Bernadette Raeann Torres
Artist and teacher who works with community outreach programs to help bring art to seniors and youth groups. I believe in exploration through all mediums and discovery in everyday observations. The images captured in my work act as vessels that hold our collective and celebratory experiences of life. They are not studio images, but moments of humanity and the emotion they contain, surreptitiously collected in the world. As I capture these moments, whether it be with photography, paint, or with mixed media, I attempt to hold a mirror to the living - and remind those who might miss the spirit sealed within the fine details around us, of what is hidden behind closed doors.
Artist CV
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Wish You Were Here 14, A.I.R. Gallery, NY
2014
Access Art, Brooklyn Arts Council, NY
2011
Small Works, Brooklyn Artist Gym, NY
Pop-Up Museum of Queer History, Leslie/Lohman Gallery, NY
2009
The Best Emerging Photographers, 3rd Ward, NY
Photodrifting, EyeLevel BQE, NY
2007
Old & New, Broadway Gallery, NY
Represent, Minx Lounge, LA
5 Models Afloat: Art Inspired by the L.A. River, Gallery 727, LA
Solo Exhibition
2015
Sun Prints, Bamboo Craftsman, Portland, OR
TEACHING/WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE
2015
Photography Instructor: Two weeks of photo-based activities, ages 6 and 7 - Children's Academy Summer Camp, Long Island University
2011-14
Alzheimer Junior Committee Volunteer — Exploration using art and watercolors
80th Street Residence: Alzheimer, Dementia, Assisted Living
2007-10
Art Instructor — “Mosaic” Workshop
Woodstock Senior Center, SuperGlue an Art Collective
Art Instructor — “Print & Stamp Making” Workshop,
Stanley Isaacs Senior Community, SuperGlue an Art Collective
Workshop Volunteers & Featured Artists — 2nd Annual LES Kids Art Bike Parade
East Village Community Coalition, SuperGlue an Art Collective
Art Instructors — “A Day in the Life” Photography Workshop,
Stanley Isaacs Senior Community, SuperGlue an Art Collective,
Volunteers/Mentees — Elder Craftsmen, SuperGlue an Art Collective
1998-99
Mentor, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2013
LIC: Ananda Lima, Malu, Long Island City, NY
2012
Photodrifting: A NY Retrospective, Malu, Long Island City, NY
We Feel Like ****, Gallery Bar, NY
2008
SuperGlue: Curated, Collective Show of Emerging Artist, Broadway Gallery, NY
REPRESENTED WORKS, D2 Art, Los Angeles:
2013
Cadillac (Commercial)
MJZ-VW (Commercial)
Biscuit Filmworks
2011
The Amazing Spider-Man (Movie)
T&T (Commercial)
2010
The New Adventures of Old Christine (TV Series)
2006
The Monk (TV Series)
Private Collectors (Paintings)