Born in Flint, Michigan in 1941
Lives in New York City
Education
1967Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; MFA
1963Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; BFA
1961Flint Community Junior College, Flint, MI; AA
Selected One-Person Exhibitions
2013“Dark Matters Everywhere: Paintings, Prints & Sculpture,” Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnat
Feature Inc., New York i
2012“More Scapes,” Denver Art Museum; curated by Julie Augur
“Stars on Broadway!” Broadway Windows, New York
2011“John Torreano: Wall Constructions and Gems,” Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
2009“Remembering: Neighborhoods and Factories, Flint, Michigan,” Wagner Gallery Space, New York University,
New York
2008“Looking Close, Looking Far: Artworks by John Torreano,” Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University Art
Galleries, Detroit (catalogue)
2007Feature Inc., New York
2005Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2004Feature Inc., New York
2003Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2002Feature Inc., New York
2001Kimball Hall, New York University, New York
Littlejohn Contemporary New York
2000Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Littlejohn Contemporary Gallery, New York
Willoughby Sharpe Gallery, New York
“New Work,” Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1999“John Torreano: Material World,” Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, KS (brochure)
“The Columns: A Choreography of Perceptions,” Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (brochure)
“Paintings, Oddballs, and Wallgems,” Atlantic Center of the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York
1997Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN (brochure)
“Gargoyles and Gals,” 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York
1996“Columns and Gems,” Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
1995“Dale Chihuly/John Torreano,” Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
1994“Columns, Wallgems and Deep Drill Paintings,” Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
“Columns, Wallgems and Deep Drill Paintings,” Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO
1993“John Torreano: Highlights,” Helander Gallery, Nw York
“Every Gem a Hand Held Star,” Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, FL
“Polyhedral Series,” Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO
1992“Ghost Gems,” McCarren Airport Commission, Las Vegas, NV
“Metaphors and Oxymorons,” Hypo Bank, New York (catalogue)
1990Shea & Beker Gallery, New York
Dart Gallery, Chicago
1989Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
“John Torreano: Natural Models and Material Illusions,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (brochure)
“John Torreano: Recent Work,” Shea & Beker Gallery, New York
“John Torreano: Oxygems,” Scott Hanson Gallery, New York
“John Orreano: Oxygems,” Arthur Rogers Gallery, New Orleans
“John Torreano: Oxygems,” Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1988“Diamond Vases” (installation), Museum of Modern Art, New York
“John Torreano: Gems, Stars and Perpetual Thinking,” Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI (catalogue)
1987“100 Diamonds,” Jamie Wolf Gallery, New York
Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia
Elizabeth McDonald Gallery, New York
Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
1986Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
1985Fine Arts Gallery, Mott Community College, Flint, MI
Dart Gallery, Chicago
Baskerville & Watson Gallery, New York
1984Suzanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1983Patricia Hamilton Gallery, New York
1982Suzanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1981Patricia Hamilton Gallery, New York
Young Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
1980Carl Solway Gallery, New York
1979Droll/Kolbert Gallery, New York
Texas Gallery, Houston
1977Droll/Kolbert Gallery, New York
Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago
1976Bykert Gallery, New York
1975John Doyle Gallery, Chicago
1974Artist’s Space, New York
Central Cadillac Company, Cleveland, OH
1971Paley Gallery, San Francisco
1968The Whitney Museum School, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013“Illuminators,” OK Harris, New York
2012“Reinventing Landscape,” Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York
2011“Put Up or Shut Up,” New York Academy of Art, New York
Inaugural Exhibition, Corzine Fine Art, Los Angeles
“Alchemy,” 7Eleven Gallery, New York
2010“One and Three Quarters of an Inch,” a one-week exhibition at the former Convent at St. Cecelia’s Parish, Brooklyn;
curated by Peter Clough
“I Am the Cosmos,” New Jersey State Museum, Trenton NJ; curated by Sara Lynn Henry
“Make Yourself at Home,” 7Eleven Gallery, New York
“The Jewel Thief,” The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY;
curated by Ian Berry and Jessica Stockholder
“Plucking the Rainbow,” Nina Fruedenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
“Fifty Works for Maryland: Collecting the Vogel Way,” Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
“Selections from the MCA Collection,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2009“If I Was the Cousin of My Mother’s Sister’s Son,” Gallery Bar, New York
“Populate This Form,” Feature Inc., New York
“*<>*,” Commons Gallery, New York University, New York
“Pulp Fictions,” Ferenbalm-Gurbru Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
“International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition,” University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu
“Art at Straus: NYU Steinhardt Artists at the Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of
Law & Justice,” New York; curated by Nancy Barton and Michael Cohen (brochure)
“Mixed Greens: Artists Chooose Artists on the East End,” Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
“Aligning with Beauty,” Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ONT, Canada
2008American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
“Inaugural 2008,” Cuadro Fine Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2007“Neointegrity,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York
2006“SITE Unseen 4,” Site Santa Fe, NM
“Ron Gorchov, Judy Pfaff, John Torreano,” Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Ferndale, MI
“The Downtown Show,” Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York
2005“John Torreano: The Drawers,” Headbones Gallery, Toronto
“5th Annual RxArt Ball,” New York
“CCS at 100: Woodward Lecture Alumni,” Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
“The O Show,” Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ; Kresge Foundation Gallery,
Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ; curated by MatCH-Art
“The sun rises in the evening.,” Feature Inc., New York
2004“A Very Liquid Heaven,” Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
“SITE Unseen 3,” Site Santa Fe, NM
“Move,” Rochester Museum of Art, Rochester, MN
“Up and Off the Wall,” d.u.m.b.o. Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Donald Sultan
Faculty Exhibition, Pless Hall, New York University, New York
“Transformation: Through the Glass Door,” Faculty Exhibition, Department of Art and Art Professions,
New York University, New York
“Breaking Boundaries,” Atlantic Center for the Arts, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York
2003“Convergence: Martyn Bouskila and John Torreano,” Center Galleries, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
“All That Glitters,” Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York; curated by Karen Shaw (catalogue)
“Fresh! A Summer Exhibition of Glass,” Heller Gallery, New York
“Polarities,” Lobby Gallery, Durst Organization, New York
“25th Anniversary Celebration,” Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
“Small-Scale Sculpture,” Feature Inc., New York
“Pilchuck Glass Exhibition,” Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2002“RxArt Ball,” Barney’s New York Co-Op, New York
“Red as a Color for Exploration and Expression,” Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“Unexpected Selections from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection: Art from 1985 to the Present,”
Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami
“Paintings and Objects: A Way of Thinking,” Galerie Susanne Hojriis, Copenhagen; curated by Julie Sass
“Archipelago: An Intimate Immensity,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
“Beyond Bounds 2002: Shine,” Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, KS
“Blobs, Wiggles and Dots, Webs and Crustillations,” Work Space, New York
Pilchuck Glass Auction,Seattle Westin Hotel, Seattle
“9/11: Abstract Art,” Studio 18 Gallery, New York
“9/11,” Rochester Museum of Art, Rochester, MN
“In Context: Pattern in Contemporary Printmaking,” Zimmer Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2001“Shoes or No Shoes?” Het Museum Voor Schoene Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium
“Whimsey,” Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
“Reflections: Fifteenth Anniversary Show,” Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
“From the Ashes,” Fireplace Room, New York; curated by Willoughby Sharp
“Donut Shop Four,” Whatcomb Museum, Bellingham, WA
“Space Oddity,” Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“Salad Days,” Bill Maynes Gallery, New York; curated by Michael St. John
“Another, once again, many times more.,” Feature Inc., New York
“Een goed in de weg staande tafel,” Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam; curated by Jack Jaeger
“All That Glitters,” Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
2000“John Torreano/Alan Wiener,” Feature Inc., New York
“Open the pod bay doors Hal,” Feature Inc., New York
“ANP: City Projects,” Galerie S & H De Buck, Ghent, Belgium
“Hairy Forearm’s Self-Referral,” Feature Inc., New York
“Big Bang: An Art Exhibition Celebrating Art of Our Time,” Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
“Grok Terence McKenna Dead,” Feature Inc., New York
“James Brinsfield, Rachel Hayes, John Torreano,” Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“CigArt4: Where There’s Smoke,” South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, TX
“Donut Shop Two,” Russell Street Theater, Portland, OR
“The 7th International Shoebox Exhibition,” University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
1999“Fifteen,” New York Foundation for the Arts, Lobby Gallery, Deutsche Bank, New York
“Gallery Artists,” Feature Inc., New York
“Postmark: An Abstract Effect,” SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (catalogue)
“CigArt,” Rare, New York
“Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Collection,” Weisman Museum of Art, Los Angeles
“Beyond Bounds, Beyond Borders,” Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, KS
“Heroines and Heroes: An Idiosyncratic Anthology of International Art,” New York
“Tour #7,” Art In General, New York; subsequent tour
1998“Painting,” Feature Inc., New York
“Acts of Faith,” Abraham Lubelski Gallery, New York
“Doodle,” Gallery 605, New York
1997“Two of a Kind,” Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
“Edge of Chaos,” Fotouhi Gallery, New York; curated by John Torreano and James Drake
“Ornament and Landscape: On the Nature of Artifice,” Apex Art, New York; curated by Tom Huhn
Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery 605, New York
“Silver and Gold,” Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
1996“Getting Physical: New American Abstraction,” Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art,
Overland Park, KS
“Altered and Irrational: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“Wood Works,” Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York
“Art for Today,” Diana Aceti Fine Arts, New York and Sag Harbor
“Painting in an Expanding Field,” Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1995“Painting Outside Painting,” Corcoran Biennial Exhibition of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
“Wood Work,” One Champion Plaza, Stamford, CT
“25 Years,” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
“NYU Faculty Show,” Apex Art, New York
“Open Your Heart,” Cristinerose Gallery, New York
1994“Nine Sculptors and Their Printers,” Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston
“Michigan Directions: Flint Area Artists,” Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI
“Wood Works,” Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York
“Solo Impressions,” College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, MA
“Transparency and Metaphor,” California Crafts Museum, San Francisco
“Putt-Modernism,” Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
“James Drake, John Torreano, and Dan Rizzie,” Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans
1993“The Pet Show,” Helander Gallery, New York
“All That Glitters,” Champion Gallery, Stamford, CT
1992“New York 4 X 4 Providence,” Kristina Wasserman Gallery, Providence, RI
“Obscure Objects of Desire,” Helander Gallery, New York
“Putt-Modernism,” Artists Space, New York
“Profiles II: On Paper,” Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
“Summer Group Show,” Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
“Three Amigos,” Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1991“Pleasure,” Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
“100% Rag: Works on Paper,” Helander Gallery, New York
Nancy Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC
“On Paper,” Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
“Cruciformed: Images of the Cross Since 1980,” Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
“Glass: Material in the Service of Meaning,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
“Spectrum Time/Frame 4: Retakes – Prints and Drawings by 6 Canadian and 6 American Artists,”
Extension Gallery, Toronto
“Non-Narrative Pictures,” Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
“State of the Art 1991: A Biennial National Watercolor Invitational,” Parkland College, Champaign, IL
“Group Show: Paintings and Monotypes,” Shea & Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990“Mel Kendrick/David Lloyd/John Torreano,” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
“With the Grain: Contemporary Painting,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“Painting Between the Paradigms Part IV: A Category of Objects As Yet Unnamed,” Penine Hart Gallery, New York
“Post Minimalism 1979–1990: An Extended Harvest,” Genovese Gallery, Boston
“Contemporary Classics,” Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
“Pilchuck 20th Anniversary Glass Exhibition,” Sea-Tac International Airport & William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
“John Torreano, James Drake, Herb Ritts,” Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1989“Micro Sculpture,” Fine Arts Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
“American Pop Culture Today III,” La Foret Museum, Tokyo, Japan
“Faux Arts: Surface Illusions and Simulated Materials in Recent Art,” La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art,
La Jolla, CA
“Small Paintings,” Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
“The Case for Plywood,” Luise Ross Gallery, New York
“Homewood: The Nature of Objects,” Procter Art Center, Bard College, Annadale-on-Hudson, NY
“Simple in Appearance,” Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles
“Small & Stellar,” Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York
“Invitational,” Shea & Beker Gallery, New York
“Summer Group Show,” Dart Gallery, Chicago
“Dale Chihuly / John Torreano,” Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
“Restructure/Subverting the Grid,” New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
Inaugural Exhibition, Helander Gallery, New York
“Scatter,” Shea & Beker Gallery, New York
“10 Gallery Artists,” Nina Freudenheim Gallery, New York
1988“Pilchuck: An Exhibition for Contemporary Glass Sculpture,” Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Group Exhibition, Dart Gallery, Chicago
“Reunion,” Artsource Gallery, Flint, MI
“An Exhibition of Art Treasures from Time Now,” Genovese Gallery, Boston
“Artschwager: His Peers and Persuasion,” Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
“Computers and Art,” Gallery of Science and Art, New York
“New York in Glass,” Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle
Group Exhibition, Dart Gallery, Chicago
“Jack Goldstein, John Obuck, David Storey, John Torreano,” Dart Gallery, New York
“Celebration: 11th Anniversary Group Exhibition,” Susan Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
“Small-Scale Work,” Scott Hanson Gallery, New York
1987“America, America,” Amalfi-Arte, Foundation Villa Rufolo, Ravello, Italy
“Computers and Art: Image Processing,” Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
“Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Collection,” Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1984“Five Painters in New York,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“A Decade of New Art,” Artists Space, New York
“American Art Since 1970,” traveling exhibition organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“Brilliant Color,” Baskerville & Watson, New York
1983“Three-Dimensional Photographs,” Castelli Graphics, New York
“The Decorative Movement,” Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
1982“You Are a Beauty – You Are a Jewel,” Specta-Color Board, Times Square, New York; organized by the
Public Art Fund
“New Perspectives,” Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
1981“35 Artists Return to Artists Space,” Artists Space, New York
“Decorative Sculpture,” Sculpture Center, New York
“Energie New York,” Espace Lyonnais d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
1980“Trois Dimensions, Americains,” Gillespie-Laage-Salomon, Paris
“Three-Dimensional Painting,” Contemporary Art Museum, Chicago
“I-80,” Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NB
“The Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Invitational, Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
“Painting in Relief,” Whitney Museum of American Art Downtown, New York
“Watercolor Exhibition,” P.S.1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York
1979“Pittura Ambiente,” Palazzo Reale, Milan
“Ten Artists/Artists Space,” Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
“From Allen to Zucker,” Texas Gallery, Houston
Max Hutchison Gallery, New York
“Small Works,” Art Latitude, New York
“Young America: Painters of the 1970s,” exhibition organized by the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; traveled to Italy, Denmark, and Eastern Europe
1978“O.I.A. at Bleecker Renaissance,” Fine Art Galleries, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
“EBEE GEEBEES,” Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago
“Private Myths: Unearthing of Contemporary Art,” Queens Museum, Queens, NY
“Eleven Artists,” Georgia State University Art Gallery, Athens, GA
“American Art 1950 – Present,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“Thick Paint,” Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago
1977“Work from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel,” University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
“Space Window,” Bell Gallery, List Art Building, Brown University, Providence, RI
“A Painting Show,” Institute for Art and Urban Resources, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
“Four Artists,” 99 Grand Street Gallery, New York
Kilcawley Center Art Gallery, Youngstown, OH
Droll/Kolbert Gallery, New York
“Recent Paintings,” Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
Faculty Exhibition, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
“Recent Works on Paper by Contemporary American Artists,” Madison Art Gallery, Madison, WI
“Six Artists,” Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
1976Hallwalls Gallery, Buffalo, NY
“Ten Approaches to the Decorative,” Alessandro Gallery, New York
Johnson Gallery, Middlebury College, VT
1975Faculty Exhibition, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
“Richard Artschwager, Robert Gordon, John Torreano, Joe Zucker,” Bykert Gallery, New York
Texas Gallery, Houston
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York
96 Grand Street, New York
1974“Marilyn Lenowsky/Elizabeth Murray/John Torreano,” Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
1973“Drawings and Other Works,” Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
“Plaques with Gems,” Wabash Gallery, Chicago
1972“Invitational Exhibition,” Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, OH
“New American Abstract Painting,” Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
1971“Lyrical Abstraction,” Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
“New Work, New York,” Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH
1969“Whitney Annual Exhibition of American Art,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Performances and Public Appearances
2010“Variety Show,” The Gershwin Hotel, New York
2003“John Torreano: Painter,” Woodward Lecture Series, College of Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2002“Self Expression,” Molly Barnes Brown Bag talk series, Roger Smith Hotel, New York
“Artists Talk on Art,” Phoenix Gallery, New York
“Dale Chihuly,” The National Arts Club Gold Medal Presentation, New York
“Sex, Love, Art and Things In Between,” Live from the Living Room, Gershwin Hotel, New York;
a Neke Carson & Michael Weiner presentation
2001“Glass America 2001,” Heller Gallery, New York
“Psychoanalysis and the Arts,” IPTAR Clinical Center, New York
“An Evening of Stories on Sex and Money,” The Moth at Nell’s, New York
1999Showcase performance, Raw Space, New York
1996Solo stand-up performance, Glass Art Society Conference, Boston
1988Master of ceremonies, Creative Time’s 15th Anniversary Halloween Party, Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, Brooklyn
1987Producer and master of ceremonies, “An Evening with John Torreano and Friends,”
gala benefit for Creative Time, New York
Solo performance,benefit for Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York
1985Solo stand-up performance,“Mike’s Talent Show,” produced by Michael Smith, 8BC, New York
1984“A Special Event!” solo performance at the Pink Door for the Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle
Solo stand-up performance, benefit for the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Master of ceremonies and stand-up performance, benefit for Artists Space, New York
“The Critics’ Voices,” produced by Douglas Blau, White Columns, New York
Film and Video
2002“Evening with John Torreano,” Artists Talk on Art, New York
As Dr. Roman Blakein Betty and the Ocean, directed by Sean Ackerman, New York University, New York
As The Florist and writer and voice for “We’ve Broken Up for Good Again” in The Cloud of Unknowing,
directed by Richard Sylvarnes (A Hal Hartley True Fiction Pictures Production)
1985“John Torreano: Art World Wizard,” four minute video produced by MICA-TV
1983“The Live Show,” four performances as The Guy, Artists Television Network Channel B
Selected Projects, Publications, and Reproductions of Artwork
2010Upfront, Feature Inc., New York
Selected Bibliography
2009Looking Close, Looking Far, exhibition catalogue with text by Donald Kuspit, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2007Kuspit, Donald. Review, Artforum, November
2006Carlozzi, Annette DiMeo, and Kelly Baum, eds. Blanton Museum of Art: American Art Since 1900,
Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 302–303
2005Helander, Bruce. “Torreano’s Starlight Serenade,” Art of the Times, March, 16–17 (reproductions)
2004Church, Amanda. “John Torreano, Gina Magid, Jesse Bransford and Lorenzo de Los Angeles,”
Flash Art, March/April, 62 (reproduction)
2001Rizzoli, Giovanni. “John Torreano,” Bomb, Spring, 60–61 (reproductions)
1999Thorson, Alice. “Crossing Gems with Art,” Kansas City Star, 25 April, J:1–3
1992Cotter, Holland. Review, New York Times, 17 April
1991Adams, Brooks. “Scarred Diamonds,” ARTnews, February, 120–125
1989Barbiero, Daniel. Review, New Art Examiner, Summer
Grants and Awards
2003Nancy Graves Foundation gran
1997Painting in the Round, School of Education Research Challenge Fund, New York University, New York
1991John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship
1989National Endowment for the Arts fellowship
1982National Endowment for the Arts fellowship
1979Creative Arts for Public Service Program