Associate Professor of Art+Design
Painting/Drawing Program
School of Art+Design
Office: Visual Arts Bldg., Rm. 2013
Tel.: (914) 251-6769
Fax: (914) 251-6793
Email: michael.torlen@purchase.edu
Web site: www.michaeltorlen.com
Michael Torlen’s work is in the collections of the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, and numerous corporations. His selected exhibitions include “Song for My Father,” Randall Tuttle Fine Arts, CT; and “Inspired by Nature,” Neuberger Museum of Art. He exhibits regularly in New England, particularly in Maine.
Education
B.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
M.F.A., Ohio State University
Selected Awards
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
University Fellow, Georgia Commission on the Arts
International Travel Grant, Australia Council
Weir Farm Trust Artist-in-Residence
Acadia National Park Artist-in-Residence