INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2022
Michael Torlen Dance Me to the End, paintings and monoprints, Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME
Michael Torlen Going Deep; Monhegan Watercolors, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2014
Michael Torlen Selections From Seamarks, ArtLab78, New York, NY
2013
Michael Torlen Seamarks:2006-2012, Fisher Hall, Horace Mann School, Riverdale, NY
Art at The Mariner: Michael Torlen, The Mariner, Port Chester, NY
2007
The Ocean is Blue and Black, H. Pelham Curtis Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2005
Narratives, Miranda Fine Arts, Port Chester, NY
2004
Sanger Fra Mor, Director’s Choice, Performing Arts Center, Purchase, NY
2003
Songs for My Father, The Silo-Hunt Hill Farm, New Milford, CT
2002
Landscape and Memory, Miranda Fine Arts, Port Chester, NY
2001
Artists at Weir Farm, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, CT
1999
Songs for My Father, Randall Tuttle Fine Arts, Woodbury, CT
1995
Songs for My Father, Clay Art Center Gallery, Port Chester, NY
1994
Songs for My Father, Greenwich Arts Center Gallery, Greenwich, CT
1992
Songs for My Father, Monotypes, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
1988
Songs for My Father, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Genesis, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
1983
Revelations, Luise Ross Gallery and Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
1981
Temple Series, Alexander F. Milliken, Inc., New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Portland 2020, Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME
Focus: Printmaking111, Greenhut Galleries, Portland ME
2019
The Missing Half Second, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
2018
Two Monhegan Masters: Leo Brooks and Michael Torlen, Jonathan Frost Gallery, Rockland, ME
Beautiful World, Jonathan Frost Gallery, Rockland, ME
2017
I Cover the Waterfront, Jonathan Frost Gallery, Rockland, ME
2016
Hot Ticket: Works on Paper, The Rye Art Center, Rye NY
Full House, Jonathan Frost Gallery, Rockland, ME
250 Main Hotel, Rockland, ME
Paper City Pop-Up, Continuum for Creativity, Westbrook, ME
2015
Full House, Jonathan Froast Gallery, Rockland, ME
Paint Westbrook, Continuum For Creativity, Westbrook, ME
Revisiting Arcadia, Contemporary Landscapes, The Peckham & Shenkman Galleries @ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY
Leo Brooks & Michael Torlen: From the Ocean’s Edge, Jonathan Frost Gallery, Rockland, ME
35th National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
Kindred, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2014
Watercolor NOW! 2014 WHS Small Works Exhibition, Mabee Gallery, Canton, MO
Monhegan Quadricentenniel Exhibition, Monhegan House, Monhegan Island, ME
The Unfailing Muse, Monhegan, Archipelago Gallery, Rockland, ME
We (Heart) Art, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2013
New Works on Paper, The Avenue Gallery, Norwalk, CT
Surf & Turf, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
Solidary/Solitary: The Artist at Work, Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY
Views from the Shore, The Art Exchange, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY
FOSAM 30th Anniversary Exhibtion, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
2012
Watercolor Now, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Milestone Graphics Retrospective, Haviland Street Gallery, So. Norwalk, CT
2011
Bridgeport Prints,Bridgeprort Arts+Cultural Council, Bridgeport, CT
American Impressions, Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition, curated by Anne Coffin, Director of IPCNY, William Paterson University, Wayne NJ
Watercolor USA 2011, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO (Purchase Award)
Prints USA 2011,Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
2010
Art on Paper, The Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
NEW PRINTS 2010/Summer:Heat! International Print Center New York, NY, NY
2009
Interpretations: The Art of Transformation, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Watercolor USA 2009, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
McNeese 22nd National Works on Paper, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University
2008
Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Arc of Visibility:Between the Shore and the Sea, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
2007
Prints USA 2007, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Hazy, Hot, and a Thundershower, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
Watercolors on Paper, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
Michael Torlen and Ted Stratis, Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Night Vision: Printing Darkness, Curated by Anthony Kirk, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2006
South Gallery, FCCJ, Jacksonville, FL
Constant Line, Nan Mulford Gallery, Rockland, ME
Beach, Gallery Yellow, Cross River, NY
American Impressions: Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition, curated by Dr. Marilyn Kushner
William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ
Particular Places, curated by Bernard Chaet, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven CT
2005
Prints USA 2005, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Watercolor USA 2005, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
‘SCAPES, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2004-08
Fish Follies, Cordova Historical Museum, Cordova, AK
2004
Connecticut Prints, The Westport Art Center Gallery, Westport, CT
KMAA @ WCC, Westchester Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Valhalla, NY
Pearl Street, The Gallery @ Pfizer Learning Center, Rye Brook, NY
The Art of Printmaking, Noel Fine Art, Bronxville, NY
2003
The Painted Gift, Hubert Gallery, New York, NY
New Terrain: Digital Print Based Work, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Selected Artists, The Rye Art Center, Rye, NY
Landscape, University of Connecticut Art Gallery, Stamford, CT
Faculty Art Exhibit, State University Plaza Gallery, Albany, NY
2002-13
Miranda Fine Arts, Port Chester, NY
2002
Weir Farm Visiting Artists 2001, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
The Print: Image & Process, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
1999-00
Watermark Gallery, Port Clyde, ME
Wingspread Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME
1998-2014
Lupine Gallery, Monhegan, ME
1998
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
Come Hell or High Water, Myungsook Lee Gallery, New York, NY
Midwest Watercolor Society, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI and Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, MI
1997-98
Bayview Gallery, Portland, ME
1997
Midwest Watercolor Society, Westbend Art Museum, Westbend, WI
New Art Annual 97, Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT
1996,7
McGrath Dunham Gallery, Castine, ME
1996
Ethel H. Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
Paint Maine, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
1995
Natural Fantasy, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY
1994
Inspired by Nature, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
1993
Walter Wickiser Gallery, Inc., New York, NY
1990
PS Galleries, Ogunquit, ME
Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME
Helio Galleries, New York, NY
1989
Art of Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
1985
Art Heritage of Hofstra, Emily Lowe Gallery, Hempstead, NY
Paper Works: On and Off the Page, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
1984
Drawings, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
1983
Artists Space, New York, NY
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1982
The Legacy of Hoyt Sherman, Colorado Institute of Art, Denver, CO and
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
AWARDS
2020 The New England Ocean Cluster (NEOC) Artist-In-Residence
2007-08 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
2005 Member, Watercolor USA Honor Society
2001 Visiting Artist, Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, CT
1999 Artist-in-Residence, Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, CT
1998 Artist- in-Residence, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME
1995 E.C. Potter Award, 78th Annual, Greenwich Art Society, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich, CT
1982 International Travel Grant, Australia Council, Sydney, Australia
1978 Research Fellowship, State University of New York, Albany, NY
1969 Georgia Commission on the Arts, Purchase Award, Atlanta, GA
1963-4 University Fellowship, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
PUBLISHED WRITING, PANELS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS
2023
Torlen, Michael. STUDIO SEEING: A Practical Guide to Drawing, Painting, and Perception. Bristol, UK/Chicago, USA, Intellect Books, 2023. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/S/bo208668484.html
2019
“Water, water everywhere: Tom Burckhardt’s Studio Flood ” Maine Arts Journal, Winter 2019
http://maineartsjournal.com/water-water-everywhere-tom-burckhardts-studio-flood-by-michael-torlen/
2018
“Michael Torlen on John Torreano,” painters_on_paintings, https://paintersonpaintings.com/michael-torlen-john-torreano/
2016
Color Workshop, Continuum for Creativity, Westbrook, ME
2013
“Hit with a brick: The teaching of Hoyt L. Sherman,” Visual Inquiry: Learning & Teaching Art, Volume 2/ Issue 3
“EYEWITNESS: Reflections on Richard Artschwager’s Untitled, 1971,”
Brooklyn Rail, ARTSEEN, December 2012- January 2013, online edition
2007-08
Watercolor workshop, The English Method, Maine College of Art, April, Portland, ME
2005
Workshop Know Lines, Neuberger Museum of Art Annual Teacher Conference, October, Purchase, NY
2003
Presentation On Critique, Neuberger Museum of Art Annual Teacher Conference, October, Purchase, NY
Art Sandwiched In, a discussion about New Terrain, Neuberger Museum of Art, December, Purchase, NY
3 Worlds- A Methodology for Critique, Paper presented at College Art Association Conference, February, New York, NY
2002
Lecture: Chance, Accident and Choice, the Romantic Impulse, Miranda Fine Arts, Port Chester, NY
1999
Guest Lecturer, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT
1995,6,0
Guest Lecturer, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
1995-04
Visiting Artist, Writing Through the Arts, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
1995,6
Artist-in-Resident, Paint Maine ’95, Blueberry Cove Foundation, Tennants Harbor, ME
1994,5
Guest Lecturer, The American Character, American Studies Seminar, George Stevens Academy, Blue Hill, ME
1991
Watercolor Workshop, Florida Community College, Jacksonville, FL
1991
Lecture: Watercolor, The English Method, Jacksonville Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL
TEACHING
2005-2015
Private critique group, Port Chester, NY
1972-12
Associate Professor of Visual Arts, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
1995
The Artists Way Creativity Camp, Wisdom House, Litchfield, CT (Sponsored by the Open Center, New York, NY)
1982
Visiting Artist at Yale Summer Program, Norfolk, CT
1981
Visiting Artist at City College, Sydney, Australia
1965-70
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
EDUCATION
MFA Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 1965
BFA Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1962
BIBLIOGRAPHY
David Lilttle and Carl Little, Art of Acadia, Down East Books, 2016, p. 106
Ken Greenleaf, “Seascapes; exploring the oceans within and without,” The Portland Phoenix, July 11-17, 2008
Alicia Anstead, “Anthology champions Maine art,” Bangor Daily News, October 10, 2006
Carl Little, Paintings of Maine, Down East Books, 2006, p. 87, 91
Dominick Lombardi, “The Art of Printmaking”, New York Times, Sunday, January 18, 2004
Northern Light Productions, Informational Videotape, Weir Farm Historical Site Visitor’s Center, Wilton, CT, 2003
Dominick Lombardi, “Abstract Paintings That Create a Visual Roller Coaster Ride”, New York Times, Sunday, December 15, 2002
L.P. Streifeld, “Nature vs. Human Touch”, Greenwich Time, Sunday, June 30, 2002
Matthew Mirapaul, “A Brush, a Mouse, a Canvas: Mixing Paint and Pixels,” New York Times, Wednesday, June 13, 2001
William Zimmer, “Homegrown Art,” New York Times, Sunday, February 18, 2001
Dominick Lombardi, “Two Shows Sample Contemporary Art,” New York Times, Sunday, February 13,2000
Dominick Lombardi, “Visual Depths Convey Mood of a Place,” New York Times, Sunday, July 4,1999
Lawrence Campbell, Review, Art in America, June 1989
Ronny Cohen, Review, Artforum, February 1989
Amy Slaton, “Michael Torlen,” Arts Magazine, February 1984
Robert Yoskowitz, Review, Art in America, Summer 1981
Vivien Raynor, “A Universe Inspired by the Past,” New York Times, Sunday, July 8, 1979
Irving Sandler, Catalogue Essay for Michael Torlen/Seven Planets, Neuberger Museum of Art, 1979
SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
ALEA North America, Wilton, CT
Astoria Federal Savings, New York, NY
AT&T, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Bank of New York, New York, NY
Bankers Trust, Greenwich, CT
Bessemer Trust, New York, NY
British Airways, Charlotte, NC
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
Cigna Health Care, White Plains, NY
Confederation Trading Co., Toronto, CAN
Continental Group, Stamford, CT
Doral Arrowood, Rye Brook, NY
Deloitte & Touche, New York, NY
Fireman’s Fund, New York, NY
First Atlantic Capital, New York, NY
F.G.I.C., New York, NY
Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, ME
General Signal Corp., Stamford, CT
Gillespie, Robinson & Grimm Co. Inc., Greenwich, CT
Great Northern Nekoosa Corp., Stamford, CT
IBM, Armonk, NY
James F. Curry Assoc., Elmsford, NY
J.P. Morgan Chase, New York, NY
K.P.M.G. Peat, Marwick, New York, NY
The Matrix Corp., Orangeburg, NY
MONY, Purchase, NY
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Northern Telecom, Ontario, CAN
NYNEX, White Plains, NY
Pepsico Inc., Purchase, NY
Pfizer Learning Center, Rye Brook, NY
Prudential Insurance Co., Newark, NJ
Reliance National, Los Angeles, CA
Skandia Investment Management, NY
Southeast Banking Corp., Miami, FL
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Stetson University Museum, DeLand, FL
United States Department of Interior, National Park Service, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, CT.