Vivian Torrence (American, born )

Timeline

1967
BS in Ed Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
1978
MFA Drake University, Des Moines, IA

Exhibitions

2013
Chemistry Imagined: Correlations, Union Gallery South, U of WI, Madison (solo)
2012
Chemistry Imagined, CosmoCaixa Science Museum, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
2011
Celestial Terrestrials: Between Heaven and Earth, Greenlease Art Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City MO
2008
Collage, UW-La Crosse Art Gallery/Center for the Arts, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI
2006
Wall Mart, Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2005
New New 2, Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2001
Chemistry Imagined, Preuss Library, Luther College, Decorah, IA (solo)
1995
Dreams and Constructions, Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany (solo)
1992
Body as Image, the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1991
Group Show, Carega-Foxley-Leach Gallery, Washington, DC
1989
New Works, Douglas Drake Gallery, New York, NY
1988
Vivian Torrence: Painted Collages, Douglas Drake Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1986
1st Annual Summer Show, Foxley/ Leach Gallery, Washington, DC
1986
Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
1986
Faculty Invites: Drawing, Art Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
1985–1986
Iowa Printmakers Invitational, Iowa Arts Council Touring Exhibition
1985
Collaborative Prints from American University Print Shops, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
1985
Collages, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA (solo)
1985
Collages and Prints, Fred Gross Gallery, Key West, FL (solo)
1984
Collages and Lithographs, Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, KS (solo)
1984
Eight in Art / Iowa, National Women in the Visual Arts Symposium, The Art Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
1983
Friends Gallery Ninth Annual Exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1983
Pressed Image, Kemper Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1983
Vivian Torrence: Collages and Lithographs, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA (solo)
1982
Small Works, Olson Larsen Galleries, West Des Moines, IA
1981
Summer ’81, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981
American Art: Challenge of the Land, Pillsbury Corporation, St. Paul, MN
1981
Iowa Artists Invitational, Cedar Rapids Art Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
1981
Letters from Artists, Kemper Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS
1981
Recent Collages, Art Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA (solo)
1981
Painted Collages, Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, KS(solo)
1980
Group Show, Getler-Pall Gallery New York, NY
1980
Centennial Exhibition, the Art Gallery, Drake University Des Moines, IA
1979
Three New Artist, Brena Gallery, Denver, CO
1979
Seven Views/Seven States, Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, NE
1979
Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Emporia State University Art Gallery, Emporia, KS
1979
New Discoveries, Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago
1979
Collages, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1979
Collages, Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, KS (solo)
1978
Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1978
Works on Paper, Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, KS
1977
Painting at Drake University, Weeks Gallery, Harmon Fine Arts Center, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
1972
Paintings, Olson-Larsen Galleries West Des Moines, IA

Public Collections

State of Washington, Public Art Collection
Commerce Bancshares, Kansas City, MO
Continental Corporation, Chicago and New York
Hallmark Corporation, Kansas City, MO
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park, CA
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA
Cedar Rapids Art Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Luther College, Decorah, IA
Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MC
Spencer Museum of Art, U. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
State of Iowa, Collection for Architecture