John Torina
In the Memphis Commercial Appeal, writer Fredric Koeppel wrote: “Torina’s proficiency has attained near mystical levels. He inhabits the realm of landscape and sky lent weight and substance by the action of pigment, the intensity of vision and the evocative depths of shadow.”
Galleries
Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN, USA
Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Virgina Miller Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
Worthington Gallery, Gallatin, TN, USA
John Torina's Gallery, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Galeria Valanti, San Jose, Costa Rica
David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN, USA
16 Patton Gallery, Asheville, NC, USA
Windy Morehead Gallery, New Orleans, LA, USA
Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN USA
Wild Studio & Gallery, Memphis, TN, USA
Henry Easterwood Gallery, Memphis, TN, USA
Harris Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN, USA
Alice Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN, USA
Education
1986 MFA, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1982 BFA, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
1975 University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Awards and honors
1984-86 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1984 Johnson Scholarship, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Pennell Scholarship, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1982 Quest 82 Senior Art Competition/Teaching Fellowship, University of Memphis,TN
1981 Colonel Sam Plough Scholarship, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Junior Travel Award, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Alex Camp Memorial Award, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Corporate collections
Arthur Andersen, Memphis, TN
The Assisi Foundation, Memphis, TN
Butler Snow, Memphis, TN
Citizens Bank, Marion, AR
Crescent Club Building, Memphis, TN
FDX Corporation, Memphis, TN
First Tennessee Bank, Memphis, TN
Ford & Harrison, Memphis, TN
Glankler Brown, Memphis, TN
Hampton Inn & Suites, Atlanta, GA
Holiday Inn Corporation HQ, Atlanta, GA
International Paper HQ, Memphis, TN
Junior League of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Little River Bank, LePanto, AR
Memphis Association of Realtors, Memphis, TN
Noel Associates Firm
One Commerce Square, Memphis, TN
Peabody Hotel, Memphis, TN
Pfizer, Memphis, TN
Promus Hotel Corporation Headquarters, Memphis, TN
Turley Properties, Inc., Memphis, TN
Victory Bank, Memphis, TN
Publications
Fredric Koeppel, Path into the wildness. Art Essay. September, 2019
Fredric Koeppel, Nature in all of its glory comes to light through pigment, The Commercial Appeal, May 6, 2011
Arts Calendar, visual, Memphis Business Journal, May, 2011, p22
In the Blood, John Torina and Clare Torina, Dixon Gallery Newsletter Exhibitions, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, July 2-Sept 26, 2011
Carol Knowles, Up Close and Personal: John Torina, Lisa Jennings, George Shaw, Memphis Flyer, Feb 14, 2007, p.35
Arts Calendar, Memphis Business Journal, visual, Feb 16-22, 2007, p.35
John Nelson, Rhythm of the River, Mystery Mississippi, The Painter, Commercial Appeal, Dec 26, 2006, p.A1-2
Balance of Earth and Sky: The Landscape of John Torina, Museums and Galleries, Regional Landscape, Summer 2003, p.A6-7
Junior League of Memphis, 75th Anniversary Crystal Ball, Cover image, April 1997
Arts Calendar, Memphis, TN, 1986
Solo exhibitions
2019 Facing the Sun, Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN
2017 Gathering up the Sparks, Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN
2015 Dreams about Costa Rica, Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN
2014 Painting from life for life, San Jose, CR
2014 The Spirits Hammer, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2011 In The Gloaming, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2010 John and Clare Torina, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
2009 The Angelus, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2007 Path in the Wilderness, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2004 Gathering Up the Sparks, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2003 16 Patton Gallery, Asheville, NC
2001 David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2000 Wyndy Morehead Gallery, New Orleans
1999 Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
1998 Heaven & Earth, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
1995 Automatic Slim's Tonga Club, Memphis, TN
1995 Wild Studio & Gallery, Memphis, TN
1994 Automatic Slim's Tonga Club, Memphis, TN
1994 Christian Brothers College, Memphis, TN
1992 The Bell-Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN
1992 Henry Easterwood Gallery, Memphis, TN
1992 Harris Gallery, Houston, TX
1991 Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1989 Alice Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN
1988 Alice Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN
1986 Oregon Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Group exhibitions
2018 Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Alumni, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2018 Worthington Gallery, Gallatin, TN
2017 Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2017 Worthington Gallery, Gallatin, TN
2017 Galeria Valanti, San Jose, Costa Rica
2016 Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, FL
2016 Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2016 Worthington Gallery, Gallatin, TN
2015 Jay Etking Gallery, Memphis, TN
2015 Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2012 Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2011 Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2010 Interpretation of Landscape, Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2008 Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, FL
2008 Hanson Gallery, Knoxville
2004 Jackson Summer Art Salon, David Lusk Gallery, Jackson, MS
2003 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GI
2002 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GI
2002 Flowers and Art, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis
2002 16 Patton Ave. Gallery, Asheville, NC
2000 Wendy Morehead Gallery of Fine Art, New Orleans
1999 Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1998 Director's Council Exhibit, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis
1998 Spectrum '98, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga
1997 Spectrum '97, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga
1997 Center for Southern Folklore, Oxford, MS
1996 Tree As Icon, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis
1996 Spectrum '96, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga Architects Inc. Invitational, Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects, Memphis
1994 Wild Studio & Gallery, Memphis
1995 Mississippi State University Faculty Show, Starkville, MS
1993 Memphis Botanical Gardens Invitational, Memphis, TN
1992 The Parthenon, Nashville
1990 Memphis College of Art Faculty Show, Memphis, TN
1989 Memphis College of Art Faculty Show, Memphis, TN
1989 Little Rock Museum of Art, Little Rock
1989 Our Earth Invitational, Coos Bay Museum, Coos Bay, OR
1987 Memphis College of Art Faculty Show, Memphis, TN
1986 University of Oregon Faculty Show, Eugene, OR
1986 Lane Community College Faculty Show, Eugene, OR
2010 - present
2010 - present