D e n i s e T o r r a n c e
A little bit about me.
Education:
STEM2STEAM-University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 10 CEU credits, 2013
The Columbus College of Art & Design, BFA
New York State Summer School for the Arts at the State University of New York (SUNY) Fredonia, New York, scholarship, summer session, 1983
Teaching:
2008-2013, Civic & Cultural Arts Center of Pineville, Creative Summer Art Workshops, Paint Til You Drop Instructor, Evening Adult Painting Class Instructor
1988-1991, Charlotte Country Day School, Art Enrichment Educator, Charlotte, NC, USA
Awards/Grants/Public Art:
2022 Olive Stack Gallery Residency, Listowel, Ireland
2021 ArtPop STREEts Gallery, USA, Temporary Public Art Commission
2020 Olive Stack Gallery Residency, Listowel, Ireland
2019 Traffic Signal Box, Raleigh, NC, USA, Public Art Commission
2019 Pocket Park Public Art Installation (Mosaic Benches), arts collaborative with Baumgarten Studios, Charlotte, NC, USA
2018 York County's 29th Annual Juried Competition Exhibition, Rock Hill, SC, USA - Honorable Mention
2018 Olive Stack Gallery Residency, Listowel, Ireland
2017/18 Arts & Science Council Regional Artist Project Grant Recipient, Charlotte, NC, USA
2017 Spartanburg Art Museum – ArtBulb Choice Award – Best Color Scheme
2017 MoRA - Art@thePoint – 16’ Sculpture (Color Specialist) Public Art Project, arts collaborative with Baumgarten Studios, Charlotte, NC, USA
2016 El Catrin/LaCatrinia – Day of the Dead Exhibit, LACA, Charlotte, NC, USA - 1st Place
2016 Litmus Gallery - Anything Goes Juried Exhibit, Raleigh, NC, USA - Merit Award
2016 Lighten Up Spartanburg, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC, USA, Public Art Commission
2016 Arts & Science Council Community Supported Art (CSA) Commissioned Artist, Charlotte, NC, USA
2015 Liznjan, Croatia, Residency, an international arts collaborative with Spiral Channels of Liechtenstein
2015 News Rack Art Initiative, Arts & Science Council + Charlotte Center City Partners, Charlotte, NC, USA
2015 Arts & Science Council ArtPop Billboard, Charlotte, NC, USA
2014/15 Arts & Science Council Regional Artist Project Grant Recipient, Charlotte, NC, USA
2012 Beyond the Curve Billboard, HWY I-485, Charlotte, NC, USA
2012 Carolinas Health Care System-Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville Bed Tower, Pineville, NC, USA, Public Art Commission
2008 Carolinas Health Care System-Carolinas Medical Center-Steele Creek, Charlotte, NC, USA, Public Art Commission
Collaborative Projects/Community Outreach:
2020 Art with Heart-Silent Auction Artist contributor
2019 Arts Mount Holly Business and Arts Crawl, Artist, Mount Holly, NC, USA
2019 Art with Heart-Silent Auction Artist contributor
2019 Hello Huntersville Festival, Artist, Huntersville, NC, USA
2018 Hello Huntersville Festival, Artist, Huntersville, NC, USA
2017 Hello Huntersville Festival, Artist, Huntersville, NC, USA
2016 Jewish Community Center Paint the TaTas
2016 Art with Heart-Silent Auction Artist contributor
2016 Hello Huntersville Festival, Installation Artist, Huntersville, NC, USA
2016 National Yard Art Day, Pineville, NC, USA
2015 Carolinas Medical Center University, Chalk Drawing Artist
2015 Hello Huntersville Festival, Chalk Drawing Artist, Huntersville, NC, USA
2015 National Yard Art Day, Pineville, NC, USA
2014 Hello Huntersville Festival, Chalk Drawing Artist, Huntersville, NC, USA
2014 National Yard Art Day, Pineville, NC, USA
2013 Art & Soul Gala and Silent Auction-Lancaster County Arts Council, Artist contributor
2013 Hello Huntersville Festival, Chalk Drawing Artist, Huntersville, NC, USA
2013 “Art on a Soccer Ball” silent auction donation to benefit Urban Ministry Works program
2013 National Yard Art Day, Pineville, NC, USA
2013 Arts & Science Council-Talent and Speakers Bureau
2012 Carolinas Medical Center-University - Chalk Drawing Artist
2012 Hello Huntersville Festival, Chalk Drawing Artist
2012 Democratic National Convention - Legacy Village, Charlotte, NC, Artist, community interactive live on-site painting
2012 National Yard Art Day, Pineville, NC, USA
2010 Second Anniversary Gala and Silent Auction-Civic & Cultural Arts Center, Artist contributor
2010 First Night Charlotte; on-site Artist Volunteer “Wire Man” live sculpture installation
2009 Jimmy V Foundation-Dessert First Charlotte, Artist contributor
2008 WAMY Festival, Pineville Park, Project Leader and volunteer coordinator of festival events and activities
2002 Shout Event Headquarters, Founders Hall-Bank of America, Gallery Assistant
2001 9/11 Fireman’s Painting, 9’X 12’ Oil, by 100 Carolina Artists, currently held by Pineville Volunteer Fire Department, Artist
1998-2003 Co-founded Gallery 237 (a gallery which represented over 100 regional artists)
Exhibits/Shows:
2023 Garden of Earthly Delights – Lexicon Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
2022 State of the Art, Art of the State, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC, USA
2019 McColl Center for Art & Innovation Member Show, Charlotte, NC, USA
2018 To Earth With Love 2 (No Way Back) (Juried), Romania, an international arts collaborative with Spiral Channels of Liechtenstein
2018 York County's 29th Annual Juried Competition Exhibition, Rock Hill, SC, USA
2018 ArtPop pop up exhibit, Le Méridien, Charlotte, NC, USA
2018 Resist: An Activist Art Show - OBRA Collective, C3 Labs, Charlotte, NC, USA
2018 Community Supported Art Exhibit, Projective Eye Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
2018 Community Supported Art Exhibit, Charlotte Center City Partners, Charlotte, NC, USA
2018 Spring Free For All (Juried), Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
2017 Fall Free For All (Juried), Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
2017 New Signs of Peace (Juried), Switzerland, an international arts collaborative with Spiral Channels of Liechtenstein
2017 Spring Free For All (Juried), Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
2017 Back to the Garden (Juried), Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
2016/17 Fugitive Beauty, an international artists collaboration, world wide
2016 El Catrin/LaCatrinia – Day of the Dead Exhibit, LACA, Charlotte, NC, USA
2016 Anything Goes (Juried)-Litmus Gallery, Raleigh, NC, USA
2016 Dada Soiree: An Absurd Art Show Opening (Juried), C3 Labs, Charlotte, NC, USA
2016 McColl Center for Art & Innovation Member Show, Charlotte, NC, USA
2015 Art + Aperitif, Le Méridien, Charlotte, NC – Exhibiting Artist with Lee Baumgarten
2015 Free For All (Juried), Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
2015 Art + Aperitif, Le Méridien, Charlotte, NC – Exhibiting Artist with Arthur Brouthers
2015 Moving Poets – All That’s Jazz International (Juried), Berlin, Germany
2015 World in 3 Words (Juried), Liznjan, Croatia an international arts collaborative with Spiral Channels of Liechtenstein
2015 Gaston County Museum 2015 Juried Art Show, Dallas, NC, USA
2015 Showdown-4 (Juried), Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
2015 Barefoot Studio Crawal (Open Door Studios) – Moving Poets, Charlotte, NC, USA
2015 ArtPop Artist Billboard, Greater Charlotte Metropolitan Area, Charlotte, NC, USA
2015 Charlotte Business Journal Book of Lists
2013 Bite of the Apple-Art Educator’s Art Exhibit, Civic & Cultural Art Center, Pineville, NC, USA
2013 Beyond the Curve: Celebrating Women’s Vision, Civic & Cultural Art Center, Pineville, NC, USA
2012 Bite of the Apple-Art Educator’s Art Exhibit, Civic & Cultural Art Center, Pineville, NC, USA
2012 Beyond the Curve: Celebrating Women’s Vision, Civic & Cultural Art Center, Pineville, NC, USA
2011 Bite of the Apple-Art Educator’s Art Exhibit, Civic & Cultural Art Center, Pineville, NC, USA
2011 Beyond the Curve: Celebrating Women’s Vision, Civic & Cultural Art Center, Pineville, NC, USA
2010 Bite of the Apple-Art Educator’s Art Exhibit, Civic & Cultural Art Center, Pineville, NC, USA
2010 Beyond the Curve: Celebrating Women’s Vision, Civic & Cultural Art Center, Pineville, NC, USA
2009 Beyond the Curve: Celebrating Women’s Vision, Civic & Cultural Art Center, Pineville, NC, USA
2009 Central Piedmont Community College Recycled Art Exhibition, Pease Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
PRESS/Bibliography:
2017 The Sugar Magazine – Issue 2 (www.thesugarmag.com) – Artist Contributor
http://prophetsandpoets.com/artist-feature-denise-torrance/
http://www.dharmatrading.com/featured/680/
Charlotte Observer, 12/9/2014, Entertainment Section p. 2c “ArtPop Winners Announced”
Leggett, Page: Charlotte Observer, 12/8/2014 “ASC’s ArtPop Makes Being Stuck in Traffic a Little More Pleasant”
Smith, Andy: Charlotte Magazine, 12/4/2014 “2015 ArtPop Billboard Winners Announced”
Reese, London: Feature Artist-Denise Torrance, Prophets & Poets, December 2, 2014
Baumgarten, G. Lee: “Beyond the Curve-Celebrating Women’s Vision”, Civic & Cultural Arts Center, April 26, 2013, p. 14
Beyond the Curve Billboard, HWY I-485, Charlotte, NC, USA, March 31, 2012
Baumgarten, G. Lee: “Beyond the Curve-Celebrating Women’s Vision”, Civic & Cultural Arts Center, March 31, 2012, Cover and p. 15