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Eileen Torpey, Drift founder
Eileen Olivieri Torpey
divides her time between New York City and New Mexico. Her artwork is exhibited
both nationally and internationally and involves video, drawing and installation/site
projects. Recent exhibitions include, Noche Delicious in Madrid,
NM, Blender at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York City, RENTERS:
An Aesthetic Insertion in Santa Fe, Megabytes at The Center
for Contemporary Arts in Santa Fe, Form and Emptiness at The Mark
Woolley Gallery in Portland, OR, Bloc-Busta at the Design Warehouse
in Santa Fe, Hum • Hover • Dive at the Soap Factory
in Minneapolis. In 2004 her work was shown at The Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery,
University of the Arts in Philadelphia, The Safe-T Gallery in Brooklyn and
at the VI International Digital Art Exhibit in Havana, Cuba. In 2003 she
had a one-person show of drawings and video at The aRaMoNa Studio Gallery
in New York City. In 2001 she received a grant from the US Embassy to install
public art pieces in Reykjavik, Iceland. She is a two-time recipient of
a Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation grant. In 1999 Ms. Torpey performed at the
Whitney Museum of Art in New York City.
Ms. Torpey's curatorial projects are thematically diverse, specific to each site and focus primarily on emerging artists. Recent curated exhibitions include, MOTION, a performance photography show at the Santa Fe Art Institute, and Drift, a site-specific annual exhibition that travels to a new location every year. In 2001-2003 she directed the 5,000 sq. ft. gallery space at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University and in 2004-2005 she worked as the Exhibition Director at the Santa Fe Art Institute. Currently she is working as an independent curator, videographer and producer of an independent feature film.
www.eileentorpey.com
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