Choke
pen & ink on paper
36 by 26 inches
2017
Author: Tonja Torgerson
Bit of Bite -Cider Gallery
One of my prints (above, published with Directangle Press) is included in A Bit of Bite, a printmaking exhibition at the Cider Gallery. This exhibition explores ideas about food and the act of consuming it through a range of prints and works on paper. Whether these prints explore the harvesting and gathering of food, fine dining or fast food, or industrial aspects of food production, each of these artists brings their own perspectives to the table.
A Bit of Bite
September 29th – October 20th
Reception: Friday, September 29th 5-9pm
Print Week Gallery Walk: Thursday, October 19th 5-9pm
Cider Gallery
810 Pennsylvania St
Lawrence, KS 66044
Fresh Ink – Wonder Fair
My print Mine is included in Fresh Ink, fourth annual juried print exhibition at Wonder Fair. Guest juried this year by printmaker and master of the split fountain, Jeffrey Dell, Fresh Ink is a manifestation of Wonder Fair’s foundational purpose: to establish Lawrence as a preeminent center for creative print culture in the United States and to highlight the importance of printed matter in the world entire. Fresh Ink is on view September 29 – November 5, 2017.
Fresh Ink
September 29th – November 5th 2017
Opening Reception, Friday September 29th 6-9pm
Wonder Fair
841 Massachusetts Street
Lawrence, KS 66044
Printmaking National Exhibition – Mark Arts
I currently have a couple prints on display in Wichita.
Printmaking National Exhibition
July 7th – August 13th, 2017
Reception: July 7th, 6:30 – 8pm
Mark Arts
Mary R Koch Arts Center
9112 E. Central | Wichita, KS 67206
Decay – Fraction Print Studio
Reflections on vulnerability, death, and the impermanence of the body. Large-scale photographs capture Torgerson’s screenprint figures succumbing to their decayed & damaged surroundings. These works provide an intimate pause in which to consider the frailty of the body; allowing us to dwell on uncomfortable truths.
130 W 18th Street
Kansas City MO 64108
July 7th – August 23, 2017
Receptions:
Friday, July 7th 6-9pm
Friday, August 4th 6-9pm
Dreamland – Ocelot Print Shop
I have work in “Dreamland…” a print portfolio curated by Sage Perrott (Haypeep) currently on exhibition at the Ocelot Print Shop in Detroit.
Artists: Sage Perrott (Haypeep), Mazatl, Adam Leestma, Joy Mallari (Kill Joy), Bryn Perrott (Deerjerk), Lauren Zalewski, Tonja Torgerson, Maren Munoz, Guen Montgomery, Tarantuga, Johanna Mueller, Johanna Winters, Melissa Dettloff, Brad Pierce (Buttcoffin), Kathy Puzey, Janie Stamm, Anna Tararova, Jazzmyn Barbosa, & Christa Carleton
Ocelot Print Shop
Friday, April 7th 6-9pm
3535 Cass, Detroit, MI 48201
New Work – Mine
Mine
serigraph
22 by 15 inches
2017
Beyond Printmaking 5 – Landmark Gallery
Cost I & II are on display in Texas as a part of Beyond Printmaking 5 : 2017 National Exhibition. This exhibition brings together works that exemplify the diversity of approaches that use the medium of print.
Beyond Printmaking 5 : 2017 National Exhibition
Juried/curated by Patricia Villalobos Echeverría
Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech School of Art
3010 18th St, Lubbock TX
March 25 – April 23, 2017
Show Us What You Got – Studio No. 7
I made a new print for the Show Us What You Got Poster Show & Silent Auction is a group benefit poster show curated by artists Bill Fick and Carlos Hernandez and presented by Speedball Art Products.
Featuring artists:
Bill Fick, Carlos Hernandez, Sean Starwars, Martin Mazorra, John Hancock, Brian Stuparyk, Dominick Rapone, Katy Seals, Francisco Ramirez, Dennis Schmickle, Dirk Fowler, Raj Bunnag, Melissa Dettloff, Breanne Trammell, Jim Madison, Todd Irwin, Josh Dannin, Tonja Torgerson, Sage Perrott, Robby Poore, Anna Tararova, Bekah Brooks, Jenny Schmid, Edie Overturf, Biafra, Inc., Emma Crutcher-McGowan, Lamia Abukhadra, & Brian Kelly
Studio No. 7
393 Marietta Street
Atlanta, GA 30313
Reception: March 17th 6-9pm
Panel Talk at SGCi Atlanta 2017
I will be speaking as a part of a panel, Co-Terminus: Sculpture & Space Through Print, during the SGCi; the national printmaking conference. Chaired by Patrick Vincent, this panel embraces the way paper and print aesthetics have been incorporated into installation and sculptural forms; discussing the way print media is integrated and coterminous with physical environments. Panelists Camilla Taylor, Tonja Torgerson, and Leslie Friedman will discuss works that cut space with paper, create new graphic forms, and impress bare walls with ink and matrix.
Savannah College of Art & Design
Atlanta GA
Saturday, March 18th 10:30 am – noon