore MD- “Capacity”

2013

School 33 Art Center, Baltimore MD, “Sketchbook”, Rene Trevino, Curator

School 33 Art Center, Baltimore MD, “Biennial”, Shannon Egan, Curator

2011

The Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD, “Collage Stories: A Centennial Exhibition”, Kendall Siedlecki, Curator

2010

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, “Telling Secrets”

2007

Paperwork Gallery, Baltimore MD – “Quintessence"

2006

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, “Book As Art: Twenty Years of Artists Books from the NMWA”

2004

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, “Book as Art XV”- Krystyna Wasserman, Curator

2003

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, “Insomnia”- Krystyna Wasserman, Curator

Maclean Project for the Arts, Maclean VA, “Plastic Memory"- Deborah McLeod, Curator

Courthouse Gallery, Portsmouth VA, “Beyond Words" - Deborah McLeod, Curator

2002

L.I.P.A. Gallery, Chicago IL – “Memento Mori”, Installation of Shadow Wall

Signal 66, Washington DC – “Savage/Love"

2000

Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR - “Mortal & Immortal: Art on a Higher Plane”

Govinda Gallery, Washington, DC – “Eternity” – J.W. Mahoney, Curator

57N Fine Art, Washington DC – “Birth”

1999

Studio 105 Gallery, Shepherdstown, VW – “Figures”

Arts 901, Washington, DC – “An Individual Approach” – Annie Gawlak, Curator

1998

Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC - “Jolt” - J.W. Mahoney, Curator

Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington, MD - “Drawing and Redefining Drawing” – Manon Cleary, Curator

Montgomery College, Rockville, MD – “Pure, Passionate, and Private: The Human Form”

1997

University of Maryland, "Tripping the Transmundane: Mysticism and Contemporary Art"- Nicole DeWald, Curator

1996

Boyden Gallery, St. Mary's City MD - "Context"

1995

The Washington Project for the Arts, DC - Visual Arts Grant Recipient Show

The Baltimore Life Gallery, Towson, MD - "Above and Below”

1994

Artscape, Baltimore, MD - "Beauty"

1993

Artscape, Baltimore, MD - "Psychorealism"

The Gallery, Leesburg, VA - "Nine Maryland Artists"

Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY - Washington Exchange

1992

Isospin Two South, Baltimore, MD - "Locals Only" - Paul Moscatt (MICA), juror

Lois Hodes Gallery, Baltimore, MD - A Private Screening (folding screens)

Gallery 10, Washington, DC - "Refiguring"

1991

Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA – “Painting”, Susan Torruella Leval - juror

Northern VACommunity College - Fairfax County Council of the Arts– Elizabeth Turner (Phillips Collection) juror

Arts 901 Gallery, Washington, DC - "Out of Bounds: Images of Exploration and Discovery" – Sarah Tanguy juror

1990

Brody's Gallery, Washington, DC - "Bones"

1989

Strathmore Hall Arts Center, MD - "Artery 89" 5th Annual - Julia Boyd, juror

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington DC - "Patterns in Nature"

MFA Gallery, Annapolis, MD - "Works on Paper" - Wilford Scott (National Gallery) juror

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Baltimore Sun, Dan Rodricks, “An artist wandering and wading through the once and future Earth” Feb 2023

Dark Mountain Issue 24- bird reliquaries included

Catalog for Post-consumption Benediction, text by Cara Ober

BmoreArt Magazine Issue 13 “ Natural Language: Jordan Tierney’s Mixed-Media Assemblages Link Humans and Climate

Dark Mountain Issue 21 - “Resurrection” & “Rough Spot” artworks included

Dark Mountain Issue 17 - “Purification Rite” photo included

O’Sullivan, Michael- The Washington Post, “The Story Behind the Work”, 12/4/2009

Ober, Cara- URBANCODE magazine, “Evidence of the Invisible”, 2007

Mcleod, Deborah- Baltimore Citypaper, “Patterns Recognition”, 2006

Robin Price Publishers- short story by Amy Bloom, images by MJ Tierney letterpress hand bound book, 2005

Mcleod, Deborah- M. Jordan Tierney catalog essay, 2004

Richard, Paul - The Washington Post, “The Women of Insomnia, Tossing and Turning to Art”, March 30, 2003

Campello, F. Lennox- Cultureflux "Artomatic" 2002

O'Sullivan, Michael- The Washington Post, “Artomatic for the People”, November 8, 2002

Adams, Lorraine- M. Jordan Tierney catalog essay, 2001

Lewis, Nicole- The Washington Post, “Arts” – “Eternity at Govinda Gallery”, January 27, 2000

Lewis, Nicole- The Washington Post, “Art Bits”, January 13, 2000

Lewis, Nicole- The Washington Post, “Arts Beat” – “This Old Warehouse”, October 21, 1999

Protzman, Ferdinand- The Washington Post, “Galleries” – “Time, Life, and Found Objects” , April 22, 1999

Gawlak, Annie- catalog for “An Individual Approach” exhibition, 1999

Protzman, Ferdinand- The Washington Post, “Galleries” – “Jolt at Baumgartner”, January 7, 1999

Protzman, Ferdinand- The Washington Post, "Galleries” – “Bedspring Sculpture Creates Tension” May 21, 1998

Protzman, Ferdinand- The Washington Post, "Galleries” – “No Dada's Girl", October 5,1996

Mahoney, James- catalog for “Voluptuous Carcass” exhibition, 1996

Schulkind, Rima- Koan, " The Ultimate Alternative Space", Washington DC, October 1995

Protzman, Ferdinand- The Washington Post, "Galleries” – “Paint the Town Read", July 29, 1995

The Washington Blade- "The Point", May 26, 1995

Vento, Mary, Eyewash- "Passages", Washington, DC, May 1993

Guliano, Mike- Laurel Leader, "Anatomy of Tierney's Surreal Paintings", Laurel, MD, May 13,1993

North, Bonnie- Art in Progress, "Dossier", Baltimore, MD, December 1992

Furr, Susan- Eyewash, "Maureen Jordan Tierney", Washington DC, September 1991

EXPERIENCE

1963- present- Artist

2024- Johns Hopkins University, co-teaching with anthropologist “The Future of Here” graduate & undergraduate experimental studio course

1985- present-Teaching- various classes for example- “Keeping a Nature Journal”, “Making Your Spirit Bird Marionette” , “Tree Spirit Workshops” at places like Monkton Mill Art Center and The Park School of Baltimore, Ecological Design Collective (John Hopkins U.), Md College of Art & Design

1998-2018- exhibit fabrication, mount maker, furniture making, building renovation, custom framing, crating, art installation

(Smithsonian Institution, Baltimore Museum of Art, numerous other public and private art collections)

1991-2006- founder, curator- 57N Fine Art, warehouse gallery and performance space in Washington DC

1995-1998- HMB Art Handlers

1986-1990 Illustrator (National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, Psychology Today, National Zoo, New Republic, AARP, etc)

1989-1995- board member, exhibit installation, marketing, programming, Touchstone Gallery

1983-1995- Laurel Art Center, manager, custom framer

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

GRANTS/AWARDS

EXPERIENCE

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