Tonja Torgerson
Assistant Professor
MFA - Printmaking, Syracuse University
(2010 - 2013)
BFA - Studio Art, University of Minnesota
(2003 - 2007)
Printmaking, with a specialization in screen print and installation. Digital approaches, particularly in the use of laser engravers and vector cutters for matrix creation.
Professional Experience
Torgerson is the Assistant Professor and Section Lead of Printmaking at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI. She has been a resident artist at Texas Tech University, West Virginia Wesleyan College, the Lawrence Arts Center in Kansas, Fogo Island in Newfoundland Canada, AIR: Artist Image Resource of Pittsburgh, and New York Mills in Minnesota. Her recent series ‘Body Politic’, a collaboration with Christa Carleton, was awarded funding from Indiana University, the Puffin Foundation, the Holter Museum, and the McKnight Foundation.
Significant Publications, Presentations and Exhibitions
Body Politic — Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT (with Christa Carleton), 2024
Screenprint Biennial — Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA, 2024
National Print Exhibition — Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY, 2023
The Fierce Urgency of Now: Socially Engaged Printmaking — Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA, 2022
Ascent Artist Grant, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT (with Christa Carleton), 2022
Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck, New Jersey (with Christa Carleton), 2022
NEA Artworks Grant, through Artists Image Resource’s AIRSquared project, Pittsburgh, PA, 2017