Bio

Education
     M.F.A. Brooklyn College, New York, 1981  
     B.F.A. Indiana University, 1979    
 
 Solo Exhibitions
 2011   Walton, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
 2010  You Are a Vibrant Human Being, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
            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

 2011  Subjective/Objective, Pierogi,Brooklyn, NY
          In-and outside-writing, Voorkramer, Belgium
          Art Squared, Flag Foundation, New York City
          Williamsburg 2000, Art 101, Brooklyn, NY
 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
            Do I Know You? , Inman Gallery, Houston, 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.