JIM TOROK                      back

 

M.F.A. Brooklyn College, New York, 1981

B.F.A. Indiana University, 1979

 

Solo Exhibitions:

 

2003  A Family: Portraits by Jim Torok, Denver Art Museum

      Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles

2002  Story Boards and Self Portraits, Bill Maynes Gallery

2001  Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles

2000  Up Close and Personal: Portraits by Jim Torok, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, Kansas

1999  hi tech lo tech, Bill Maynes Gallery

      Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica

      Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin

1998  Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto

1997  Bill Maynes Gallery

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

 

2004  Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art

2003  One-On-One, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York

      PainterÕs Forms, The Work Space, New York

American Art Today: Faces and Figures, Art Museum of Florida International University, Miami

Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Institute of Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh (curated by Vicky Clark and Barbara Bloemink); travels to CCA, New Orleans, and the University of North Texas

Brooklyn on 57th Street, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York

2002  Works on Paper, Bill Maynes Gallery

      Invitational Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York

2001  Brooklyn!, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art

      Picture This, Flipside, New York

      Self-Made Men, DC Moore Gallery, New York

      Meat Market Art Fair, Pierogi, New York

      HaulinÕ Ass: Pierogi in LA, Post, Los Angeles

      Good Humor, EPC, New York

2000  Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore

Reconfigured, Pace University Gallery, Pleasantville, New York

      Inaugural Exhibit, Indiana University Art Gallery, Southbend

Drawing from Pierogi: Selection from the Flat File, Bennington College, Vermont

      Stop That Racket, Dixon Place, New York

      Rage for Art, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn

      Face to Face, Concordia College, Bronxville, New York

1999  Portraits, The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut

      Popcorn, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, California

Changing Faces: Contemporary Portraiture, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York

     Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York

Traditions, Transitions, and Transformations: Exploration of Art Making with Pinholes, Pixels, and Moving

Pictures, Samuel Chen Fine Art Center, Central Connecticut State University Galleries, New Britain

Salute to Animation, Concourse Gallery, John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, California

      Avant Garde-O-Rama, PS 122, New York

Short Stuff, Film Festival, Huntington Beach Art Center, California

Trench Waveforms, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York (curated by Norman Douglas)

      Benefit Auction, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York

1998  River of Mud, The Kitchen, New York

International Short Film & Video Festival, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Arizona State University Art Museum

      Reflex and Reverie, The Kitchen, New York

      Carousel, The Brooklyn Museum

      1998 New York State Biennial, New York State Museum, Albany

      Benefit Auction, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York

      Current/Undercurrent, The Brooklyn Museum

1997  Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

When the Whim siŽcle, Collezione Peggy Guggenheim, Venice; Ice House Gallery, Belgium

New York Drawers, The Gasworks, London; Corner House, Manchester

      Moonworks Festival, Stella Adler Conservatory, New York

1996  Invitational +, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York

      The Art Exchange Show, New York

      Slide Masters, Dixon Place, New York

      Too Many Clothes, The Kitchen, New York

1995  Avant Garde-O-Rama, P.S. 122, New York

      The Film Club, Four Walls, Brooklyn

      Yikes!, Cucaracha, New York

1994  Open Book, 450 Broadway Gallery, NewYork

      Whateva, Dru Arstark Gallery, New York

      The Faust Festival, Nada, New York

      The Jupiter Project, Four Walls, Brooklyn

      AaronÕs Cabaret, Nada, New York

Promotional Copy Event, The Kitchen, Printed Matter, New York

1993  Bad Girls, The Reading Lounge, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

      Promotional Copy Opening, The Guggenheim Downtown, New York

      Drawing Show, Park Slope Gallery, Brooklyn

1992  City Life, Bridgewater/Lustberg, New York

      Columbus, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York

1991  The Eccentric Object, Bridgewater/Lustberg, New York

      Wings, Park Slope Gallery, Brooklyn

1990  Feast Your Eyes, Park Slope Gallery, Brooklyn

      Between the Parks, Park Slope Gallery, Brooklyn

 

Bibliography:

 

Clark, Vicky A. Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, exhibition catalogue, Institute of Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh, 2003

Cotter, Holland. The New York Times, September 19, 1997

Denton, Monroe. TimeLine (On Some Portraits by Jim Torok), essay for exhibition brochure, Denver Art Museum, October 2003

_______. Goings On About Town, The New Yorker, September 15, 1997

_______. Goings On About Town, The New Yorker, December 20, 1999

Glueck, Grace. ÒSelf-Made Men,Ó The New York Times, April 27, 2001

Gomez, Edward. The New York Times, September 16, 2001

Johnson, Ken. The New York Times, November 8, 2002

Johnson, Ken. "Painter's Forms," The New York Times, January 9, 2004

Kalm, James. ÒPicture This.Ó NYArts, March 2001

Kennedy, Margaret. ÒHold that Pose,Ó House Beautiful, September 1999

Kino, Carol. Time Out New York, October 2-9, 1997

Kino, Carol. ÒJim Torok at Bill Maynes,Ó Art in America, May, 2000

Kino, Carol. ÒSelf-Made Men at DC Moore,Ó Art in America, December, 2001

Kunitz, Daniel. Changing Faces, ArtNews, March 1999

Meyers, Holly. Art Reviews, Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2001

Murdock, Robert. Review Magazine, September 15, 1997

Murdock, Robert. Jim Torok: Portraits, essay for exhibition catalogue, November 1999

Ollman, Leah. ÒA Bountiful Exhibition That Gets White Glove Treatment.Ó Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2000

Ollman, Leah. ÒArt of Portraiture in Concentrate,Ó Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2003

Ortiz, Lori. ÒBrooklyn Art Scene.Ó The Brooklyn Rail, February/March 2001

Powhida, William. ÒOne-On-One,Ó The Brooklyn Rail, November 2003

Princenthal, Nancy. Print CollectorÕs Newsletter, August 1993

Richard, Frances. ÒJim Torok at Bill Maynes,Ó Review, Artforum, February 1999

Rosoff, Patricia. ÒPixels and Pinholes: Where Do We go from here?Ó The Hartford Advocate, April 1-7, 1999

Schudel, Matt. "Go Figure," South Florida Sun-Sentinel, February 2, 2003

Schull, Chris. ÒGo See It!Ó The Wichita Eagle, November 26, 2000

Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, Art in Review, February 19, 1999

Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, Art in Review, October 10, 1997

Turner, Eliza. "Sharp FIU exhibit nails complex human condition," The Herald, January 19, 2003

Voelz Chandler, Mary. ÒPainters meet lost art face to face,Ó Rocky Mountain News, November 11, 2003

Yablonsky, Linda, "Artist Self Portraits," ARTnews, November 2003

 

Public Collections:

 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York