Resume
A more detailed resume in pdf format can be found here.
| Awards & Honors |
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| 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) |
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| 9th Turner National Print Competition — Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico CA |
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| Beyond Printmaking III — Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock TX |
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| The Art of Rebellion — Gowanus Print Lab, Brooklyn NY |
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| 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 | |||||||||||

