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
2023 Memories for Wondering Souls
Coloring Book Pop Up
Saint Joseph, Missouri
Phenom Penh, Cambodia
2021 10 Years in the Making
Mad Potter Studio
Weston, Missouri
-McCoy, Fall Fabric Launch and Exhibition
Pence Chowing 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
-Better Block Pop Up
Saint Joseph, Missouri
-Ladies in Wisteria
Paradox Gallery
Saint Joseph, Missouri
2014 Amalgamations
Paradox Gallery
Saint Joseph, Missouri
- 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
2023 Light Work
Susan Kirkland Tesseneer Art Gallery
Campbellsville, Kentucky
-Cognoscenti
Susan Kirkland Tesseneer Art Gallery Art
Campbellsville, Kentucky
- Nuditas 2023
Exhibizone Smart Exhibitions & Biafarin Artist Magazine
-Elements (Earth, Water, Air, Fire, X)
Exhibizone Smart Exhibitions & Biafarin Artist Magazine
2022 Parts and Labor
Pence Chowing Art Gallery
Campbellsville, Kentucky
2021 October Plein Air Exhibition, 3rd place granted
Plein Air Salon
-Portals and Pathways
International Trucking Service Gallery
Saint Joseph, Missouri
-The All Women Exhibition
Contemporary Art Gallery
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 Nefelibata
Union Street Gallery
Kokomo, Indiana
-Post Cards Revisited
Albricht Kemper Museum of Art
Saint Joseph, Missouri
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 Graduate 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
CURATORIAL:
2023 Things That Never Die, CU Chorus/Figure Drawing Collaboration Recital
Light Work: Sculptural Light Exhibition
Susan Kirkland Tesseneer Art Gallery
Campbellsville, Kentucky
-Things that Never Die: Collaboration Dr. Loida Pineda
Gheens Recital Hall
Campbellsville, Kentucky
-Starfall: Collaboration with Dr. Chad Floyd
Gheens Recital Hall
Campbellsville, Kentucky
2022 Six: Collaboration with Dr. Chad Floyd
Gheens Recital Hall
Campbellsville, Kentucky
- Watercolors
Ransdell Chapel
Campbellsville, Kentucky
- Lindsey Bailey
Susan Kirkland Tesseneer Art Gallery
Campbellsville, Kentucky
-Library Perspectives, Pop Up Exhibition
Montgomery Library
Campbellsville, Kentucky
-Interior/Exterior, Pop Up Exhibition
Montgomery Library
Campbellsville, Kentucky
2021 Plien Air Memories: Paintings of Taylor County
Susan Kirkland Tesseneer Art Gallery
Campbellsville, Kentucky
-Homecoming Pride, Painting Student Pop Up
CU Art Cabin
Campbellsville, Kentucky
-Library Perspectives, Drawing Student Pop Up Exhibition
Montgomery Library
Campbellsville, Kentucky
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:
-Mystery Molds, Sunday Clay Fun Day Workshops, 2023
-Screenprinting Clay, Sunday Clay Fun Day Workshops, 2023
-Southern Women in the Art, Contemporary Plein Air, 2022
-Mad Potter, Screen printing on Clay, 2021
-Pura Vita, Lace Printing, 2020
-Artscape, ink It Up, Direct Printing 2019
-Artscape, Basket weaving 2018
-Inca Interpretations Alternative Printmaking 2016
-National Conference of Undergraduate Research-Establishing a System of Green Sand Casting 2014
-Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education-Fiscally and Ecologically Responsible Metal Casting Methods. 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
SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2023 -Exhibition Judge, Lincoln Days Art Show
Hodgenville, Kentucky
-Enhancing Community Engagement Committee
Campbellsville University
-Wellness Committee
Campbellsville University
- Cheatham Center Advisory Council
Campbellsville University
-Takeo Orphanage Drawing-
United States Embassy partnership
Takeo, Cambodia
2022 - Lindsey Bailey/CU Educational Collaboration; workshops, class instruction, artist talk
- Unmasking Memorial, Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, Kentucky
- Watercolor: Art & Design Collaboration with Woodwinds
Ransdell Chapel, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, Kentucky
- Artist Thrive Conference, Winston Salem, North Carolina
- Art Day Volunteer/Painting Room Coordinator, Missouri Western State University
- Enhancing Community Relationships Committee, Campbellsville University
- Cheatham Center Advisory Council, Campbellsville University
- Health and Wellness Council, Campbellsville University
- 200 Hour Yogi Certification
- Art Club Faculty Sponsor, Campbellsville University
PUBLICATIONS:
- Campbellsville Review 2022, Cover Artist
- Campbellsville University https://www.campbellsville.edu/news/campbellsville-university-art-professor-introducing-fall-fabric-line-launch-and-exhibition-until-oct-1/
- https://www.campbellsville.edu/campus-life/campus-resources/faculty/victoria-christgen/
-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/
-Hiawatha World http://www.hiawathaworldonline.com/news/christgen-rudolph-artwork-coming-to-yost-art-gallery/article_d7120ca0-10a8-52cd-9adb-8f83bca80c22.html
-MICA https://libguides.mica.edu/mfast
-Campbellsville 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
George Howell Earth Stewardship Club Awards, 2023
Facility Development Grant, Campbellsville University, 2023
WEL Grant recipient, Campbellsville University, 2023
QEP Grant recipient, Campbellsville University, 2022
Well Grant recipient, Campbellsville University, 2022
3rd place awarded- October Plein Air Exhibition
1st 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
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
