Patricia Torres
Cabeza, mixed media/silkscreen
Patricia Torres was born in the state of Michoacán, Mexico in 1963.
In 1984, Patricia Torres received a masters degree in Art and Feminism from Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (National School of Fine Art and literature) in Mexico City.
After graduated universiy, Torres continued to live in Mexico City, working as a painter and printmaking, alongside artists such as Gunther Gerzso, Jose Luis Cuevas, and Leonora Carrington.
In 2015 Torres moved to San Francisco, California, where she has lived and worked ever since.
Work by the Patricia Torres is collected internationally by private collectors and by public museums such as Art Modern Museum (Mexico City) and the Rafael Coronel Museum in Zacatecas, Mexico.
Available works
Patricia Torres
Compression
oil on Canvas
50" x 50" (127 cm x 127 cm)
signed
Patricia Torres
Donuts
ink Wash on Paper
1998
22" x 30" (56 cm x 76 cm)
signed
Patricia Torres
ink wash on paper
1998
22" x 30" (56 cm x 76 cm)
signed
“The border between the inner experience and the external presence of the body becomes blurred, evoking the antecedent of the work of Frida Kahlo, but in a language that refers us strongly to the visual culture of the 21st century, and to a ferocious disenchantment with both the industry that manufactures the feminine as well as with the women who buy it.
Thus, the work of Patricia Torres places us, like Rachel, the beautiful replicant of the classic film Blade Runner, in a position of doubtful and painful humanity.”
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