Torild Stray
Born in Norway, lives and works in New York
www.tstray.com
One Person Exhibitions
2008
2006
2005
2003
2001
1998
1996
Access, Gallery A,Oslo,Norway
Transformations, Gallery Langegaarden, Bergen, Norway
Recent Paintings, Gallery A, Oslo, Norway
Black Out, Gallery A, Oslo, Norway
Anna K Gallery, Gramercy, New York
Galleri 27, Oslo, New York Metamorphosis
Floor 85, NYC, Steem Gallery, New York
Gallery Bouhlou, Bergen,Norway
The Wall Gallery, curated by Sabrina Fierman, New York University
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
2007
2006
2004
2000
1999
1998
1994
Eros Nocturno curated by Roman Arbear
Jonathan Shorr Gallery,Soho, New York
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
Speed Limit, an experiment:History of Women's Art, curated by Seth Cameron,
Redhead Project Space, New York
Art Basel Miami, Fountain Art fair, Myths of Ekte
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
World Views, selected artists from World Trade Center Artists Recidency
Nabisco Gallery, New Jersey
Bergen Kunsthalle, Juleutstilling
Depiction, curated by Karen Wilkin, First Street Gallery, Soho, New York
The Downtown Art Exchange Show, New York
Absolut Secret, David McKee Gallery, New York
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
2007
2003
2000/01
1999
1994
Project for Impala Hedgefund Company, New York
Large Cityscape Painting, Gro and Petter Skjensvold, Oslo
Double Portrait Painting; Beatrice Renault and James Whitecross, New York
Portrait Painting; John Bomhoff, Chief Financial Officer and Deputive Director,
Guggenheim Museum 1999, New York
Portrait Painting of Sy Gort, Trustee at the New York Studio School 1994,
New York
Grants / Awards
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, New York
Teaching
2004/06 Drawing and Painting Class for private students, Soho, New York
2001 /02 Teaching Drawing, New York Studio School
2001
Drawing Marathon, Byggen Art School, Bergen
Education
1990-94
1988/90
1990/88
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture
Nordic School of Art, Kokkola, Finland.
Acepted at Valand Art Academy Gothenburg, Sweden
Arthistory and Examen Philosophicum, University of Bergen, Norway
Selected Public and Private Collections
New York Federal Reserve Bank, New York
Grieg Holding, Norway
Cathrine and Simon Mace, London
Philip Isles, New York
Selected Bibliography
2006 Review Bergens Tidende, Norway, Paintings with depth and soulful imagery by Oystein Hauge
2004 Site Matters, Book published by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's World
Trade Center Artists Residency, 1997-2001
2003 Norwegian Public Radio, P2 Radio,Oslo, directed by Tonje Aursland ; Art in
NYC post 9/11
2002 Review NY Arts Magazine, Where is (intimate) painting today, by Robert C. Morgan
2001 Review www.artcritical.com Real Presences, by Jack Ireland
Review Dagbladet, Oslo, October 2, 1998: Dystopia and Dance of Death, by Harald Floor
1998 New York Times, April 30, 1998: Port Authority Opens Trade Center to Select Painters,
by Jan Hoffman
National Public Radio, NPR Morning Edition May 1998: Artists' Lofty Lofts, by Margot Adler
Norwegian Broadcasting Television , interview by Manahatta Film at the 91st Fl Studio,WTC