Now Showing:
Pence Chowning Gallery
Campbellsville, Kentucky
&
International Trucking Service Gallery
Saint Joseph, Missouri
Tori Christgen
https://www.torichristgen.com/
EDUCATION:
-MFA, Studio Art 2012-2015
Maryland Institute College of Art
Summa Cum Laude Graduate
-BFA, Studio Art 2008-2012
Missouri Western State University
Summa Cum Laude Graduate
EXHIBITIONS RECORD:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 10 Years in the Making
Mad Potter Studio
Weston, Missouri
-McCoy, Fall Fabric Launch and Exhibition
Pence Chowning Gallery
Campbellsville, Kentucky
2020 Pura Vida, Pandemic Pandemonium
Tamarindo, Costa Rica
2018 Nana’s Lace Revisited
Red Door Gallery
Kansas City, Missouri
2017 Thistles and Magpies Popup
Room in the Back Gallery
Lawrence, Kansas
2016 Inca Interpretations
Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, Kentucky
-Badass Betties Popup
Foster's Lounge
Saint Joseph, Missouri
-Tori Christgen
Yost Gallery, Highland Community College
Highland Kansas
2015 Moments
Mad Potter Studio
Weston, Missouri
2014 Flocking and Sorting
Cutty College for Women
Nevada, Missouri
2012 Layers
Craft Gallery, University of Missouri
Colombia, Missouri
2011 Tori Christgen
Foster’s
Saint Joseph, Missouri
JURIED/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Portals and Pathways
International Trucking Service Gallery
Saint Joseph, Missouri
2020 Contemporary Watercolor Artist- 1st place awarded
Art House Gallery
-Created in Isolation
Light Space Time Gallery
2019 Prints with Power
Prints of Today International
Coleen, Italy
-Fems of Fiber
Golden Thread Gallery
2018 Juried Member Exhibition- 2nd and 3rd Places granted
Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art
Saint Joseph, Missouri
-Perspectives
Albricht Kemper Museum of Art
Saint Joseph, Missouri
2017 Negelibata
Union Street Gallery
Kokomo, Indiana
2016 Applefest Artist
Weston, Missouri
-Tori Christgen & Dana Rudolf
Yost Gallery, Highland Community College
Highland, Kansas
-Left Behind
The Olive Gallery
Saint Joseph, Missouri
2015 MWSU Alumni Show
Missouri Western State University
Saint Joseph, Missouri
-Weston Apple Fest
Weston, Missouri
-MICA Grad Show 2015
Decker Gallery
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, Maryland
2014 Art at the Center,
The Abstract Exhibition
Tomahawk Ridge Center
Overland Park, Kansas
-Shift
Dana Rudolph and Tori Christgen
Paradox Gallery
-Facility Exhibition
Missouri Western State University
Saint Joseph, Missouri
-First Saturdays
Paradox Gallery
Saint Joseph, Missouri
-Patrick Larsen and Tori Christgen
R. Macy Jewelry, Gallery
Weston Missouri
-Graduate Student Show
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, Maryland
2013 Graduate Student Show
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, Maryland
-Better Block
Temp Agency
Saint Joseph, Missouri
2012 Senior Exhibition
Missouri Western State University
Saint Joseph, Missouri
*Best of Show awarded
POSITIONS HELD:
-Assistant Professor, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY (2021-present)
-Assistant Professor, Missouri Western State University, Saint Joseph, MO (2016-2019)
-Adjunct Professor, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, Mo (2012-2016)
-Studio Assistant, Sculptor Brent Collins
-Artistic Director, Dancing In Grace, St. Joseph, MO (2008-2013)
-Foundry Technician /TA , Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO (2010-2012)
-Tutor and Mentor, Coleman Elementary, St. Joseph, MO (2008-2010)
-Illustrator, CVS Pharmacy, St. Joseph, MO (2009)
WORKSHOPS TAUGHT:
-Mad Potter, Screen printing on Clay, 2021
-Pura Vita, Lace Printing, 2020
-Artscape, ink It Up, Direct Printing 2019
-Artscape, Basketweaving 2018
-Inca Interpretations Alternative Printmaking, Campbellsville, Kentucky 2026
-National Conference of Undergraduate Research-Establishing a System of Green Sand Casting, Salt Lake City, Utah 2012
-Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education-Fiscally and Ecologically Responsible Metal Casting Methods. MWSU, Saint Joseph, MO 2012
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY:
Mad Potter Studio, Weston, Missouri 2021
Finca de Flora, Paraiso, Costa Rica 2020
Pura Vita, Tamarindo, Costa Rica 2020
Robidoux Resident Theatre, Saint Joseph, Missouri 2017
Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, Kentucky 2016
Map Pottery Studio, Weston, Missouri 2015
Cutty College, Nevada, Missouri 2014
MWSU, Saint Joseph, Missouri 2012
PUBLICATIONS:
Better Homes and Gardens, Do It Yourself, 01/21 Issue
Art House Gallery-http://arthouseonlinegallery.com/art/artist-christgen-tori-artwork-authentic-breakfast/
The Hand Magazine, Featured Artist: https://thehandmagazine.net
St Joseph News Presshttp://www.stjosephpost.com/2016/02/06/first-saturday-includes-printmaking-exhibit-in-downtown-st-joseph/
MICA https://libguides.mica.edu/mfast
Cambellsville University https://www.campbellsville.edu/news/missouri-artist-exhibits-printmaking-at-campbellsville-university/
AKMA http://albrecht-kemper.org/exhibitions/2019-akma-membership-exhibition-call-for-artwork/
MICA https://mfastblog.wordpress.com/class-of-2015/
AWARDS, HONORS and RESIDENCIES:
First Place awarded- Watercolor Artist, Art House Gallery
2nd and 3rd places awarded, Albricht Kemper Museum of Art, Saint Joseph, Missouri
MFA Studio Art Academic Scholarship
Missouri Western State University Artist in Residency, 2012
Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Missouri Western State University
Dean’s List -eight semesters
Presidential Honor Roll – eight semesters
John & Mary Veoski Art Scholarship
Blake K. Scanlon Applied Learning Presentation Grant
Student Excellence Fund
Best of Show awarded, MWSU Senior Exhibition