MICHAEL TARIN was born in July 1962 in Wolfsburg, Germany. Later in life in 1985 he moved to Bielefeld to study Graphic Design at Fachhochschule Bielefeld (“University of Applied Sciences”). He majored in Illustration and graduated in 1992 with a Master’s Degree.
At the young age of 15 years, Michael started already exhibiting his artwork in genres like fantasy, Sci-Fi, Music and at an international airbrush contest for which he received numerous youth advancement awards. These activities and events laid the foundation for Michael’s career path, which he started with a three year vocational training program as a Photographer and Film Assistant in 1979 in Celle, Germany. After completing his vocational training in 1982, Michael went back to school to complete his Fachabitur Gestaltung (“Bachelor Degree of Graphic Design”). He continued his education during the mandatory military service in the German Air Force from 1983 to 1984. He was involved in Journalistic Photography, Reproduction Technology as well as Aerial Photography.
After obtaining his Master’s Degree in Graphic Design in 1992, Michael created airbrushed illustrations for medical science movies in 35mm format. The following two years he applied his talents to creating artwork for tradeshow and event exhibits for clients such as Abtei, Alba-Gewuerze, Apollinaris, Coca-Cola and Wagner Pizza. During this time he collaborated with interior architects and stage designers as part of his employment at ET (Equipment Team).
From 1993-94 Michael worked at Rehling in Graphic Design and Desktop Publishing, Technical Illustrations, Design and Layout of Magazine Covers. He was involved in print preparations for his artwork as well as the actual printing process.
In 1994 Michael joined one of Germany’s largest advertising agencies in Bielefeld – ATS Werbeagentur, where he was hired as their Creative Director. For the next nine years, Michael was involved in and directing the following activities: Layouts, Desktop Publishing, Food and Display Illustrations, Story Boards for TV Spots, Corporate Branding and Photo Shoots for customers such as Dr. Oetker, Deutsch See, Homann, Melitta Swirl, PEZ, Mentos, Meistermarken, Ostmann and many more.
Michael was then hired by Euba Design in 2004 where he continued his career as Creative Director. Euba Design was one of most renowned art manufacturers and distributors in Germany at the time. From 2004 until 2011 Michael created numerous themed paintings, which were reproduced, printed and sold mainly as ‘Canvas Art’. Michael’s reproductions were sold throughout Europe in excess of 1.5 Mio copies.
During his employment at Euba Design, Michael was in charge of all Graphic Design aspects, Trade Show Design, Editing and new product development. Over 80% of all artwork sold by Euba carries his signature literally as well as figuratively speaking in form of his experimental and attractive ensemble of several artful techniques. Michael mixes art and photography with Photoshop compositions and delivers the results in form of print ready data. Some of the more exclusive productions and a specialty of Michael Tarin are the creations of 3D paintings. These sculpted paintings had to be reproduced manually before they were exported worldwide.
Whether presented in Furniture or Interior Design Houses, on TV, in the interior design of Hotels or as part of international tradeshows such as “Ambiente” (Frankfurt, Germany) – Michael Tarin has established himself as a multitalented artist in high demand. His signature and brand is synonymous for his confident sense for trendy and trend-setting art.
“What inspires me?” “The entire world, but foremost my love of the sea, instilled by the island of Sylt in the Northern Sea and a deep attachment to Los Angeles with its pulsating mix of Spanish-Mexican culture; music and film industry and the lively California beaches with its energetic light and typical colors. To be able to live and work there freely as an artist is my personal dream!”
