Author: Tonja Torgerson

Not Approved be the Comics Code Authority (Too!)

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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. 

Currently Nontraditional- Lawrence Arts Center

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costoflivingThe artists in this exhibition new work in response to their thoughts about aspects of what 2016 means to them. Representing a wide range of experience, and techniques, these artists operate outside of the perceived traditional artist track. This exhibition celebrates the diversity of their approaches towards creating art as well as their varied attitudes toward the world –as long as they could confine these to a 30×22 sheet of paper.

Participating artists: Jason Barr, Janet Davidson Hues, Patrick Giroux , Lora Jost, Leslie Kuluva, Judith G. Levy, Adam Lott , Tom Moore , Jeremy Rockwell, Tonja Torgerson, Dave Van Hee, Beatrice Von Holten

Currently Nontraditional
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence, KS
September 30th – October 22nd
Final Friday Reception:
September 30th, 5 – 9pm

Something Fleeting- University of Kansas

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The Fall (detail), mixed media installation, 2016

I have recreated “The Fall” for an exhibition at the University of Kansas. The artists in this exhibition work directly or indirectly with the transient & fleeting. They explore this idea through material, process, or content. A moment, a body, a conversation, a landscape, a culture, a life … these things change, evolve, vanish, grow, get lost, or transform into something new.

Artists: Andrew Cho, Ann Dean, Neil Goss, Tressa Jones, Alicia Kelly, Amanda Maciuba, Cate Richards, Carly Slade, Kyla Strid, and Tonja Torgerson.

Something Fleeting
University of Kansas Art & Design Gallery
Lawrence, KS
September 19th  – October 13th
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 22nd 5:30-7pm

Women & Money Project

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Flow (detail), screenprint on newsprint, 2013

The Women & Money Project

By investigating the relationship between women and money through a contemporary lens, Women and Money posits questions and initiates visual and verbal dialogue regarding economics, of which money is a by-product, a construct, and a human creation. Money has evolved from an “exchange of value” to a purpose of its own that has, in some instances, created its own scarcity. Women have experienced this scarcity and the exhibition provides an opportunity to bring artistic voices to the discussion. Women and Money expands beyond the limits of the gallery space into the community by connecting artists, community organizations, private entities, and audiences in exploring a local and global problem. The exhibition promotes the use of art for social change, examines women’s place in the precarious state of the world’s economic and financial situation, and scrutinizes, investigates and discusses infrastructures that perpetuate gender and economic inequality.

Artists: Hend Al Mansour, Lynnette Black, Carolina Borja, Rachel Breen, Barbara Bridges, Angela Davis, Liz Dodson, Kate Durbin, Lucy Rose Fischer, Camille Gage, Beth Grossman, Andrea Jenkins, Diane Katsiaficas, Tiffany Keri, Virginia Maksymowicz , Mz Direct (Jeanne Phillip/Judith Huacuja/Susan Byrnes/Tess Cortes), Laurel O’Gorman, Priscilla Otani, Shira Richter, Ellen Schillace, Karen Searle, Marcia Soderman, Meng Tang, Tonja Torgerson, Suzanne Vigil, Krista Kelley Walsh, Jill Waterhouse, Jennifer Weigel, and Karen Wilcox

The Women and Money Project
Katherine E. Nash Gallery
Regis Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
September 6 – December 10, 2016
Reception: Friday, September 9th, 6:00 – 9:00 pm