{"id":11,"date":"2013-09-24T17:32:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T17:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shiratoren.com\/Site\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-01-10T01:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:15:58","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/shiratoren.com\/Site\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shira Toren <\/strong>is an American 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.<\/p>\n

Ms. Toren is currently working in her studios in The Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York.
\nShe is a 2024-2025 ps122 Project Studio Residency recipient.<\/p>\n

Solo Shows<\/h3>\n

Two Voices in Tandem, Craven Contemporary,<\/strong> Kent CT, July2025<\/p>\n

Pulsing Waves, New Works Gallery Sitka<\/strong> Newport RI, July 2023
\nA Year past, Sweet Loraine Gallery,<\/strong> Brooklyn NY, June 2022 
\nShira Toren New Works, Colorado Academy,<\/strong> Denver CO, 2019  
\nPassage Six<\/strong> Depot <\/strong><\/a>West Stockbridge, Berkshires MA. Curated by Lisa Landry 2018
\nEternal Return,Cross Contemporary Art<\/strong> Saugerties NY, 2015
\nWade Maxx<\/strong> Upper Montclair, NJ, 2014 
\nSmall Works, Six Depot <\/strong><\/a>West Stockbridge, Berkshires MA, 2014 
\nDitto, works in blue, NYU Gallery<\/strong> network NYC, NY, 2013 
\nGraphite Reflection, Grace Institute<\/strong> NYC, NY. 2013 
\nBeyond the Path, J Klaynberg Gallery<\/strong>, Chelsea NY, 2010<\/p>\n

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Special Projects<\/h3>\n

Art Featured in \u201cMr. and Mrs. Smith\u201d<\/strong> a Prime TV mini series, 2024<\/span>
\nThe Flag Project Rockefeller Center <\/b> Rockefeller Plaza NY, With the Climate Museum NYC, 2022<\/p>\n

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Selected Group Shows <\/h3>\n

2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

01\/2025 Brooklyn Now, Art Gotham NY curated by Haley Ferber<\/p>\n

01\/2025 Holiday Show  <\/span>Labspace gallery, Hillsdale NY<\/p>\n

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2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

12\/2024 12\/12 Establish Gallery, Brooklyn NY<\/p>\n

10\/2024 Ballot, Front Room Gallery, Online curated by Kathleen Vance<\/p>\n

09\/2024 Salon De Refuses, BWAC retook, Brooklyn NY<\/p>\n

06\/2024 Summer lights Gallery Sitka <\/strong>Newport RI
\n06\/2024 New Flora Andrew Craven Gallery<\/strong> Kent, CT
\n04\/2024 Among Friends Metaphor Project<\/strong> Brooklyn NY
\n03\/2024 Awakening Earth online<\/strong>. Curated by Sergio Gomez<\/span><\/p>\n

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2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winter Wonderland Front Room gallery<\/strong> Hudson NY
\nSmall works Gallery 440<\/strong> Brooklyn NY 
\nHoliday Show Labspace Gallery<\/strong> Hillsdale NY
\n5th year anniversary  Andrew Craven Gallery<\/strong> Kent CT
\nThe Fragile Beautiful Earth  Gallery Sitka<\/strong> Newport RI<\/p>\n

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2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

No Light without Shadow Thierry Goldberg Gallery<\/b> NY, curated by Ariel De Sal<\/div>\n
Material World Bernay Fine Art <\/b>, Great Barrington MA<\/div>\n
One Thing to Remember Gallerie Schaeffer. Gate 5. <\/b>Oslo Norway Curated by Karmela Berg<\/span><\/div>\n
The Flag Project Rockefeller Center <\/b> Rockefeller Plaza NY, With the Climate Museum<\/div>\n
Be Mine Front Room Gallery, <\/b>Online curated by Kathleen Vance<\/div>\n
The Winter Show Bernay Fine Art <\/b>, Great Barrington MA <\/div>\n
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2021<\/strong>
\nHoliday Show , Labspace Gallery<\/strong>, Hillsdale NY curated by Julie Torres
\nFall Transformation,Front Room gallery <\/strong> curated by Kathleen Vance Online
\nTime is a UFO,Sweet Lorraine gallery ,<\/strong> NY curated by Amanda Nedham
\nStraight Forward Image Driven. The Painting Center<\/strong>, Chelsea, NY Curated by Izzy Nova
\nRicochet, Virtual exhibition Katonah Museum of Art,<\/strong> Katonah, NY
\nMixing it up, Bernay Fine Art<\/strong>,Great Barrington MA
\nEarth Day Show Gallery Sitka<\/strong>, Shirley MA
\nBlack $ White Craven Contemporary Gallery,<\/strong> Kent CT.
\nLoss and Empowerment 601 Art Space<\/strong> NYC Online
\nMarch Exhibition Hammond Museum<\/strong> , Curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis Online
\nThe 2021 show FlatFile gallery, subsidiary of Schweitzer Fine Art<\/strong> NY  
\nHoliday Show Labspace Gallery<\/strong>, Hillsdale NY curated by Julie Torres
\n 8×8 #2 FlatFile gallery, subsidiary of Schweitzer Fine Art<\/strong> NY  Online 
\nSomething Red, Bernay Fine Art Gallery<\/strong> Great Barrington , MA
\nWhat Now? Ely Center for Contemporary art <\/strong> Online , New Haven CT.
\nMinimalism\/ MAXIMALISM online Front Room Gallery<\/strong> NY curated by Kathleen Vance 
\n8×8 Online FlatFile, <\/strong>subsidiary of Schweitzer Fine Art NY  
\nHome Theraphy, Coping with Covid 19  Front Room Gallery<\/strong> NY curated by Kathleen Vance 
\nMinimalism\/ MAXIMALISM Front Room Gallery<\/strong> NY curated by Kathleen Vance 
\nMother\u2019s day Exhibition online Front Room Gallery<\/strong> NY curated by Kathleen Vance
\nVerdant online Front Room gallery<\/strong> NY curated by Kathleen Vance
\nDeep Blue Sea On Line Ground Floor Gallery<\/strong>, Brooklyn NY Curated by Krista Scenna
\nVital Force: Water Essential Front Room Gallery,<\/strong> LES, NY Curated by Katheleen Vance<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Holiday Show Labspace Gallery<\/strong> Hillsdale, NY Curated by Julie Torres
\nWraped up in Winter Blackbird Gallery<\/strong><\/em> NY NY Curated by Jess Berghorn
\nWater, What lies Beneath Front Room Gallery<\/strong> LES, NY (online show)
\nOn the Rocks, Susan Eley Fine Art<\/strong>, <\/a>NYC
\nAmong Friends<\/em>, Clemente Cultural Centr, NY NY. <\/strong>Curated by Patricia Fabricant, Beth Dary, Alexandra Brock
\nInternational Traveling Show<\/em>, Isreal<\/p>\n

2018 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Civil Discourse<\/em>, Kibbee Gallery<\/strong> Atlanta, Georgia Curated by Jaynie CRimmins
\nFlowers and Monsters,<\/em> Bergamot Station LA,Temporary Storage<\/strong>, Brooklyn NY Curated by Meer Musa
\nAllow me to Reintroduce Myself<\/em> Cigar Factory<\/strong> LIC, NY,  Curated by Krista Scenna and Carolina Pe\u00f1afiel
\nST(art)UP<\/em> Art Student League<\/strong> celebration Honor alumni\u2019s exhibition NY
\nThe Greatest Show on Earth<\/em>, Sideshow Gallery,<\/strong> Brooklyn NY<\/p>\n

2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

HYGGE Holiday show<\/em> Cross Contemporary Art<\/strong> Saugerties NY
\nLife Size<\/em>, Anthony Philip Fine Art,<\/strong> Brooklyn NY
\nColor, Say What?<\/em> Contemporary<\/strong>, Tannersville NY
\nEvent, International Women group,<\/em> Sideshow gallery<\/strong> Brooklyn NY
\nLife is the art of drawing without an eraser. Say What?<\/em> Contemporary<\/strong> Tannersville NY
\nNoir, Defining the Melodrama,<\/em> Longwood gallery<\/strong> Hostos, CUNY, Bronx NY
\nThru The Rabbit Hole,<\/em> Sideshow Gallery<\/strong> Brooklyn NY
\nWhite Out Cross<\/em> Contemporary Art<\/strong> Saugerties NY<\/p>\n

2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Word Count<\/em> Cross Contemporary Art<\/strong> Saugerties NY (3 Person show)
\nCreative Climate Award<\/em> Human Impacts Institute<\/strong> NYC
\nCowgirl #5<\/em> Brick Gallery<\/strong> Catskill NY
\nPrivate viewing<\/em> Islip Museum NY<\/strong> Curator: Eileen Palmer
\nSpace<\/em>,  CA Curator : Bill Fishman
\nCoffee as Muse Six Depot,<\/strong> West Stockbridge, MA : Curator: Lisa Laundry
\nSideShow, Brooklyn NY Curator : Richard XXXX<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rooted Many,<\/em> Cantor Center<\/strong> NY
\nDe Amerikanen komen<\/em> Galerie Bij de Boeken,<\/strong> Ulft The Nederland
\nThe National Weather Center Biennale,<\/em> Fred Jones Museum of Art,<\/strong> Norman, OKLAHOMA
\nThe Asia Contemporary Art Show<\/em> HONG KONG
\nTake Five<\/em> Cross Contemporary Art<\/strong> Saugerties NY
\nPaperazzi,<\/em> Janet Kurnatowski Gallery<\/strong>, Brooklyn NY<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Home,<\/em> Morris-Jumel Mansion<\/strong><\/a> , Harlem, NY
\nHullaballoo Collective,<\/em> Fountain Art fair<\/strong>,  NY  Group
\nPaperazzi,<\/em> Janet Kurnatowski Gallery<\/strong> , Brooklyn NY Group
\nSideshow Nation ll<\/em> at the Alamo<\/strong>, Brooklyn NY Group<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drawing Rooms <\/strong>Jersey City NJ Group
\nWreath Interpretation<\/em>, Arsenal Gallery,<\/strong> Central Park. NYC, NY Group
\nCurate NY Top 150 artists,<\/em> Rush art NYC<\/strong> & web http:\/\/www.curatenyc.org\/2013\/shira-toren-entry
\nAppearances Eco-Art<\/em> Provincetown Conservation Trust<\/strong>, Provincetown MA
\nThe National Weather Center Biennale<\/em>, Fred Jones Museum of Art<\/strong>, Norman, OK<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wreath Interpretations<\/em>, Arsenal Gallery,<\/strong> Central Park. NYC, NY Group
\nMetro 29<\/em> CWOW gallery<\/strong> and A travel show, Newark, NJ Group
\nAlumni showcase Pratt Institute, <\/strong>Brooklyn NY
\nJoie de Vivre, Hullaballoo Collective<\/em>. PS Project Space<\/strong>, Chelsea NYC Group
\nStaten Island Museum<\/strong>, NY Group
\nWomen Artists<\/em> A.T. Kearney<\/strong>, NY Group
\nIt\u2019s a Small, Small World,<\/em> Family Business Gallery<\/strong>, NY
\nHullaballoo Collective<\/em>, Fountain Art Fair<\/strong> NY
\nArt of Illusion,<\/em> Monmouth Museum,<\/strong> Lincroft, NJ Group<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bill Hodges gallery \/ Curate NY<\/strong> 24 west 57th st. NYC NY Group
\nJoy<\/em> Grace Institute<\/strong> NYC, NY Group
\nMetro 28<\/em> CWOW gallery<\/strong> and A travel show, Newark, NJ Group
\nSmall works<\/em> Riverfront Gallery<\/strong>, Schuylerville, NY Group
\nInked up,<\/em> Arsenal Gallery,<\/strong> Central Park. NYC, NY Group
\nNever A Day Without a Line<\/em> Grace Institute<\/strong> NYC, NY Group
\nHudson & Laight,<\/strong> Hudson NY Group
\nSusan Eley Fine<\/strong> art NY group
\nRiverfront Gallery<\/strong>, Schuylerville NY Group<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 person show,<\/em> Riverfront Gallery,<\/strong> Schuylerville NY<\/p>\n

2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

Susan Eley Fine art<\/strong> NY Group<\/p>\n

2008<\/strong><\/p>\n

Woman Made Gallery<\/strong>,<\/em> Chicago, IL. 10\/08 Group
\nRFD Gallery,<\/strong> Swainsboro, GA Group
\nSusan Eley Fine art<\/strong> NY group
\nGallery 100,<\/strong> Saratoga Springs, NY 5\/08 Group
\nOgilvy & Mather<\/strong> World wide plaza,<\/strong> NY,NY. Group
\nSmall Works<\/em> 80 Washington Sq. Galleries,<\/strong> NY NY Group<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong><\/p>\n

Art Students League<\/strong>, NY Group<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

Art Students League<\/strong>, NY Group<\/p>\n

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Curatorial<\/h3>\n

Diptych, Triptych and Multiples\u201d 12 artists Group show at<\/em> City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ. <\/strong>2013<\/p>\n

Gallery Representation and Association<\/h3>\n

Gallery Sitka Ma, RI<\/p>\n

Black Bird Gallery<\/a>, NYC
\nCross Contemporary Art, <\/a><\/strong>Saugerties NY
\nSusan Eley Fine Art<\/a><\/strong> NY<\/p>\n

Residencies and Workshops<\/h3>\n

2013 Trans Cultural Exchange Conference
\n2011 New York Foundation for the Arts: Boot Camp
\n2011 Trans cultural Exchange Conference
\n2008 ASL Florence Italy<\/p>\n

Awards<\/h3>\n

Toren is the recipient of The Henry Matisse Estate Scholarship,
\nand twice the Blue Dot Award from The Arts Student League.<\/p>\n

Associations<\/h3>\n

New York Artist Circle<\/a> : http:\/\/shiratoren.nyartistscircle.com\/<\/a>
\nMoMa Ps1:<\/a>
\nPratt:<\/a> Alumni Association<\/p>\n

Press<\/h3>\n

Foderaro, Lisa w. \u201cReima, Lisa w. “The Many Ways a wreath can turn\u201d<\/em>, New York Times<\/strong><\/a> 1\/1\/13 City Room
\nBischoff, Dan “Over & Over City Without Walls exhibition”<\/a><\/em> NJ Star Ledger<\/a>,<\/strong> 3\/10\/13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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