Welcome Chris Butler
The TOROSIETE Museum of Contemporary Art welcomes Chris Butler from Charlottesville, Virginia. A Virginia native, Chris has been creating various forms of art for over 26 years: Music, Pen & Ink Drawings, Comic Books, and Photography – but over time, as his life has brought with it new influences and experiences, his works have shifted […]
Welcome Trần Dân
The TOROSIETE Museum of Contemporary Art welcomes Trần Dân from Hanoi, Vietnam. Trần Dân studied architecture in university, but turned to a self-taught career in Fine Art. His primary medium is lacquer yet he works widely from painting to installation, video, photography, sculpture and performance using multiple mediums. One of Trần Dân’s interests is […]
Welcome Martin Phillips
The TOROSIETE Museum of Contemporary Art welcomes a new artist to our exhibition galleries. Originally from Denver, Colorado, Martin Phillips has made his home in Charlottesville, VA after living in various areas of the United States. This engineer by trade has always been heavily influenced and interested in art and music since his college years. […]
Welcome Sonny Lee L
The TOROSIETE Museum of Contemporary Art welcomes Sonny Lee L from Ohio, USA to our exhibition galleries. Sonny Lee L was born in Lima, Ohio, USA but grew up in the Metro Miami area of South Florida. Star Wars, MTV and Miami Vice helped shape a visual sensibility that along with comic books were his […]
Welcome River Hawkins
The TOROSIETE Museum of Contemporary Art welcomes one of our original TOROSIETE Gallery Artists to his new home in our museum, River Hawkins of Charlottesville, VA. In addition to his smaller more “portable”works, River also has created elaborate murals and unique decor elements for his restaurant, The Bebedero, located in Charlottesville, VA. (The Bebedero was […]
“Sneaky Ones. Dibujos de Bolsil...
The TOROSIETE Museum of Contemporary Art announces a new exhibition of works by Mexican artist Renata Santamarina. Complementing her previous exhibition of Paintings, her new exhibition, “Sneaky Ones. Dibujos de Bolsillo (Pocket Drawings)”, presents a collection of sketches which Renata obsessively creates daily. In her words: EL PROYECTO RESPONDE A LA NECESIDAD DE DIBUJAR A […]
New Exhibition “Biomórfico̶...
Complementing our first exhibition, “Transfiguado” from Héctor Rafael, The TOROSIETE Museum of Contemporary Art introduces a new exhibition of works from this Puerto Rican painter. “Biomórfico”, now LIVE in our 3D Virtual and Interactive Galleries is a collection of polyptych works. Each painting in this exhibition is composed of multiple canvas components that add a […]
Welcome Angela Alés
The TOROSIETE Museum of Contemporary Art is thrilled to announce that our gallery spaces now hold an exhibition by Angela Alés. Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, of Andalusian and Lebanese descent, Alés moved to the United States in 1984 and graduated from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, in New York City. She […]
Welcome Benjamín Hierro
The TOROSIETE Museum of Contemporary Art is honored to present our first exhibition of works from Benjamín Hierro of México. Born in México in 1959, Benjamín has been creating fine art in multiple disciplines for over four decades. First Hierro studied painting with the Dutch painter Fred de Keijser and graphic design at the Universidad Autónoma […]
New Exhibition – Perplexing Ody...
The TOROSIETE Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to announce a new exhibition of works by featured artist Amy Nordby. This time, Amy takes us on a journey into the subconscious with “Perplexing Odyssey”. These mixed media paintings are created with layers and layers of materials, paint and resin that glisten and change color as […]
