Tanya Torres
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Tanya Torres | |
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| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | City College of New York |
Tanya Torres (born 1969 in New York City) is a Puerto Rican artist,[1] author, and poet. After being born in New York, her family moved back to San Germán, Puerto Rico where she grew up until she was 15 years old and then returned to New York.
Education[edit]
She received her B.A. in Art Education at the City College of New York and was offered a scholarship for an M.F.A. in Printmaking with a minor in Painting.[2]
Life and artwork[edit]
In 1997 she moved to El Barrio where she created the artistic space Mixta Gallery.[3][4] Her artwork has been presented at the United Nations Organization, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Library, the Museum of the 19th Century Dominican Family in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), the Porta Coeli Museum of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, and the Prague Congress Centre in the Czech Republic, among other cultural institutions.[5]
Torres is also the force behind "Children Without a Nationality" project which she describes as: "The idea came about when I told a friend that I was going to exhibit the Battle Body pieces in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She told me that she had recently found out that children born of Haitian parents in the Dominican Republic do not have the right to Dominican citizenship and live in the worst conditions."[6]
Awards[edit]
The New York City daily El Diario/La Prensa selected her as one of the newspaper's annual 50 Women of the Year for 2002.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Quiñónez, Ernesto (2017). "The Love, Joy, and Politics of Tanya Torres's Art". Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas. 50 (1): 88–91. doi:10.1080/08905762.2017.1341161. S2CID 148603358.
- ^ "The Ancestors in our Hearts / Tanya Torres, Artist". New York Public Library. 2015. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ Holland, Cotter (1 December 2000). "Miriam Hernandez". The New York Times. pp. E35. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 431638737.
- ^ Pena-Villa, Ricardo Leon (11 October 2001). "Un grupo de jovenes mujeres abren un espacio en 'El Barrio' llamado Galeria Mixta: A un paso de la calle y del verso" [A group of young women open a space in 'El Barrio' called Galeria Mixta: One step away from the street and from the verse]. El Diario La Prensa (in Spanish). p. 25. ISSN 0742-9428. ProQuest 368446188.
- ^ "Tanya Torres - About". Art by Tanya Torres. Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Tanya Torres". Remezcla. 26 November 2006. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Tertulia Latina - Tanya Torres". Cargo Collective. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
External links[edit]
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