11.04.07
Torlen Exhibitions
IPCNY NEW PRINTS 2010/Summer: HEAT July 13-August 13, 2010 included Torlen's monotype Dead in the Water. The essayist and curator, Deborah Chaney, wrote " Literal references to heat include some more obvious but impactful imagery, like fire. This is skillfully exemplified in Michael Torlen's monotype Dead in the Water with an image of a boat exploding in flames as the victims below--with their glowing auras--sink helplessly into the murky water."
In 2010 a Torlen monotype, Dilemma, was selected by Joann Moser, Senior Curator of Graphic Arts at the Smithsonian American Art Museum for Art on Paper at The Maryland Federation of Art (MFA), Anapolis, MD. The exhibition runs March 19 through April 18, 2010 at the MFA's Circle Gallery.
In 2009 Torlen exhibited work in Interpretations: The Art of Transformation, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT: Watercolor USA 2009, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO; McNeese 22nd National Works on Paper, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University; and Prints USA 2009, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
In 2008 two Torlen works on paper, from Sanger Fra Mor, were included in Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape at the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, NY from May 11- July 20, 2008.
In July 2008, Torlen exhibited Watercolor/Gouaches at Whitney Art Works, Portland ME, in Arc of Visibility: Betyween the Shore and the Sea, a two person show with artist Wendy Prellwitz. A review of this exhibition by Ken Greenleaf appeard in the July 11-17 issue of the Portland Phoenix.
Torlen's work can also be seen in the Lupine Gallery on Monhegan Island, ME.
In 2007 The Longest Journey, a Torlen 2006 monoprint, was purchased for the permanent collection for the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, from the national biennial competition Prints USA 2007.