E D U C A T I O N
2012 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2012 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2009 BFA, summa cum laude, University of Memphis
2008 Yale Summer School of Art
1 + 2 P E R S O N E X H I B I T I O N S
2022 Pockets Rex: Clough Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
2019 Away Game: Stanley Brown Jewelist, Chicago, IL
2018 Before You Name It: Unisex Salon, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Everybody's Fool: Bannerette, Brooklyn, NY
Blind Navigator: Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2014 Joy Kill Joy: Southfork, Memphis, TN
2012 Rock Doctor: Caseworks, Art Museum of the University of Memphis
2010 In the Blood: Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN / Curated by Julie Pierotti
Fervor: Material, Memphis, TN
2009 Two-Point Conversion: Jones Hall Gallery, University of Memphis, TN
2008 Dancing on Ground Zero: Forum+ Contemporary Art Space, Bruges, Belgium / Curated by Till-Holger Borchert
Brooks Introduces Clare Torina: Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN / Curated by Tomi Durgin
S E L E C T E D G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2023 Welcome In: Sheet Cake Gallery, Memphis, TN
2020 The Making of… : ArtPort, Kingston, NY
2019 Chicago Art Book Fair, Walls Divide Press, Chicago, IL
Ad Astra Per Aspera: Wassaic Project Summer Exhibition, Wassaic, NY
2017 Group Portrait: Unisex, Brooklyn, NY
She's Not Smiling, She's Upside Down: Brooklyn, NY
Night Vision: Overhang Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 New Barracuda: Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ / Curated by Nicholas Cueva
SkowheganPERFORMS: Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
2015 Lolita's Prism: 2015 Kingston Sculpture Biennial, Kingston, NY / Curated by Bennett Wine
2014 Buying Friends (The Kortman Collection): Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Soft Machines: Beverly's, New York, NY
Static Cling: Penelope, Brooklyn, NY
Future Visions: Torrance Shipman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Present Tense, The Art of Memphis 2001-Present: Dixon Gallery and Gardens / Curated by John Weeden
SkowheganPERFORMS: Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
Sideways, This Time: Find & Form, Boston, MA / Curated by Kevin Frances
Material Anthology: Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN / Curated by Hamlett Dobbins
2012 Go To Pieces: Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
MDW Fair: Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition: Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2011 Experience is Never Unattached: Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
Roger's Grocery: Mess Hall, Chicago, IL
Annual Group Exhibition: David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
Instruction Sets: Autumn Space, Chicago, IL
R E V I E W S + P U B L I C A T I O N S
2019 Good Foot Good Foot: Walls Divide Press, Chicago, IL
2016 "Blind Navigator: Clare Torina and Alex Paulus," Crosstown Arts, video by Justin Thompson
Review: "'Blind Navigator' at Crosstown Arts," by Eileen Townsend, The Memphis Flyer, Feb 18
Review: "Alex Paulus, Clare Torina wend through creative byways in 'Blind Navigator,'" by Fredric Koeppel, The Commercial Appeal, Feb. 16
2014 Space/Launch, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Issue #1
2013 Review: "Present Tense has stunning moments, surprising omissions," by Fredric Koeppel, The Commercial Appeal, Feb. 15
2012 "Tricks of the Eye” by Ionit Behar, Grupa o.k. Group-Work, SAIC MFA Exhibition, Spring 2012
"Make Space: Clare Torina," MDW Fair, Chicago, IL
2010 Review: “Torinas’ visions similar but different” by Bill Ellis, The Commercial Appeal, Aug. 27
Review: “Seen and Unseen” by Carol Knowles, The Memphis Flyer, Aug. 25
Review: “Family Time” by Hannah Sayle, Exhibit M, Memphis Flyer, June 3
2009 “ArtsMemphisTV: Clare Torina” Live From Memphis and Arts Memphis, Sept. 2009
Review: “Paper Play” by Carol Knowles, The Memphis Flyer, Aug. 26
Review: “Art Exhibit ‘Double Date’ is adventurous, even audacious” by Andria Lisle, The Commercial Appeal, Jan. 16
Review: “Pretty Brutal” by Carol Knowles, The Memphis Flyer, Feb. 12
2008 Review: “Dance of the dead, high five.” By Johan Debruyne, West Flanders News, Nov. 7