A more detailed resume in pdf format can be found here.
Education
MFA Candidate in Printmaking, Syracuse University, 2013
BFA in Studio Arts, minor in Art History, University of Minnesota, 2007
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Sick at Home — Craft Chemistry, Syracuse NY
2011 Ill at Ease — Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley MN
2010 Sick — XYandZ Gallery, Minneapolis MN
2007 Four Years Later — Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley MN
Selected Group & Juried Exhibitions
2013 2013 MFA Exhibition — SU Art Gallery, Syracuse NY
— 25CPW Gallery, New York NY (forthcoming)
24th National Drawing & Print Exhibition — Gormley Gallery, Baltimore MD
New Prints 2013/Winter — International Print Center of New York, New York NY
— Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh, Scotland UK (forthcoming)
MAPC Juried Members Exhibition — McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown OH
Printmaking Exhibition— 801 Gallery, Minneapolis MN
Art Inter/National — Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
Speak Easy — Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis MN
2012 Headshot — Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK
Sweet Hot Mess — Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis MN
ARTCRANK — Bicycle Habitat, New York NY
Handmade Prints II — Noyes Art Center, Evanston IL
9th Turner National Print Competition — Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico CA
Beyond Printmaking III — Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock TX
Friends with Benefits: Five Years of Bohemian Press —Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis MN
The Art of Rebellion — Gowanus Print Lab, Brooklyn NY
The Ghost Show — The Pony Club, Portland OR
2012 Sketchbook Project — The Art House Coop, Brooklyn NY
2011 Prints U.S.A. 2011 — Springfield Art Museum, Springfield MO
Atlanta Print Biennial International — Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta GA
Cult Sisters II — Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis MN
Salt City Dozen — Sarah A. Coyne Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Matrilineage — Spark! Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse NY
Monumental (Prints)tallations — New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas NM
2010 Headshot, Mid America Printmaking Conference, Minneapolis, MN
Old Planet-New Planet: Printmaking and the New World Order — Gallery 13, Minneapolis MN
Select Impressions — Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis MN
ARTCRANK — Shelter Studios, Minneapolis MN
2009 18 Months — XYandZ Gallery, Minneapolis MN
Sweet Hair— Art Minion, Minneapolis MN
North of the 45th — DeVos Art Museum, Marquette MI
Graphic — Burnsville Performing Arts Center, Burnsville MN
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
Prints Gone Wild Print Fair, Bikini Press International — Supreme Trading, New York City NY
Anxiety Dreams — The Q Gallery, Minneapolis MN, Curators: Tonja Torgerson and Ellen Mueller
Bitter Fruits — Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis MN
Publications
Kopp, Linda, ed. 500 Prints on Clay, Lark Crafts, New York, NY 2013
9th Janet Turner National Competition & Exhibition Catalogue, The Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico CA 2012
Atlanta Print Biennial Exhibition Catalogue, Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Atlanta GA 2011
Samarasinghe, Kerry, ed. Dislocate (literary journal), image on front and back covers and several images inside, Minneapolis MN, Fall 2011
Portraiture: Inside, Out Exhibition Catalogue, image featured on page 12, Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ, 2011
Schmid, Jenny, ed. The Sixth Minnesota National Print Biennial Exhibition Catalogue, Katherine E Nash Gallery, Minneapolis MN, 2008
Vangool, Janine, ed. Old School, Uppercase Gallery, Calgary, AB Canada, 2008
Uncle Tom to Peeping Tom: Race and Gender Matters Exhibition 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, MnArtists.org, http://www.mnartists.org, 2006
Reviews & Articles
Schwartzwalder, Mary Beth “Tonja dishes about DISHES“ Salt City DISHES, April 4th 2013
Vangool, Janine, ed. (article by Tonja Torgerson) “A Change of Scene” UPPERCASE Magazine, Issue 12, Calgary AB Canada, Winter 2012
Magan, Veronica “The Art of Sickness” Syracuse NewTimes, p26, Syracuse NY, February 15th 2012
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, images featured on pages 21 & 24, Minneapolis MN, May 13th, 2011
Aguirre, Andrea “Go ‘inside’ the portrait at Walsh” The Setonian, South Orange NJ, March 2nd, 2011
Olson, Ami “SUBPAR project wins community-based minigrant” The Eagle, p 4, Syracuse NY, January 27th, 2011
Oppedisano, Lorna “Deep DISHES” Syracuse New Times, p 14, Syracuse NY, February 2nd, 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
Xenos, Stephanie “Anxiety Dreams at Altered Aesthetics“, The Morning After, mspmag.com,
February 5th, 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
Miller, Sara Nicole “The True Beauty of Taco Tuesday”, The Minnesota Daily, Minneapolis MN,
February 8th, 2007
Armbruster, Jessica “The A List: Cultivate: 25 Under 25″, City Pages, p 38, Minneapolis, MN, April 4th 2007
Schmitt, Christina “The A List: Art of Service”, City Pages, p 45, Minneapolis MN, January 31st, 2007
