Atlanta-based artist and designer creating commissioned paintings, murals, and public art installations with galleries, museums, agencies, and brands.

John Tindel is an artist and designer working for the last couple of decades out of the Atlanta, Georgia. As an early pioneer of the Southern art scene and suffering from what he calls “obsessive creative disorder,” Tindel’s work comments on Southern culture with unique imagery and wit.

Whether you’ve seen one of his exhibitions, visited his studio spot, or successfully chased after one of his free pieces, Tindel is a veteran around these parts. His large-scale works are multilayered, multicolored, multifaceted, these paintings are a contemporary puzzle, pulling the viewer into a world of myth, places, and patterns, — they are unique, and unique in many senses.

Artist John Tindel

Selected Press & Interviews

Voyage ATL Magazine, “Check Out John Tindel’s Story,” interview/profile, November 21, 2022.

VOX ATL, “Outdoor Drive Thru ATL Art Exhibit Brings a Museum Experience to a COVID-weary World,” feature, July 9, 2020.

Burnaway, “Art Goes ‘Beyond Words’ at Swan Coach House Gallery,” coverage/review, March 16, 2018.

Burnaway, “Atlanta Artists Featured In Adult Coloring Book,” roundup, October 24, 2016.

UberPrints Blog, “Spotlight Atlanta, Living Walls,” feature, August 9, 2016.

CommonCreativ, “Q & A, Artist John Tindel,” interview.

Creative Loafing, “Living Walls announces arty, indie acts for 2014 main event,” announcement, August 4, 2014.

Kai Lin Art, “News” post noting solo exhibit “You Make Me Feel Special” by John Tindel, July 12, 2013.

ArtsATL, “Review, TindelMichi looks back to render new South in ‘Baptism by Fire’…,” review, December 14, 2012.

Creative Loafing, “TindelMichi takes its Baptism by Fire,” review/feature, December 18, 2012.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Race often factors into duo’s art,” review/feature, November 29, 2012.

ArtsATL, “Review, ‘Illuminate’… at Kai Lin Art,” review, January 17, 2013.

ArtsATL, “Review, ‘Four Coats,’ city of Atlanta mural project…,” review, August 7, 2011.

Creative Loafing, “Atlanta artists go off the wall with hip-hop design,” feature, March 16, 2010.

The Creatives Project, “John Tindel answers our questions,” interview/Q&A.

Creative Loafing, “Double trouble, Two artists find new inspiration in collaboration,” feature on Tindel and Michi Meko, September 2, 2004.

Creative Loafing, “Cover Story, Creativity and chaos,” feature, June 19, 2002.

Public Art and Special Projects (Selected)

Museums and Institutions

2019 · Urban Wild · Alabama Contemporary / Mobile Contemporary Arts Center · Mobile, AL · Group exhibition

2012 · Groundstory · Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College · Decatur, GA · Group exhibition

2011 · Relics: TindelMichi · Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art · Marietta, GA · Two-person exhibition

2010 · Southern Art? · Ernest G. Welch Gallery (Georgia State University) · Atlanta, GA · Group exhibition

2005 · Boca Raton Museum of Art · Boca Raton, FL · Biennial Exhibition

Museum Collections

Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art · Permanent Collection (Marietta, GA)

Solo Exhibitions

2013 · You Make Me Feel Special · Kai Lin Art · Atlanta, GA

2012 · Baptism by Fire: TindelMichi · Barbara Archer Gallery · Atlanta, GA

2011 · Relics: TindelMichi · Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art · Marietta, GA

2010 · Imaginary Beings · Defoors Center · Atlanta, GA

2009 · Folk Hysteria · Alcove Gallery · Decatur, GA

2008 · The Election: TindelMichi · The Art Department · Atlanta, GA

2007 · Happy Baby · Beep Beep Gallery · Atlanta, GA

2003 · Redneck Grafitti · Atlanta, GA

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

2025 · Art, Beats + Lyrics · Touring exhibition · Multiple U.S. cities

2025 · More to the Story: On Wing · Georgia State University · GA

2024 · Art, Beats + Lyrics · Touring exhibition · Multiple U.S. cities

2024 · High-Contrast: Tarot Show · Atlanta, GA

2023 · Art, Beats + Lyrics · Touring exhibition · Multiple U.S. cities

2022 · Rising Gallery · Colorado

2022 · Art, Beats + Lyrics · Touring exhibition · Multiple U.S. cities

2020 · Drive Thru ATL · Drive Thru Art Gallery · Atlanta, GA

2020 · Art, Beats + Lyrics · Touring exhibition · Multiple U.S. cities

2019 · Laid Low · Facet Gallery · Atlanta, GA

2019 · Primer: John Tindel + Stacie Rose · Kibbee Gallery · Atlanta, GA

2019 · Prime · The Creatives Project (TCP) Annual Exhibit · Atlanta, GA

2019 · Art, Beats + Lyrics (Jack Daniel’s) · Touring exhibition · Multiple U.S. cities

2018 · Radiant · Kai Lin Art · Atlanta, GA

2018 · Beyond Words · Swan Coach House Gallery · Atlanta, GA

2018 · Superlative · Conant Performing Arts Center, Oglethorpe University · Atlanta, GA

2018 · Prime · The Creatives Project Annual Exhibit · Atlanta, GA

2018 · Art, Beats + Lyrics · Touring exhibition

2016 · South · Kibbee Gallery · Atlanta, GA

2016 · Nine · The Creatives Project Annual Exhibit · Atlanta, GA

2016 · Art, Beats + Lyrics · Touring exhibition

2014 · Forward Warrior · Group mural project/exhibition · Atlanta, GA

2014 · Living Walls: The City Speaks · Group mural project/exhibition · Atlanta, GA

2014 · Art, Beats + Lyrics · Touring exhibition

2013 · The Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

2013 · Greyscale · ABV Gallery · Atlanta, GA

2013 · Fun Is the Law · Parlor Gallery · Asbury, NY

2013 · Sunday Southern Art Revival · Whitespace Gallery · Atlanta, GA

2012 · Talent Loves Company · Barbara Archer Gallery · Atlanta, GA

2012 · Paper Chase · Space: Eight · St. Augustine, FL

2011 · Monsters · Kai Lin Art · Atlanta, GA

2011 · THE SHOP GRAND OPENING, New Orleans, LA

2011 · Like a Loyal Sickly Horse: Sunday Southern Art Revival, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2011 · ARIZONA SB1070: License to Ill, Archetype Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2011 · AMERICA, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2011 · SCALE, Studio 900, Atlanta, GA

2011 · Consent to Dreams, Art Department Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2011 · Supernatural Circus, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2011 · Hambidge 2011 Art Auction · Atlanta, GA

2010 · Art Basel Scion Exhibition 3 · Scion · Miami, FL

2010 · Redneck Graffiti ATL · Castleberry Hills · Atlanta, GA

2009 · Redneck Graffiti NYC · Jack the Pelican Gallery · Brooklyn, NY

2009 · Folk Hysteria, Alcove Gallery, Decatur, GA

2005 · Coast to Coast, Butter Toast, Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004 · CLASH OF THE TITANS, Foundation One , Atlanta, Ga

2003 · FOUNDATION ONE, Foundation One , Atlanta, Ga

2003 · REDNECK GRAFITTI ATL, Castleberry Hills, Atlanta, GA

Contact John Tindel

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