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P.O. Box 501
Lagunitas, CA 94938
Tel: 415 488-0534
Fax: 415 488-1567
email: john.torrey@comcast.net
www.johntorreyart.com
Born: New York, New York

Gallery Representation
2011Room Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2009Galleri Vaerkstedet, Copenhagen
2008Geyser Arts Gallery, Geyserville, CA
2006Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco


Selected Exhibitions (*Single Shows; **Invitational Group Shows)
2015Exhibitor, Art Market Hamptons, The Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY (July 9-12)
2015Exhibitor, Art Market San Francisco, The Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA (April 29-May3)
2013*Solo Exhibition, The Room Gallery, Mill Valley, CA (June-July)
2013Exhibitor, Spring Art Show, San Geronimo Valley Community Center
2013Exhibitor, Falkirk Cultural Center Bi-Annual (Juror: Chester Arnold, Painter), San Rafael, CA
2012*Solo Exhibition, "Mideast Show," Fairfax Library, Fairfax, CA
2012Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA
2012Exhibitor, Spring Art Show, San Geronimo Valley Community Center
2012Exhibitor, Falkirk Cultural Center Bi-Annual (Juror: Nancy Elliott, City College of San Francisco), San Rafael, CA
2012Exhibitor, Spring Art Show, San Geronimo Valley Community Center
2011Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA
2011Exhibitor, Falkirk Cultural Center Bi-Annual (Juror: Virginia Breier, Virginia Breier Gallery), San Rafael, CA
2011Exhibitor, Spring Art Show, San Geronimo Valley Community Center
2010Exhibitor, Falkirk Cultural Center First Bi-Annual (Juror: Robert Green, Robert Green Fine Arts Gallery), San Rafael, CA
2010Exhibitor, Small Works Show, Art Works Downtown (Jurors: Dianne Romaine and Jan Moore), San Rafael, CA
2010Exhibitor, "You, Me, Us, Them," Exploring Contemporary Portraiture, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts (Juror: Irene Belknap), Mill Valley, CA
2010Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA
2010Exhibitor, Spring Art Show, San Geronimo Valley Community Center
2010*Solo Exhibition, The Tamalpais, Greenbrae, CA (Curator: Dorothy White)
2010Participant, Auction 4 Haiti, Tiburon Town Hall, Tiburon, CA
2009Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA
2009Annual Juried Exhibition (Juror: Beth Goldberg, Curator), Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2009Exhibitor, "Crossing the Line," Art Works Downtown (Curator Judith Foosaner, Professor of Art, California College of Arts & Crafts, San Francisco), San Rafael, CA
2008Exhibitor, Geyser Arts Gallery, Geyserville, CA
2008Exhibitor, Tiburon Art Festival, Ark Row, Tiburon, CA (Juror: Philip Linhares, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum).
2008Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA
2008Exhibitor, "Head Sculptures," di Rosa Preserve Slideslam, Gatehouse Gallery, May 2, 2008.
2008Annual Juried Exhibition (Juror: Ashley Nicolaus, Director, Artisans Gallery), Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2007Exhibitor, Tiburon Art Festival, Ark Row, Tiburon, CA (Juror: Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle Art Critic).
2007ACCI Gallery, National Juried Craft Exhibition 2007 (Jurors: Carol Beadle, Professor of Textiles and Virginia Breier, Gallery Owner), Berkeley, CA Juror’s Award from Virginia Breier.
2007Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA
2007Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Biennial (Jurors: Philip Linhares, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum; Richard Shaw, Sculptor; Leigh Markopoulos, Director, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco), Sonoma, CA
2007Annual Juried Exhibition (Juror: Donna Seager, Donna Seager Gallery), Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2007O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, "Stone, Wood, and Fiber: Indoor and Outdoor Sculpture," Juror: Gretchen Jane Mentzer, Mill Valley, CA
2006Invitational Exhibit, DRAWN, 5th Anniversary Fundraising Exhibit, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2006Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA
2006Juried Exhibition (Juror: Barbara Morris, Contributing Editor, Artweek Magazine), Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2006Annual Juried Exhibition (Juror: Janice Best, Artist), Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2005*Solo Exhibition, Irth Café, Hayward, CA
20052005 Juried Exhibition (Juror: Judith Selby, Artist, Proprietor, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA), Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2004Juried Art Exhibit, Art & Politics Show, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2004Juried Art Exhibit, "Sacred Images," Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
2004National Juried Art Exhibit, Award of Merit, Indian Valley Artists, Inc., "Heart to Heart,"(Jurors: Chester Arnold, Artist & Debra Lehane, Art Curator), Marin County, CA
2004 Juried Art Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
2003 *Solo Exhibition, Marchant Chapman Realtors, Participants in the San Anselmo Art Walk, San Anselmo, CA
2003 Juried Art Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
2003 Juried Show, 2nd Place, College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA
2003 2003 Juried Exhibition (Juror: Gay Dawson, Director, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art), Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2002 2002/2003 Juried Annual Exhibit (Juror: Theresa Harlan, California Arts Council), Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2002 2002 Juried Art Exhibition (Juror: Gladys Nilsson, Artist), 73rd Crocker- Kingsley Exhibition 2002, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2002 ** Juried Art Exhibit, "Elementary Passions, " MatrixArts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
20022002 Juried Exhibition (Juror: Claire Carlevaro, The Art Exchange, San Francisco) Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2002 Annual Member Showcase, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2001 Juried Show, "Reconstructing Reality, Artists’ Response to the Events of September 11, 2001," Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2001 Juried Show, "California Small Works 2001," Sonoma Museum of Visual Art (Juror: Kenneth Baker, Art Critic for the San Francisco Chronicle), Santa Rosa, CA
2001 Juried Art Exhibit, "Septemberfest IV International Internet Exhibition," Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
2001 Juried Art Exhibit, "Drawing II," Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
2001Juried Art Exhibit, "Faces II," Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
2001Juried Show, Berkeley Art Center’s "18th Annual Exhibition" (Juror: Rupert Jenkins, Director of San Francisco’s Art Commission Gallery), Berkeley, CA
2001Juried Group Show "New Visions: Introductions: 2001" (Jurors: Rene Yanez, Artist-Curator & Robbin Henderson, Executive Director, Berkeley Art Center), Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2001Juried Art Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
2001 *Solo Exhibition, Fairfax Library, Fairfax, CA
2001Juried Show, College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA
2001"Faces and Figures" Show, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
2000 2000 Pro Arts Juried Annual Show (Larry Rinder, Curator of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum), Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2000*Solo Exhibition, San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, CA
2000Juried 2000 "Open Fine Arts Exhibition," Marin Society of Artists, Kentfield, CA
2000Juried Group Show "New Visions," Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2000Juried Show, College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA
2000"Spring Art Show," San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, CA
2000Juried Show, College of Marin Exhibit, Third Prize, Marin Society of Artists, Kentfield, CA
2000 "What is Drawing Now?," Juried Show, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah
1999*Solo Exhibition, Fairfax Library, Fairfax, CA
1998"Small Artworks," Juried Show, Artisans, Mill Valley, CA
1998"January Juried Show," Route One Gallery, Point Reyes, CA
1998"Open Fine Arts Exhibition," Marin Society of Artists Kentfield, CA
1998Juried Show, College of Marin Exhibit, Marin Society of Artists, Kentfield, CA
1998 Art Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
1993Juried Art Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
Mr. Torrey's architectural drawings have been shown at the Whitney Museum in New York as part of the exhibition of select competition entries for the Roosevelt Island Housing Competition in New York in 1975.


Sketch Tours
1978-84Sketches of Everyday Life in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
1968 Sketch Tour of North Africa
1965Sketch Tour of Spain

Collections
James Torrey, New York
Katharine Cameron, New York
Michael Torrey, San Francisco, CA
Susan Coppock, Boston
Doug Zeghibe, San Francisco
William Duval, San Francisco
Peter Rodgers, San Francisco
Tom and Sandra Ogden, Sonoma, CA
Elizabeth Bundschu, Sonoma, CA
Robert Weisman, Portland, OR
Murry & Mary Greenfield, Puerto Vallarta
Ruth Lang, Cologne
Martin Robertson, Hong Kong
Scott Peterson, Sonoma, CA
Benedicte Mengel, Vig, Denmark
Ester Rasmussen, Tiburon, CA
Kate de Renouard, Sonoma, CA
Tony Broadbent, Mill Valley, CA
Leah and Richard Weinstein, Lafayette, CA
Yasmin Boroumand, Penngrove, CA
Charlie & Joan Knittel, Lagunitas, CA
Joyce Aldred, Santa Rosa, CA
Mark Passell, San Francisco, CA
Yassi Boroumand, Rohnert Park, CA
Barry Schneider, San Francisco, CA
Naomi and Christopher Reid, San Anselmo, CA
Rachel Reid, Boston, MA


Articles & Reviews
Painting "Descartes" included in September, 2009 issue of Architectural Digest
Pacific Sun, "Sundial" Section, May 30, 2001
Point Reyes Light, Guest Review, "Group Show in Stinson Gallery Focuses on Human
Subjects," Randy Barrow, January 25, 2001


Illustrated Books
"Traveling While Sketching," an illustrated book of the author's travels in many parts of the world, Blurb.Com, 2011.
"Mideast Journal," an illustrated book of the author's travels in the Maghreb in 1968 and his stay in the Gulf States from 1978 to 1984, Blurb.Com, 2009.

Education
  • University of California, Berkeley, M. Architecture
  • University of Pennsylvania, B. Economics
  • Art Students League, New York
  • College of Marin, Kentfield, CA