Clare Torina (b. Eugene, Oregon) is a multi-disciplinary artist who was raised in Memphis. She received her BFA from the University of Memphis in 2009 and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012. She has been a resident at the Skowhegan School School of Painting and Sculpture and an education fellow at the Wassaic Project. In addition to her own practice, Clare is the co-runner of Flyweight, a 1:12 scale mobile exhibition space for solo projects.
Torina lives and works in New York.
Artist Statement
I draw imagery from a personal set of fascinations — objects of worship, animal behavior, superstition, physical comedy and exhibition history. The pictorial and performative meeting of these materializes as painted pictures, objects, site-specific works and assemblages.