My instinct as an artist is to create work that calls attention to the whimsy or absurdism of things surrounding us. We don’t always realize the details of the environments we’re in, or take time to understand why they make us feel the way that we do. I aim to show things we know in freshly revealing ways - our reality as we imagine it could be, or what’s right under the surface of what’s already there.

Tierney Ailish is an scenic designer and fabricator from the southwestern peaks of Durango, Colorado. They are most drawn to stop motion and model making as a form of artistic expression, but enjoy any avenue of transporting an audience. The more immersive, the better.

Please contact below with any inquiries!

Tierney Ailish

 ailishtab@gmail.com      970 799 6056

Scenic Designer

Barbecue  University of North Carolina School of the Arts, NC. 2023

Wait Until Dark Stagedoor Manor, Catskills, NY 2022

Men On Boats  Stagedoor Manor, Catskills, NY 2022

Tiny Beautiful Things  Stagedoor Manor, Catskills, NY 2022

Radium Girls  Stagedoor Manor, Catskills, NY 2022

Macbeth  Stagedoor Manor, Catskills, NY 2022

Stage Kiss  Stagedoor Manor, Catskills, NY 2022

Assistant Designer

Hilloween University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston Salem, NC      2022 - 2023

If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be A Muhfucka  University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston Salem, NC      2022 - 2023

Christmas Carol Charleston Stage, Charleston, SC 2022

Passage   University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston Salem, NC      2022

Production Designer 

Oasis of The Mind  Savannah College of Design, Senior Thesis, Savannah, GA 2020

Dissociation  Savannah College of Design, Senior Thesis, Savannah, GA 2019 - 2020

Set Dresser 

Cultanica Savannah College of Design, Senior Thesis, Savannah, GA 2020

Pink Savannah College of Design, Senior Thesis, Savannah, GA 2020

Cut Throat  Savannah College of Design, Senior Thesis, Savannah, GA 2019

The Light Breaks Savannah College of Design, Senior Thesis, Savannah, GA 2019

Education  

University of North Carolina School of the Arts     2020 - 2024     BFA in Scenic Design at the school of Design and Production 

Skills 

Vectorworks, concept sketching, rendering, Adobe Photoshop, model making, Adobe Illustrator, Revit.