TORKWASE DYSON

Torkwase Dyson (b. 1973, Chicago, Illinois) describes herself as a painter working across multiple mediums to explore the continuity between ecology, infrastructure, and architecture. Examining environmental racism as well as the history and future of black spatial liberation strategies, Dyson’s abstract works grapple with the ways in which space is perceived and negotiated, particularly by black and brown bodies. In 2021, a solo exhibition of Dyson’s work was on view at Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg, Germany, and her work was also presented at the 13th Shanghai Biennale.

In addition to participating in group exhibitions at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; California African American Museum, Los Angeles, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus; The Mississippi Museum of Art, Mississippi; Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland; and Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York, Dyson has had solo exhibitions and installations at Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine; Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago; Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia; and Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Vermon; and Serpentine Pavilion, Serpentine Galleries, London.