Education

• M.F.A. Brooklyn College, New York, 1981
• B.F.A. Indiana University, 1979

Solo Exhibitions

• 2010 "You Are a Vibrant Human Being", Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  "Clowns and Portraits", Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
• 2008 Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
• 2007 New Work, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
• 2005 Everything Is Great!, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
  Artists Are Great, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Houston, TX
  Jim Torok: Things are Better, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn,IL
• 2003 A Family: Portraits by Jim Torok, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
  New Paintings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
• 2002 Story Boards and Self Portraits, Bill Maynes Gallery
• 2001 Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
• 2000 Up Close and Personal: Portraits by Jim Torok, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, Kansas
• 1999 hi tech lo tech, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY
  Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  Galerie Haas   Fuchs, Berlin, Germany
• 1998 Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
• 1997 Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2010 Size Matters, Flag Foundation for Arts, NYC
  Portraiture Now - Communities, National Portraiture Gallery, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC
  One for All, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
  LOL, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
• 2009 Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Lens and the Mirror: Self-Portraits from the Collection 1957 - 2007, New York City
  About Face, Adam Baumgold Gallery, NYC
  Note to Self, Schroeder Romero Gallery, NYC
  Carousel – life performance, Dixon Place, NYC
• 2008 Comic Worlds, Nancy Margolis Gallery, NYC
  Here's Looking at us, Peter Fingesten Gallery, Pace University, NYC
  Words Become Pictures, Molloy College, Rockville Center, NY
• 2007 Block Party II: An Exhibition of Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 2006 PIEROGI Leipzig, Germany
  B Side, Sarah Bowen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (March 31–April 30) Curated by Caroline Cox
  Portraits, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (January 27–March 2)
• 2005 Star Star; Toward the Center of Attention, CAC (Contemporary Arts Center), Cincinnati, OH
  Next Next, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY (4 October–17 December)
• 2004 Vacation Nation, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
  Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
  The Drawn Page, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
• 2003 One-On-One, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
  Painter’s Forms, The Work Space, New York, NY
  Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Institute of Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh (curated by Vicky Clark and Barbara Bloemink); traveled to CCA, New Orleans, and the University of North Texas
  American Art Today: Faces and Figures, Art Museum of Florida International University, Miami, FL
  Brooklyn on 57th Street, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
  New Work New York, Annie Herron’s Selections from the Pierogi Flatfiles, Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, Carlsbad, New Mexico
• 2002 Works on Paper, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY
  Invitational Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
• 2001 Brooklyn!, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
  Picture This, Flipside, New York, NY
  Self-Made Men, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
  Meat Market Art Fair, Pierogi, New York, NY
  Haulin’ Ass: Pierogi in LA, Post, Los Angeles, CA
• 2001 Good Humor, EPC, New York, NY
• 2000 Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
  Reconfigured, Pace University Gallery, Pleasantville, NY
  Inaugural Exhibit, Indiana University Art Gallery, Southbend, IN
  Drawing from Pierogi: Selection from the Flat File, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
  Stop That Racket, Dixon Place, New York, NY
  Rage for Art, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
  Face to Face, Concordia College, Bronxville, New York
• 1999 Portraits, The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
  Popcorn, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
  Changing Faces: Contemporary Portraiture, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
  Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY
  Traditions, Transitions, and Transformations: Exploration of Art Making with Pinholes, Pixels, and Moving Pictures, Samuel Chen Fine Art Center, Central Connecticut State University Galleries, New Britain, CT
  Salute to Animation, Concourse Gallery, John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, CA
  Avant Garde-O-Rama, PS 122, New York, NY
  Short Stuff, Film Festival, Huntington Beach Art Center, CA
  Trench Waveforms, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York (curated by Norman Douglas)
  Benefit Auction, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, NY
• 1998 Current/Undercurrent, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
  International Short Film & Festival, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
  Reflex and Reverie, The Kitchen, New York, NY
  Carousel, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
  New York State Biennial, New York State Museum, Albany, NY
  Benefit Auction, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, NY
  River of Mud, The Kitchen, New York, NY
• 1997 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
  When the Whim siécle, Collezione Peggy Guggenheim, Venice; Ice House Gallery, Belgium
  New York Drawers, The Gasworks, London; Corner House, Manchester, UK
  Moonworks Festival, Stella Adler Conservatory, New York, NY
• 1996 Invitational +, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York, NY
  The Art Exchange Show, New York, NY
  Slide Masters, Dixon Place, New York, NY
  Too Many Clothes, The Kitchen, New York, NY
• 1995 Avant Garde-O-Rama, P.S. 122, New York, NY
  Film Club, Four Walls, Brooklyn, NY
  Yikes!, Cucaracha, New York, NY
• 1994 Open Book, 450 Broadway Gallery, NewYork, NY
  Whateva, Dru Arstark Gallery, New York, NY
  The Faust Festival, Nada, New York, NY
  The Jupiter Project, Four Walls, Brooklyn, NY
  Aaron’s Cabaret, Nada, New York, NY
  Promotional Copy Event, The Kitchen, Printed Matter, New York, NY
• 1993 Bad Girls, The Reading Lounge, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
  Promotional Copy Opening, The Guggenheim Downtown, New York, NY
  Drawing Show, Park Slope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
• 1992 City Life, Bridgewater/Lustberg, New York, NY
  Columbus, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
• 1991 The Eccentric Object, Bridgewater/Lustberg, New York, NY

Museum Collections

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
• The Museum of Modern Art, New York City

Private Collections

• The Margulies Collection
• The Cartin Collection
• Glenn Fuhrman Collection
• Beth DeWoody Collection

Awards

• Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Purchase Fund for “Diptych Self-Portrait,” 2002 through the Academy of Arts and Letters.