Torild Stray

Born in Norway.

Currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

www.tstray.com

One Person Exhibitions

2010 Eruption - New Paintings, Gallery Langegaarden, Bergen, Norway

2008 Access, Gallery A,Oslo, Norway

2006   Transformations, Gallery Langegaarden
2005   Recent Paintings, Gallery A
2003   Black Out, Gallery A
2001   New works, Anna K Gallery, Gramercy , New York 

 New York Metamorphosis,Oct 3rd 2001, Gallery K, Oslo

  drawing innstallation:14 x 6ft drawing made in WTC studios

1998    Floor 85, NYC, Steem Gallery, New York            
1996    Gallery Bouhlou, Bergen
            The Wall Gallery, Stern School of Bussiness, curated by Sabrina Fierman, New York University

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 Group show curated by Michael Conner, Marian Spore,

          an accumulative Museum of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn

          The Sweatest Thing, four artists at TL Gallery NYC, LREI Art Auction Benefit, NYC,

          Nordic Mixed Media curated by Elfie Von Kantzow, Scandinavian Society, NY

2010  It's a wonderful 10th curated by Ricard Timperio, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2009 Unfiltered building D, Governors Island 2nd Annual Art Fair, NYC

          Group exhibition curated by Anne Sofie Bertelsen, Gallery Langegaarden

2008  Visions of The figure :From Where We Stand, curated by Elisa Jensen, Repetti Gallery,

            LIC New York

           A-laget, curated by Andreas Engelstad, Gallery A

           Governors Island 1st Annual Art Fair

            Eros Nocturno, curated by Roman Arbear at Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York

2007 Things from your life,an exhibition in 3 homes, Jackson Heights, NY

         curated by Kelly Adams and Paul Bloodgood

         Art at Aspatuck, Curated by Eunice Miller,West Hampton, New York

         NY Studio School Benefit Exhibit, New York

2006   Speed Limit, an experiment:History of Women's Art, curated by Seth Cameron,

            Redhead Project Space, New York

            Myths of Ekte, Art Basel Miami, Fountain Art fair

2004   The Phantomb Limb, curated by Raul Zamudio, Unit B Gallery, Chicago
            New York  Studio School Ilumni Exhibition, curated by Judd Tully, Elisabeth

           Harris Gallery, Chelsea, New York   

           Three-person Show, curated by Jack Dunbar and Elisabeth Mac Donald,

           Washington Art Association, Connecticut, New York

           Winter Invitational, curated by Christina Chow, Painting Center, Soho, New York

2000    World Views, selected artists from World Trade Center Artists Recidency

            Nabisco Gallery, New Jersey

            Bergen Kunsthall, Juleutstilling

1999    Depiction, curated by Karen Wilkin, First Street Gallery, Soho, New York            
1998    The Downtown Art Exchange Show, New York
            Absolut Secret, David McKee Gallery, New York                    
1994    The Independent Biennial, Galeria en El Barrio, Alphabet City, New York  
            The Perceptual Pursuit, curated by Graham Nikson, Plaza Gallery, Fordham

            University, New York  

 Private Commissions

2009/10  Portrait Commissions of collector Uguhr Koyluoglu, Princton, NJ

2007      Project for Impala Hedgefund Company, New York

2003       Large Cityscape Painting of Bergen year 2000, Skjensvold, Oslo
2000/01  Double Portrait Painting; Beatrice Renault and James Whitecross, New York   
1999       Portrait Painting; John Bomhoff, Chief Financial Officer and Deputive Director,

               Guggenheim Museum 1999, New York

1994       Portrait Painting of Sy Gort, Trustee at the New York Studio School

Grants / Awards   

2010  The Foundation of 1949 for the Bussiness Community of Bergen,

          City of Bergen Department for Art & Culture

2006  City of Bergen Art Stipend, Norway
2001  The Royal Norwegian Consulate General, New York

1998/99  Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, World  Views, an Artist-in-Residence Program

               in the World Trade Center, New York 

1994/95   Sally Avery Scholarship. Scandinavian Society Cultural Price, New York

1992/93   Charles Revson Fellowship, Liv og Arnfinn Heies Stipend, New York,

                 Agnes Gund Scholarship, New York, New York Times Foundation

Education

1990-94     New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture        
1988/90     Nordic School of Art, Kokkola, Finland.

                  Acepted at Valand Art Academy Gothenburg, Sweden        
1990/88     Arthistory and Examen Philosophicum, University of Bergen, Norway

Selected Public and Private Collections

Modernetransport AS

New York Federal Reserve Bank, New York
Grieg Holding, Norway
Mr & Mrs Mace, London
Philip Isles, New York

Selected Bibliography

2010  Stray paints humans with raw energy, Interview & article by Silje Stavrum Norevik

          Byavisen Bergen,Sept 14th

2008  Painting as a vision by Erik Bjornskau Aftenposten, May 26th,Oslo

2006  Paintings with depth and soulful imagery by Oystein Hauge, Review Bergens Tidende

2004   Site Matters, Book published by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's World

  Trade Center Artists Residency, 1997-2001

2003    Art in NYC post 9/11,Norwegian Public Radio, P2 Radio,Oslo, directed by Tonje Aursland

2002    Where is (intimate) painting today, by Robert C. Morgan, Review  NY Arts Magazine 

2001    Real Presences, by Jack Ireland,Review  www.artcritical.com 

            Dystopia and Dance of Death, by Harald  Floor, Review  Dagbladet, Oslo, October 2nd

1998    Port Authority Opens Trade Center to Select Painters,

           by Jan Hoffman, New York Times, April 30th, 1998

           Artists' Lofty Lofts, by Margot Adler, National Public Radio, NPR Morning Edition May 1998

            Norwegian Broadcasting Television , interview by Manahatta Film at the 91st Fl Studio,WTC