Torkwase Dyson (b. 1973, Chicago, IL). Working in multiple mediums, Dyson describes herself as a painter whose forms address the continuity of ecology, infrastructure, and architecture. She merges ideas such as site and built environments and nature and culture under the rubric of environmentalism.

Fascinated with transformations, ambiguities, and environmental changes that place these subjects in relation to each other, her practice investigates our connections to imagination, materiality, geography, and belonging. In 2016, Dyson was elected to the board of the Architecture League of New York as Vice President of Visual Arts. She received a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University (1999) and an MFA from Yale School of Art in painting and printmaking (2003). Dyson is now based in New York.

Torkwase Dyson (b. 1973), "Way Over There Inside Me (A Festival of Inches)," 2022. painted steel, glass, painted aluminum, dry-erase marker. 2 Connectors each 203 x 33 x 93 in. 4 Trapezoids each 83 x 40 x 78 in. 2 units each compromised of 1 Connector and 2 Trapezoids 70 x 364 x 93 in. Overall circumference of each unit 364 in. Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. TGM10. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.

I want to think about Migration as an unfinished project… It’s movement that is produced and enforced by collective powers and the normalcy built in nomadism.

- Torkwase Dyson

Torkwase Dyson (b. 1973), "Way Over There Inside Me (A Festival of Inches)," 2022. painted steel, glass, painted aluminum, dry-erase marker. 2 Connectors each 203 x 33 x 93 in. 4 Trapezoids each 83 x 40 x 78 in. 2 units each compromised of 1 Connector and 2 Trapezoids 70 x 364 x 93 in. Overall circumference of each unit 364 in. Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. TGM10. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.

Torkwase Dyson (b. 1973), "Way Over There Inside Me (A Festival of Inches)," 2022. painted steel, glass, painted aluminum, dry-erase marker. 2 Connectors each 203 x 33 x 93 in. 4 Trapezoids each 83 x 40 x 78 in. 2 units each compromised of 1 Connector and 2 Trapezoids 70 x 364 x 93 in. Overall circumference of each unit 364 in. Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. TGM10. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.

Torkwase Dyson (b. 1973), "Way Over There Inside Me (A Festival of Inches)," 2022. painted steel, glass, painted aluminum, dry-erase marker. 2 Connectors each 203 x 33 x 93 in. 4 Trapezoids each 83 x 40 x 78 in. 2 units each compromised of 1 Connector and 2 Trapezoids 70 x 364 x 93 in. Overall circumference of each unit 364 in. Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. TGM10. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.

Torkwase Dyson (b. 1973), "Way Over There Inside Me (A Festival of Inches)," 2022. painted steel, glass, painted aluminum, dry-erase marker. 2 Connectors each 203 x 33 x 93 in. 4 Trapezoids each 83 x 40 x 78 in. 2 units each compromised of 1 Connector and 2 Trapezoids 70 x 364 x 93 in. Overall circumference of each unit 364 in. Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. TGM10. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.

Torkwase Dyson (b. 1973), "Way Over There Inside Me (A Festival of Inches)," 2022. painted steel, glass, painted aluminum, dry-erase marker. 2 Connectors each 203 x 33 x 93 in. 4 Trapezoids each 83 x 40 x 78 in. 2 units each compromised of 1 Connector and 2 Trapezoids 70 x 364 x 93 in. Overall circumference of each unit 364 in. Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. TGM10. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.

Torkwase Dyson (b. 1973), "Way Over There Inside Me (A Festival of Inches)," 2022. painted steel, glass, painted aluminum, dry-erase marker. 2 Connectors each 203 x 33 x 93 in. 4 Trapezoids each 83 x 40 x 78 in. 2 units each compromised of 1 Connector and 2 Trapezoids 70 x 364 x 93 in. Overall circumference of each unit 364 in. Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. TGM10. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.

Torkwase Dyson (b. 1973), "Way Over There Inside Me (A Festival of Inches)," 2022. painted steel, glass, painted aluminum, dry-erase marker. 2 Connectors each 203 x 33 x 93 in. 4 Trapezoids each 83 x 40 x 78 in. 2 units each compromised of 1 Connector and 2 Trapezoids 70 x 364 x 93 in. Overall circumference of each unit 364 in. Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. TGM10. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.

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