Stephen Tunney's last novel One Hundred Percent Lunar Boy, was published by the American publisher MacAdam/Cage in 2010. It received the Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writers Series" for 2010-2011. One Hundred Percent Lunar Boy was translated into French and published in France by les Éditions Albin Michel under the title "Quand on s'embrasse sur la Lune" in 2012. It has also been translated into Japanese and will be published in Japan by Tokyo Sogensha in 2013. A Russian translation will be available in 2013 from Azbooka-Atticus This novel is currently under film option by Timur Bekmambetov's production company Bazelevs. In 1992, came out his first novel Flan published by Four Walls Eight Windows. In 2008 Flan was re-published by Running Press. Flan was widely reviewed and appraised by magazines and newspapers such as New York Press, Boston Phoenix Literary Section, Review of Contemporary Fiction, Option, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Les Inrockuptibles among others.
Painter
Stephen Tunney has exhibited widely in the United States as well as in Europe, France, Switzerland, England, Belgium and Spain. His artworks are primarily on two medium, canvas and paper, as well as on musical instruments such as guitars, cello, violin. His paintings and works on paper are either very colorful or black and white. They are very surreal, with many references to Renaissance masters as well modern cartoons and Japanese calligraphy. His last show was in the : Kamarama Exhibition, Brugge Plus Group Show, Garemijn Hall, Market Square, Brugge, Belgium, May–August 2012. Other artists included in this show were : David Bade, Fred Bervoetz, Capitaine Longchamps, Georges Condo, René Daniels, Wim Delvoye, Otto Dix, Marcel Duchamp, James Ensor, Max Ernst, Jan Fabre, J.J. Granville, George Groz, Kati Heck, Jeroen Henneman, Herr Seele, Paul Joostens, Kamagurka, Lucebert, Markus Lupertz, René Magritte, Werner Mannaers, Muzo, Yves Obyn, Jeff Olsson, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Emile Salkin, Wim T. Schippers, Roland Topor, Luc Tuymas, Rinus Van de Velde, Don Van Vliet. Other shows:
Cinema Nova Gallery Solo Show, Solo Show, paintings and videos, Bruxelles, Belgium, October–November 2009.
La Cartonnerie, Vortex #1, Group Show, painted guitar, and performance, Reims, France, February 2009.
Society Of Illustrators 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Group Show, NYC, USA, March–April 2008.
Rubulad At CSV Cultural Center, Group Show, NYC, September–October 2006
Centro Andaluz De Arte Contemporaneo, Andalusian Contemporary Art Centre supported by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, Seville, Spain. Group Show, Works on Paper and performance. July 2006
Theater For The New City L.E.S. Visual Arts Show Group Show, New York City, May–June 2005, Works on paper.
Coleman Project Space, Group Show, supported by the British Arts Council, London, UK, May 2005. Works on paper and performance.
Confort Moderne, Solo Show, Paintings, Poitiers, France, March 2005.
Open Walls Experiment—ISSUE Project Room, Group Show, NYC, May–June 2004
Small Works 27th Exhibition, NYU Washington Square East Galleries, Group Show, Paintings, NYC, May–June 2004
Galerie 7M3, Solo Show, in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, La Médiathèque, Mons, Belgium, April 2002. "First personn Shooters", Works on paper.
Mégahertz Group Show, Attitudes Espace d'Arts Contemporains, Supported by the Swiss Ministry of Culture, Genève, Switzerland, May 2001. Works on paper.
The Apartment Gallery, Group Show, NYC, July–August, 2000. Paintings.
Studio 5 Beekman, Solo Show, Multimedia Installation, NYC, April 1997.
Permanent Collections: He has several pieces in the Confort Modern Permanent collection in Poitiers, France and in the Kamagurka's private collection in Brugges, Belgium. His artwork has been sold to private customers in France, and the United States.
Musician
Stephen Tunney is also a musician and a songwriter who under the name Dogbowl has released 12 albums in the United States, France and Belgium.
Dogbowl and The Peter Parker Experience: Nuage, Nuage
Project Success
Flan - Songs from the Novel by Stephen Tunney
Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain
Tit!
Numerous articles have been written about the music of Stephen Tunney aka Dogbowl, in magazines and newspapers such as Les Inrockuptibles, The Village Voice, Le Matin, Melody Maker, Philadelphia City Paper, L.A. Weekly, Liberation, Q Magazine, MOFO, VOX Magazine, Event, etc.
