John Torrey
ARTIST
P.O. Box 501
Lagunitas, CA 94938
Tel: 415 488-0534
Cell: 415 720-5901
email: john.torrey@comcast.net
www.johntorreyart.com
Born: New York, New York
| Gallery Representation | |
| 2022-Present | Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2011-2018 | Room Gallery, Mill Valley, CA |
| 2009 | Galleri Vaerkstedet, Copenhagen |
| 2008 | Geyser Arts Gallery, Geyserville, CA |
| 2006 | Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco |
Articles & Reviews |
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| 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 | |
| Mr. Torrey’s architectural drawings have been shown at the Architectural League of New York as part of the exhibition of select competition entries for the 1975 Roosevelt Island Housing Competition in New York | |
Selected Exhibitions (*Single Shows; **Invitational Group Shows) |
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| 2023 | Exhibitor, **Group Show, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco |
| 2023 | Exhibitor, **Group Show, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, Hotel Yountville |
| 2023 | Exhibitor, **Juried Group Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station |
| 2022 | Exhibitor, **Group Show, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, Hotel Yountville |
| 2022 | *Solo Exhibition, San Geronimo Valley Community Center |
| 2021 | Exhibitor, Group Show, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, Hotel Yountville |
| 2017 | *Solo Exhibition. San Geronimo Valley Community Center |
| 2015 | *Solo Exhibition, The Room Gallery, Mill Valley, CA "Heads & Head Trips" (January-February) |
| 2015 | Exhibitor, Art Market Hamptons, The Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY (July 9-12) |
| 2015 | Exhibitor, Art Market San Francisco, The Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA (April 29-May3) |
| 2013 | *Solo Exhibition, The Room Gallery, Mill Valley, CA (June-July) |
| 2013 | Exhibitor, Spring Art Show, San Geronimo Valley Community Center |
| 2013 | Exhibitor, Falkirk Cultural Center Bi-Annual (Juror: Chester Arnold, Painter), San Rafael, CA |
| 2012 | *Solo Exhibition, "Mideast Show," Fairfax Library, Fairfax, CA |
| 2012 | Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA |
| 2012 | Exhibitor, Spring Art Show, San Geronimo Valley Community Center |
| 2012 | Exhibitor, Falkirk Cultural Center Bi-Annual (Juror: Nancy Elliott, City College of San Francisco), San Rafael, CA |
| 2011 | Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA |
| 2011 | Exhibitor, Falkirk Cultural Center Bi-Annual (Juror: Virginia Breier, Virginia Breier Gallery), San Rafael, CA |
| 2010 | Exhibitor, Falkirk Cultural Center First Bi-Annual (Juror: Robert Green, Robert Green Fine Arts Gallery), San Rafael, CA |
| 2010 | Exhibitor, Small Works Show, Art Works Downtown (Jurors: Dianne Romaine and Jan Moore), San Rafael, CA |
| 2010 | Exhibitor, "You, Me, Us, Them," Exploring Contemporary Portraiture, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts (Juror: Irene Belknap), Mill Valley, CA |
| 2010 | Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA |
| 2010 | *Solo Exhibition, The Tamalpais, Greenbrae, CA (Curator: Dorothy White) |
| 2010 | Participant, Auction 4 Haiti, Tiburon Town Hall, Tiburon, CA |
| 2009 | Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA |
| 2009 | Annual Juried Exhibition (Juror: Beth Goldberg, Curator), Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA |
| 2009 | Exhibitor, "Crossing the Line," Art Works Downtown (Curator Judith Foosaner, Professor of Art, California College of Arts & Crafts, San Francisco), San Rafael, CA |
| 2008 | Exhibitor, Geyser Arts Gallery, Geyserville, CA |
| 2008 | Exhibitor, Tiburon Art Festival, Ark Row, Tiburon, CA (Juror: Philip Linhares, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum). |
| 2008 | Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA |
| 2008 | Exhibitor, "Head Sculptures," di Rosa Preserve Slideslam, Gatehouse Gallery, May 2, 2008. |
| 2008 | Annual Juried Exhibition (Juror: Ashley Nicolaus, Director, Artisans Gallery), Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA |
| 2007 | Exhibitor, Tiburon Art Festival, Ark Row, Tiburon, CA (Juror: Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle Art Critic). |
| 2007 | ACCI 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. |
| 2007 | Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA |
| 2007 | Sonoma 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 |
| 2007 | Annual Juried Exhibition (Juror: Donna Seager, Donna Seager Gallery), Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA |
| 2007 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, "Stone, Wood, and Fiber: Indoor and Outdoor Sculpture," Juror: Gretchen Jane Mentzer, Mill Valley, CA |
| 2006 | Invitational Exhibit, DRAWN, 5th Anniversary Fundraising Exhibit, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| 2006 | Exhibitor, Marin Art Festival at Lagoon Park, San Rafael, CA |
| 2006 | Juried Exhibition (Juror: Barbara Morris, Contributing Editor, Artweek Magazine), Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA |
| 2006 | Annual Juried Exhibition (Juror: Janice Best, Artist), Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA |
| 2005 | *Solo Exhibition, Irth Café, Hayward, CA |
| 2005 | 2005 Juried Exhibition (Juror: Judith Selby, Artist, Proprietor, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA), Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA |
| 2004 | Juried Art Exhibit, Art & Politics Show, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA |
| 2004 | Juried Art Exhibit, "Sacred Images," Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA |
| 2004 | National Juried Art Exhibit, Award of Merit, Indian Valley Artists, Inc., "Heart to Heart,"(Jurors: Chester Arnold, Artist & Debra Lehane, Art Curator), Marin County, CA |
| 2003 | *Solo Exhibition, Marchant Chapman Realtors, Participants in the San Anselmo Art Walk, San Anselmo, 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 |
| 2002 | 2002 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 |
| 2001 | Juried Art Exhibit, "Faces II," Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska |
| 2001 | Juried Show, Berkeley Art Center’s "18th Annual Exhibition" (Juror: Rupert Jenkins, Director of San Francisco’s Art Commission Gallery), Berkeley, CA |
| 2001 | Juried Group Show "New Visions: Introductions: 2001" (Jurors: Rene Yanez, Artist-Curator & Robbin Henderson, Executive Director, Berkeley Art Center), Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| 2001 | *Solo Exhibition, Fairfax Library, Fairfax, CA |
| 2001 | Juried 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 |
| 2000 | Juried 2000 "Open Fine Arts Exhibition," Marin Society of Artists, Kentfield, CA |
| 2000 | Juried Group Show "New Visions," Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| 2000 | Juried Show, College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA |
| 2000 | Juried 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 |
| 1998 | Juried Show, College of Marin Exhibit, Marin Society of Artists, Kentfield, CA |
Sketch Tours |
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| 1978-84 | Sketches of Everyday Life in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia |
| 1968 | Sketch Tour of North Africa |
| 1965 | Sketch 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 |
| Barry Schneider, San Francisco, CA |
| Naomi and Christopher Reid, San Anselmo, CA |
| Rachel Reid, Boston, MA |
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.S. Economics |
| Art Students League, New York |
| College of Marin, Kentfield, CA |