Resume

A more detailed resume in pdf format can be found here.

Awards & Honors
2011
 Creative Opportunities Grant, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Salt City DISHES Grant, Syracuse NY

Dedication Speaker, Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley MN
2010 First Year Interdisciplinary Grant, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Graduate Assistantship, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
2009 Jerome Foundation Fellowship, New York Mills Arts Retreat, New York Mills MN
2008 Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum Purchase Award, Minneapolis MN
Minnesota Museum of American Art Purchase Award, St Paul MN
Selected Exhibitions
2012 Sick at Home— Craft Chemistry, Syracuse NY (solo exhibition)
9th Turner National Print Competition — Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico CA
Beyond Printmaking III — Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock TX

The Art of Rebellion — Gowanus Print Lab, Brooklyn NY
2011 Prints U.S.A — Springfield Art Museum, Springfield MO
Atlanta Print Biennial International — Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta GA
Ill at Ease — Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley MN (solo exhibition)

Home — Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis MN

The Print Club of Rochester’s Annual Members’ Exhibition — Work in Progress Gallery, Rochester NY
Cult Sisters II — Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis MN
Propaganda in Print — Oxbow Press, Reno NV
Portraiture: Inside Out — Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ
Excellence in Printmaking — Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring MD
Salt City Dozen — Sarah A. Coyne Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
MFA but no JOB — Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa CO
Matrilineage — Spark! Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse NY
Monumental (Prints)tallations — New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas NM
2010 Sick — XYandZ Gallery, Minneapolis MN (solo exhibition)
Old Planet-New Planet: Printmaking and the New World Order — Gallery 13, Minneapolis MN
ARTCRANK — Shelter Studios, Minneapolis MN
Foot in the Door 4 — Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MN
Select Impressions — Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis MN
2009 18 Months — XYandZ Gallery, Minneapolis MN
Graphic — Burnsville Performing Arts Center, Burnsville MN
North of the 45th — DeVos Art Museum, Marquette MI
Sprout! — Pulp Gallery, Omaha NE
2008 The Sixth Minnesota National Print Biennial — The Katherine E Nash Gallery, Minneapolis MN
Old School — UPPERCASE Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Canada
Minneapolis 55408 — Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis MN
Self-Evident: Contemporary American Self Portraiture — The Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead KY
Prints Gone Wild Print Fair, Bikini Press International — Cannonball Press at Supreme Trading, New York City NY
2007 Cultivate: 25 under 25 — Stevens Square Center for the Arts, Minneapolis MN
Four Years Later — Perpich Center for Arts Education, Minneapolis MN (solo exhibition)
Open Door 3 — Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis MN
Education
2013 MFA Candidate in Printmaking, Syracuse University
2007 BFA in Studio Arts, minor in Art History, University of Minnesota
Bibliography
•Vangool, Janine, ed. (article by Tonja Torgerson) “A Change of Scene” UPPERCASE Magazine, Issue 12, Calgary AB Canada, Winter 2012
•Samarasinghe, Kerry, ed. Dislocate (literary journal), image on front and back covers, Minneapolis MN, Fall 2011
•Khutoretsky, Tricia “TWO at XYandZ Gallery: Tonja Torgerson artist selections: Jennifer Davis + Ellen Mueller” Permanent, permanentadg.com, November 15th 2011
• Armbruster, Jessica “Cult Sisters II” The City Pages, Minneapolis MN, May 13th, 2011
• Olson, Ami “SUBPAR project wins community-based minigrant” The Eagle, Syracuse NY, January 27th, 2011
• Portraiture: Inside, Out Exhibition Catalogue, image on page 12, Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ, 2011
• Iverson, Kate “ARTCRANK: Pedal-powered poster art” The Dressing Room, CityPages.com, April 9th 2010
• Thomas, Jamie “Shifting Identity at XYandZ Gallery” Twin Cities Metro, Metromag.com, February 2nd 2010
• Abbe, Mary “Perils of Printmaking” Star Tribune, p E8, Minneapolis MN, October 31st 2008
• Schmid, Jenny, ed. The Sixth Minnesota National Print Biennial (Catalogue), Katherine E Nash Gallery, Minneapolis MN, 2008
• Priesmeyer, Molly “ What’s up with the art and zeitgeist in ZIP code 55408?”, MinnPost.com, Minneapolis MN, March 21st 2008
• Thomas, Dylan “Know Your Neighbors”, Southwest Journal, p B8, Minneapolis, MN, March 10th 2008
• Priesmeyer, Molly “Not-so-sweet-dreams: Exhibition Wakes Us Up”, MinnPost, p 6, Minneapolis, MN, February 1st 2008
• Xenos, Stephanie “Anxiety Dreams at Altered Aesthetics“, The Morning After, mspmag.com, February 5th 2008
• Armbruster, Jessica “The A List: Cultivate: 25 Under 25″, City Pages, p 38, Minneapolis, MN, April 4th 2007
• Uncle Tom to Peeping Tom: Race and Gender Matters (Catalogue) Wisconsin African American Women’s Center, Sponsors: ABEA and University of Wisconsin Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2006
• Stulen, Scott “Point and Shoot: Contemporary Art 101” (Online Collection) http://www.mnartists.org 2006