About

Tennessee Loveless is an American 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 anything, 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 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 most importantly, the crossing of the senses.

Tennessee began drawing on bar napkins after graduated from collage, 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.

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.

He recognizes colors by pantone codes and shade numbers. In the world of black and white, he cannot see color, so his paintings rely on his imagination. The vivid color schemes and unique techniques make his work constantly surprising and makes the artist himself unforgettable.

Biography 

2021 Art Taipei, Donna Art, Taipei

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, China

          “10sc + Team Orange”, Shenzhen Licensing Expo, China

          “Drag Defined”, Davidson College, Davidson, NC

          “TENxTENxTEN”, Magical Memories, NV

          “Mitte Haus Exhibition”, Mitte Haus, Miami, FL

          “Tennessee Loveless Disney Exhibition”, Art on 5th, TX

          “Drag Landscapes + Say Their Name”, Center on Halsted, IL

          “Art Outsiders Lecture”, Mon Ami Gabi, Reston, VA

          “Broken Heart”, group show / Peanut Gallery,  IL

          “Tennessee Loveless and Tim Rogerson / Disney POP”,  TX

          “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Anniversary Show”, Magical Memories, NV

          “The Art of Tennessee Loveless” Book Launch, Magical Memories,NV

          “Drag Friday”, ArtInsights Gallery, VA

          “TENxTENxTEN”, Magical Memories, NV

2018 "Drag Landscapes" Paris, France

          "Drag Landscapes" Dublin, Ireland

          "Drag Landscapes" Madrid, Spain

2017 "Drag Landscapes" Sydney, Australia

          “Loveless in Chicago” Flat Iron Arts Association, Chicago

2016 “TENxTENxTEN”, Magical Memories,  NV 

          “Art Outsiders Editions 10 – 15”, Art Insights Gallery, VA 

          “Disney Pop”, Choice Gallery COMICON Exhibition, San Diego 

          “TENxTENxTEN”, Magical Memories, NV 

          “Art Outsiders Borderline Series”, Art Insights Gallery, VA 

          “Loveless Collective Deux”, Las Vegas Strip / Grand Bazaar Installation, NV 

          “Disney Fine Art”, Choice Collectibles, CA 

          “Modern Tour”, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA 

Gallery 

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