Author: Tonja Torgerson

Revolution Now at Gamut Gallery

| Tonja Torgerson

Revolution Now

The Revolution Now exhibition, curated by Ash Marlene Hane and Angela Sprunger, acknowledges women who are creating change, locally or globally, known to many or known to a few. Their revolutions may be large and loud or slow and quiet, but their fight is now. Fourteen artists, including Hane & Sprunger, created new limited edition fine art prints for this show. Working in a variety of print media – including monoprint, relief and silkscreen – the collection introduces viewers to women from all over the world and in doing so encourages new dialogue and understanding.

Revolution Now
Gamut Gallery
1006 Marquette Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55403
03/21/2015 – 03/21/2015

Screenprint Biennial

| Tonja Torgerson

The East Coast National Screenprint Biennial is in full swing, with the satellite exhibitions opening up on Friday, September 26th.  As part of the exhibition, I traveled to Troy to install a series of wheat-pasted prints throughout the streets of the city.  The final photographs are still being processed, but here’s a working shot of one of the installations.

troy

East Coast National Screenprint Biennial
September 12th – October 10th, 2014
The Arts Center of the Capital Region
265 River St, Troy, New York 12180

Everything Paper: A National Juried Exhibition

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Deterioration, mixed media on paper, 50 by 85" 2009

My work, Deterioration, will be on display as a part of Everything Paper: a National Juried Exhibition at the Art Gallery at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Everything Paper: A National Juried Exhibition
Friday, August 29th – Thursday, October 2nd 2014
Opening reception: Friday, August 29th, 4:30 – 6:30 pm
Juror’s Lecture by Karin Campbell: Wednesday, September 24th, 12 pm

UNO Art Gallery
University of Nebraska at Omaha
6001 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE

Plagued at the Sleeth Gallery

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plagued-detail

Now on display at the Sleeth gallery; Plagued is a solo exhibition of my recent works that examine illness, death, and the impermanence of the body. These multi-media works explore the collision of attraction and disgust, and how it creates a difficult beauty and a pleasant anxiety. The exhibition showcases works which blend figurative, street art, and traditional printmaking practices. More photographs of the exhibition can be found at http://tonjatorgerson.com/.

An opening reception will be held on Thursday, April 3rd at 4:30pm with an artist’s talk to immediately follow at 6:00pm in the gallery.

Plagued
March 25th – April 17th, 2014
Reception: Thursday, April 3rd 4:30 to 6pm
Artist Talk: Thursday, April 3rd  6 to 6:30pm

Sleeth Gallery
at West Virginia Wesleyan College
E Main St & College Ave
Buckhannon, WV 26201