Torrance YORK

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Torrance York: Semaphore, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA

2022 Semaphore, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, September 8 – October 15, 2022

2021 Torrance York: Public Places, ROOM, Greenwich, CT

2019 Common Ground: Irwin N41º08.910'W073º30.533' 333ft., New Canaan Museum & Historical Society, CT

2016 New & Far, Littlejohn Contemporary, New Canaan, CT

2013 Torrance York: Traces, Southport Galleries, Southport, CT

2012 Torrance York Photography, ROOM, Greenwich, CT

2008 Road Works, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

2007 Point of Place: Photographs by Torrance York, Curtis Gallery, New Canaan Library, CT

Torrance York Photographs Here and Now, Thos. Moser, New York, NY

2002 Torrance York: Color Photographs, Thos. Moser, New York, NY

1995 Seeing through Memory, video installation, Dow's Gallery, Snowmass Village, CO

1994 Superiors, Mediums & Basics: Solo Thesis Exhibit, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Abstract Visions, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

Back on the Shelf, FilterPhoto, Filter Space, Chicago, IL

Life Perceived, Yellow Studio & Katonah Museum Artists’ Association, Cross River, NY

2022 3rd Barcelona Foto Biennial, Fotonostrum, Barcelona, Spain

Shapes, All About Photo.com online and AAP Magazine #26, Los Angeles, CA

Yearbook 2022, online exhibition, Shutter Hub, London, UK

Portfolio 2022, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA

8th International Call for Contemporary Photography, RI Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI

Future Perfect/Imperfect: The Next Century, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

2021 The Photo Review Competition Exhibition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA

27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA

2020 About Women, Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, Norwalk, CT

2019 The Art of Being a Girl, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT

Silvermine ‘Summer Salon’ Guild Exhibit, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT,

2018 Guild Group Exhibit, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

Silvermine Photographers, Hearst Connecticut Media Group, Norwalk, CT

American Splendor, Ilon Gallery, Harlem, NY

Rotations: Gallery Highlights, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY

Perfect Partners: Art in Design, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

2017 Waveny - Now and Then, New Canaan Museum & Historical Society, New Canaan, CT

37th Annual Photography Show, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT

2016 The Good Show, Art & Sound Gallery, Greenwich, CT

2015 Inaugural Show, Littlejohn Contemporary, New Canaan, CT

2014 The Photo Show: Emerging Images, Schelfhaudt Gallery, University of Bridgeport, CT

Contemporary Landscapes, Ridgefield Library, Ridgefield, CT

Outside Focus, The Drawing Room, Cos Cob, CT

2013 Where are We (going)?, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

The Barn and Beyond, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT

Places I Remember from Maine to Montauk, Southport Galleries, Southport, CT

Images, Fairfield Museum & History Center, Fairfield, CT (+ 2009)

2012 Important Incidentals: Six Guild Photographers, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

Setting Order: Recipients of the CT Artist Fellowship Program, Hartford, CT

2011 Kaleidoscope: Variance in Views, GE Cultural Fine Art Gallery, Fairfield, CT

2010 New Directions 2010, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

Inside/Out, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

Fresh Pics: Contemporary Art in CT, Curated by Camilla Cook, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT

Heart for Haiti, Rockwell Art & Framing, New Canaan and Westport, CT

2009 Next to Dürer: Old Masters + Contemporary Masters, Lanier Collections, Darien, CT

2nd Annual Camera Works, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT

Images, Fairfield Museum & History Center, Fairfield, CT

Elsewhere, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

The Abstracted Eye, Wilton Public Library, Wilton, CT, Curated by Jeff Mueller

RISD New England Biennial, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA

2008 Littlejohn Contemporary at AQUA Art Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL

Aldrich Undercover, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT

Touring Connecticut with CT Artists, CT Commission on Culture & Tourism, Hartford, CT

31st Annual Juried Exhibition, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT

Art of the Northeast, 59th Annual Exhibition, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT (+2002, 2003, 2006)

2007 Radius: Emerging Artists from Connecticut & Southeastern New York, Ridgefield Guild of Artists with Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT

Spectra: National Photography Triennial, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT

Topos: Brooklyn, Nelson Hancock Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Environmental Visions: Beauty & Fragility, Haskins Laboratory Gallery, New Haven, CT

Land marks, 22 Haviland Street Gallery, South Norwalk, CT

2006 Small Works for Giving, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, NY

Photography Now 2006, Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY & 401 Projects, New York, NY

2004 ReFresh Print Biennial I, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, WI

78th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

2003 Art of the Northeast, 54th Annual Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT

Westworks 2003, Peck Arts Center Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY

2000 Autobiography, Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI

Photography Now, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA

18th Annual Juried Show, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY

1997 Stories from Her, National traveling exhibition, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

AWARDS

2022    Winner, Lucie Foundation, International Photography Awards, Book – Monograph (Non-pro)

2022    Third Place, 8th International Call for Contemporary Photography, RI Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI, Juror: Jessica Roscio, Director and Curator of the Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA

2021    Art + Science Award, Honorable Mention, Lenscratch

2021    Critical Mass 2021 Finalist, Photo Lucida, Portland, OR

2021     Honorable Mention, The Photo Review 2020 Competition, Langhorn, PA Jurors: Kathy Ryan & Jessica Dimson     

2020    Honorable Mention, The Photo Review 2020 Competition, Langhorn, PA

2020    Semifinalist, 95th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA & Olcott Family Award recipient, Jurors: David Campany & Larissa Goldston

2017    Second Place, The Story of Art, Pequot Library, Fairfield, CT, Jurors: Helen Klisser During & Adrienne Conzelman

2013    Grand Prize winner, Images 2013, Fairfield Museum & History Center, Fairfield, CT. Awarded solo show.

2010    Fellowship for photography from the CT Commission on Culture and Tourism.

2008    First Place, 31st Annual Juried Exhibition, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT, Juror: Benjamin Genocchio

2008    Second Place, 59th Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, Juror: Thom Collins

2007    Second Place, SPECTRA Photography Triennial, Silvermine Galleries, Juror: Peter MacGill

2006    Publication in The Photo Review, Langhorne, PA, (2006 & 2003)

2006    Steven Madwed Photography Award, 57th Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Galleries

2005    Participant, Review Santa Fe, Santa Fe Center for Photography, Santa Fe, NM

2005    Director’s Choice Award, 56th Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

1995    Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

1993    T. C. Coley Award, outstanding artistic achievement, Photography, RISD

ACTIVITIES

Artist Guild Member, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT (since 2006)

Board of Directors, Educational Video Center, New York, NY (Member since 2001, President 2 terms)

PUBLICATIONS

2022 Semaphore, monograph Kehrer Verlag: Heidelberg, 2022. Essay by Rebecca Senf, PhD

Everyday Delight, A Shutter Hub Editions Publication, London, UK

Yearbook 2022, A Shutter Hub Editions Publication, London, UK

PRESENTATIONS

2022     Artist Talk & book Signing: Semaphore, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA

2007     Radius Brown Bag Lunch series, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT

2002     The Photography Institute-National Graduate Seminar, Columbia University, New York,   NY

2001     Worcester State College, Worcester, MA

1998     Teacher’s College Columbia University, New York, NY

1995     White Pines College, Chester, NH

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Alliance Bernstein, New York, NY

Ariel Shanberg, Woodstock, NY

James Dayton, Minneapolis, MN

James Westwater, Santa Fe, NM

Louise Eastman, New York, NY

John F. Wieland, Jr., Atlanta, GA

Susan O’Brien Lyons, Chicago, IL

John and Sue Wieland at WareHouse, Atlanta, GA

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lenscratch, Ross, Megan. “Torrance York: Semaphore,” September 30, 2022, (photographs)

Parkinson’s Life, Sherriff, Scarlett. “The Power of Creating Something Cannot Be Overstated,” Interview with Torrance York, September 22, 2022 (photographs)

Lenscratch, Alterwitz, Linda. “Torrance York: Art + Science Award – Honorable Mention” Feature, November 14, 2021, illustrated

Helle, Nancy. “Torrance York: A Different Perspective” Artist Showcase, New Canaan Darien Magazine, April 2008, illustrated

“Where in the World is Torrance York”, New Canaan Advertiser, January 10, 2008, illustrated

Birke, Judy. “Haskins; Environmental Show Informs, Warms”, New Haven Register, October 21, 2007

“Northern Exposure: Iconic Images of Connecticut”, Connecticut Cottages & Gardens, September 2007, illustrated

Genocchio, Benjamin. “Ready for This Close-Up?”, The New York Times, May 13, 2007, illustrated

EDUCATION

1994 MFA Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1988 BA American Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT