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Fresh Ink – Wonder Fair

| Tonja Torgerson

Mine, serigraph, 22 by 15", 2017

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

Decay – Fraction Print Studio

| Tonja Torgerson

Seep, screenprint on newsprint, 2014

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.

Fraction Print Studio

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

| Tonja Torgerson

dreamland

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

Show Us What You Got – Studio No. 7

| Tonja Torgerson

Mine, serigraph, 24 by 18", 2017

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

| Tonja Torgerson

troy
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

Not Approved be the Comics Code Authority (Too!)

| Tonja Torgerson

Ghostless, serigraph, 22 by 15", 2017

I have a new print* on display at the SGCi Conference, as a part of Not Approved be the Comics Code Authority (Too!) a portfolio organized by Jospeh Lupo. This portfolio seeks a diverse group of printmakers who use comic sensibilities in subtle, surprising, critical, or experimental ways.

Artists:
Jamie Adams, Aaron Coleman, Raphael Cornford, Benjy Davies, Jon Irving, Brian Johnson, Emmy Lingscheit, Joseph Lupo, Dave Menard, Guen Montgomery, Neil Daigle Orians, Sage Perrott, Ian Sampson, Brett Schieszer, John Schulz, Tonja Torgerson

*My print is a subtle nod to GitS for all my fellow nerds.