Shira Toren is an American-Israeli artist. Born in Tel-Aviv. She moved to New York City to study fine art and design.Toren received her BFA from the Pratt Institute and an Associate Degree in Art Therapy from The New School. She attended classes in Paintings and Printmaking at The Arts Student League in New York.
Ms. Toren is currently working in her studios in The Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York.
She is a 2024-2025 ps122 Project Studio Residency recipient and will be working at a new studio at PS 122 as of 8/1/2024
Solo Shows
Pulsing Waves, New Works Gallery Sitka Newport RI, July 2023
A Year past, Sweet Loraine Gallery, Brooklyn NY, June 2022
Shira Toren New Works, Colorado Academy, Denver CO, 2019
Passage Six Depot West Stockbridge, Berkshires MA. Curated by Lisa Landry 2018
Eternal Return,Cross Contemporary Art Saugerties NY, 2015
Wade Maxx Upper Montclair, NJ, 2014
Small Works, Six Depot West Stockbridge, Berkshires MA, 2014
Ditto, works in blue, NYU Gallery network NYC, NY, 2013
Graphite Reflection, Grace Institute NYC, NY. 2013
Beyond the Path, J Klaynberg Gallery, Chelsea NY, 2010
Special Projects
Art Featured in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” a Prime TV mini series, 2024
The Flag Project Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Plaza NY, With the Climate Museum NYC, 2022
Selected Group Shows
2024
06/2024 Summer lights Gallery Sitka Newport RI
06/2024 New Flora Andrew Craven Gallery Kent, CT
04/2024 Among Friends Metaphor Project Brooklyn NY
03/2024 Awakening Earth online. Curated by Sergio Gomez
2023
Winter Wonderland Front Room gallery Hudson NY
Small works Gallery 440 Brooklyn NY
Holiday Show Labspace Gallery Hillsdale NY
5th year anniversary Andrew Craven Gallery Kent CT
The Fragile Beautiful Earth Gallery Sitka Newport RI
2022
2021
Holiday Show , Labspace Gallery, Hillsdale NY curated by Julie Torres
Fall Transformation,Front Room gallery curated by Kathleen Vance Online
Time is a UFO,Sweet Lorraine gallery , NY curated by Amanda Nedham
Straight Forward Image Driven. The Painting Center, Chelsea, NY Curated by Izzy Nova
Ricochet, Virtual exhibition Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Mixing it up, Bernay Fine Art,Great Barrington MA
Earth Day Show Gallery Sitka, Shirley MA
Black $ White Craven Contemporary Gallery, Kent CT.
Loss and Empowerment 601 Art Space NYC Online
March Exhibition Hammond Museum , Curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis Online
The 2021 show FlatFile gallery, subsidiary of Schweitzer Fine Art NY
Holiday Show Labspace Gallery, Hillsdale NY curated by Julie Torres
8×8 #2 FlatFile gallery, subsidiary of Schweitzer Fine Art NY Online
Something Red, Bernay Fine Art Gallery Great Barrington , MA
What Now? Ely Center for Contemporary art Online , New Haven CT.
Minimalism/ MAXIMALISM online Front Room Gallery NY curated by Kathleen Vance
8×8 Online FlatFile, subsidiary of Schweitzer Fine Art NY
Home Theraphy, Coping with Covid 19 Front Room Gallery NY curated by Kathleen Vance
Minimalism/ MAXIMALISM Front Room Gallery NY curated by Kathleen Vance
Mother’s day Exhibition online Front Room Gallery NY curated by Kathleen Vance
Verdant online Front Room gallery NY curated by Kathleen Vance
Deep Blue Sea On Line Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn NY Curated by Krista Scenna
Vital Force: Water Essential Front Room Gallery, LES, NY Curated by Katheleen Vance
2019
Holiday Show Labspace Gallery Hillsdale, NY Curated by Julie Torres
Wraped up in Winter Blackbird Gallery NY NY Curated by Jess Berghorn
Water, What lies Beneath Front Room Gallery LES, NY (online show)
On the Rocks, Susan Eley Fine Art, NYC
Among Friends, Clemente Cultural Centr, NY NY. Curated by Patricia Fabricant, Beth Dary, Alexandra Brock
International Traveling Show, Isreal
2018
Civil Discourse, Kibbee Gallery Atlanta, Georgia Curated by Jaynie CRimmins
Flowers and Monsters, Bergamot Station LA,Temporary Storage, Brooklyn NY Curated by Meer Musa
Allow me to Reintroduce Myself Cigar Factory LIC, NY, Curated by Krista Scenna and Carolina Peñafiel
ST(art)UP Art Student League celebration Honor alumni’s exhibition NY
The Greatest Show on Earth, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2017
HYGGE Holiday show Cross Contemporary Art Saugerties NY
Life Size, Anthony Philip Fine Art, Brooklyn NY
Color, Say What? Contemporary, Tannersville NY
Event, International Women group, Sideshow gallery Brooklyn NY
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. Say What? Contemporary Tannersville NY
Noir, Defining the Melodrama, Longwood gallery Hostos, CUNY, Bronx NY
Thru The Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery Brooklyn NY
White Out Cross Contemporary Art Saugerties NY
2016
Word Count Cross Contemporary Art Saugerties NY (3 Person show)
Creative Climate Award Human Impacts Institute NYC
Cowgirl #5 Brick Gallery Catskill NY
Private viewing Islip Museum NY Curator: Eileen Palmer
Space, CA Curator : Bill Fishman
Coffee as Muse Six Depot, West Stockbridge, MA : Curator: Lisa Laundry
SideShow, Brooklyn NY Curator : Richard XXXX
2015
Rooted Many, Cantor Center NY
De Amerikanen komen Galerie Bij de Boeken, Ulft The Nederland
The National Weather Center Biennale, Fred Jones Museum of Art, Norman, OKLAHOMA
The Asia Contemporary Art Show HONG KONG
Take Five Cross Contemporary Art Saugerties NY
Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2014
Home, Morris-Jumel Mansion , Harlem, NY
Hullaballoo Collective, Fountain Art fair, NY Group
Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery , Brooklyn NY Group
Sideshow Nation ll at the Alamo, Brooklyn NY Group
2013
Drawing Rooms Jersey City NJ Group
Wreath Interpretation, Arsenal Gallery, Central Park. NYC, NY Group
Curate NY Top 150 artists, Rush art NYC & web http://www.curatenyc.org/2013/shira-toren-entry
Appearances Eco-Art Provincetown Conservation Trust, Provincetown MA
The National Weather Center Biennale, Fred Jones Museum of Art, Norman, OK
2012
Wreath Interpretations, Arsenal Gallery, Central Park. NYC, NY Group
Metro 29 CWOW gallery and A travel show, Newark, NJ Group
Alumni showcase Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY
Joie de Vivre, Hullaballoo Collective. PS Project Space, Chelsea NYC Group
Staten Island Museum, NY Group
Women Artists A.T. Kearney, NY Group
It’s a Small, Small World, Family Business Gallery, NY
Hullaballoo Collective, Fountain Art Fair NY
Art of Illusion, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ Group
2011
Bill Hodges gallery / Curate NY 24 west 57th st. NYC NY Group
Joy Grace Institute NYC, NY Group
Metro 28 CWOW gallery and A travel show, Newark, NJ Group
Small works Riverfront Gallery, Schuylerville, NY Group
Inked up, Arsenal Gallery, Central Park. NYC, NY Group
Never A Day Without a Line Grace Institute NYC, NY Group
Hudson & Laight, Hudson NY Group
Susan Eley Fine art NY group
Riverfront Gallery, Schuylerville NY Group
2010
2 person show, Riverfront Gallery, Schuylerville NY
2009
Susan Eley Fine art NY Group
2008
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. 10/08 Group
RFD Gallery, Swainsboro, GA Group
Susan Eley Fine art NY group
Gallery 100, Saratoga Springs, NY 5/08 Group
Ogilvy & Mather World wide plaza, NY,NY. Group
Small Works 80 Washington Sq. Galleries, NY NY Group
2007
Art Students League, NY Group
2006
Art Students League, NY Group
Curatorial
Diptych, Triptych and Multiples” 12 artists Group show at City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ. 2013
Gallery Representation and Association
Gallery Sitka Ma, RI
Black Bird Gallery, NYC
Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties NY
Susan Eley Fine Art NY
Residencies and Workshops
2013 Trans Cultural Exchange Conference
2011 New York Foundation for the Arts: Boot Camp
2011 Trans cultural Exchange Conference
2008 ASL Florence Italy
Awards
Toren is the recipient of The Henry Matisse Estate Scholarship,
and twice the Blue Dot Award from The Arts Student League.
Associations
New York Artist Circle : http://shiratoren.nyartistscircle.com/
MoMa Ps1:
Pratt: Alumni Association
Press
Foderaro, Lisa w. “Reima, Lisa w. “The Many Ways a wreath can turn”, New York Times 1/1/13 City Room
Bischoff, Dan “Over & Over City Without Walls exhibition” NJ Star Ledger, 3/10/13
