Tiger Eye Gallery Artists

Coleman Barks

A renowned poet, Coleman Barks is the bestselling author of The Essential Rumi, The Soul of Rumi, Rumi: The Book of Love, and The Drowned Book. He was prominently featured in both of Bill Moyers's PBS television series on poetry, "The Language of Life" and "Fooling with Words." He taught English and poetry at the University of Georgia for thirty years, and now focuses on writing, readings, performances along with his latest passion – creating art.

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David Hale

David Hale has a deep love and spiritual connection for the earth which is evident in his many illustrations, murals and tattoos. He lives with his family in a a woodland cottage on a small creek where they continually find new sources of inspiration and create art together. He is the owner of LoveHawk Studios in Athens, Ga and acclaimed as a tattooist internationally. His reverence for Native Peoples and animals is evident in his art which often features birds and other animals anchored to the land in an intricate yet bold style.

Tatiana Kiselyova

Tatiana’s art is rooted in her life-long love, wonder, and respect for nature. With a Doctoral degree in Entomology and 20 years of experience training horses with positive reinforcement, she has also been a student of entheogenic plants of Peru for many years. She feels deeply nurtured and inspired by the infinitely diverse and intimately interconnected nature’s web of reciprocity and sees her art as prayer, medicine, and a love offering to Mother Life. Tatiana lives in an intentional community in Athens and focuses on her art and a deeper apprenticeship with nature. 

Jessica Magnarella

Jessica Magnarella is fascinated by the way art helps reveal our mental landscapes. She likes to dabble and play and see the medium unfold in unexpected directions. Jessica grew up in the wilds of Appalachia within a family of artists and she frequently looks to art and nature for solace and inspiration. Creativity is integral to Jessica's life in Athens, Georgia. She lives on an intentional community, mothers, owns a graphic design studio and this art gallery, gardens, and writes poetry and stories.

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Mark Magnarella

Mark Magnarella has explored many visual mediums over the decades, from drawing/painting to abstract photography and motion work. Public showings of his works include projections of his original abstract films during live events including the Annual Gala at the Georgia Museum of Art in 2018 and several live performances with bands Powerkompany and Dream Boat at local Athens venues, where Mark currently resides. His work often straddles the abstract and known worlds, contains numerous light sources, has a psychedelic vibe and embodies an esoteric quality that is difficult to define but easy to engage with.

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Noah Leaf Mendelson

With each work, Noah strives to create something original – pieces that encapsulate beauty and inspire people to dream and pause. His formal study is in painting. Noah values the balance between the discipline it requires and the freedom it allows. His favorite pieces unfold easefully – without preconceived notions – and enter in a space where color, technique and emotion flow. Noah is from Appalachia and has lived in Athens, Georgia, Asia, and the Southwest. He now resides in Mexico.

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Benjamin Rouse

Benjamin Rouse is a self-taught American artist known for his works exploring entropy, pressure, and personal acceptance. Inspired by the recurring cycles of life and nature, Rouse creates dreamlike photographs through analog techniques and experiments in blind embossing. Although they appear dissimilar on the surface, in many ways they are the same. A photograph captures a moment with light, whereas embossing captures a moment with pressure. Made at his home studio in Athens, Georgia, Rouse's work articulates emotions that are universally shared but often difficult to verbalize. He believes "much of what guides us through life is invisible – a world beyond words that we perceive with our hearts rather than our eyes. I view my work as a series of fragments that collectively point toward this truth. The practice of creating these glimpses, however small, brings me deep joy."
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Valley StipeMaas

Valley StipeMaas is an ex-zookeeper and artist from Athens, Georgia. She finds inspiration from wildlife and the contortion and study of anatomy. Her time as a wildlife rehabber and caretaker gave her a front row seat in the trials and drama of wildlife anatomy. She continues to watch and admire the autonomy and intelligence of animals living in the wild and says she hopes to "emanate that individualism in my art."


Jeffrey Whittle

Jeffrey Whittle is an artist, educator, curator, and runner living in Athens, Georgia. He received his MFA in Painting from Cornell University and his work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. He has been the recipient of numerous grants, residencies, and awards including artist-in-residence at the Fundacion Valparaiso in Spain and selection for 100 UNDER 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art by Oxford American Magazine. He teaches studio courses at the University of Georgia and is the Gallery Director of the Dalton Gallery at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA.