Patricia Torres
Cover: Europa Looking Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas 48 x 60 inches 2024
Patricia Torres contact@patriciatorres.com https://www.patriciatorres.com
Copyright @ Patricia Torres, 2025
Patricia Torres
“Underlying Meaning” Project
Paintings 2023-2025
Underlying Meaning” is a project that explores the complex portrayals of women in art, focusing on the themes of objectification, control, and the historical context of femininity. Through my artistic practice, I aim to challenge the deeply ingrained narratives that have shaped societal perceptions of women by encouraging viewers to engage critically with representations of femininity.
Femininity is a series of ideas and concepts shaped by each culture and historical moment. It is clear that while culture evolves, the customs and values underpinning femininity have remained relatively constant, recurring across cultures and epochs and normalized through the artistic images created within each society. These representations are internalized, perpetuated, and ultimately normalized.
Classic paintings act as containers, time travelers of past social and political values and symbols framed by the male gaze. Paintings from the past, now considered masterpieces and modern media, share a common theme: controlling and constructing behavioral attitudes toward women, defining beauty and femininity.
In this series, I analyze the representations of iconic masterpieces in art history and how they embody the narratives of objectification and misogyny. These narratives reflect the messages of the social standards of civilization and how they have been accepted through glorifying “great art and great masters,” which normalize these concepts and transmit them over time as part of “high culture.”
The Body in Question Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas 48 x 60 inches 2023
Biology
Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas
48 x 60 inches
2023
The Bread
Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas
48 x 60 inches 2023
The Way Women’s Bodies have Been Read
Ink/acrylic/transfers/markers/paper
22 x 30 inches
2023
Women Looking at Their Representations
Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas
48 x 60 inches
2023
The Dot Pattern of the Representation Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas 48 x 60 inches 2023
Venus and the Message She Promotes Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas
48 x 60 inches
2023
Dehumanizing Narrative Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas 48 x 60 inches 2023
Meaning
Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas
48 x 60 inches
2024
No Hair Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas
48 x 60 inches 2024
Urinating Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas
48 x 60 inches 2023
Eva and the Snake (Diptic) Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas 46 x 46 inches each piece
Fear Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas
48 x 60 inches
Inflatable Swan Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas 48 x 60 inches 2024
looking
Ink/acrylic/transfers/markers/paper
22 x 30 inches
2023
Media Representations
Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas
48 x 60 inches
2024
The Cat Oil/acrylic/transfers/markers/canvas
48 x 60 inches 2024
AWARDS
2022-25 National System of Creators, Fellowship, Culture Secretariat, Mexico
2016 Artist in Residence, General Consulate of Mexico in San Francisco, CA
2016 Artist in Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2013-16 National System of Creators, Fellowship, National Foundation for Culture and Arts, Mexico
2012 Achievement Award 2011-2012, Academic Excellence, San Francisco State University, SF, CA
2001 Artist in Residency Grant, The Banff Center for the Arts, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Mexican National Foundation for Culture and Arts
1998 Kala Institute Fellowship Award, Berkeley, CA
1997 Honorable Mention, III Annual Biennial of Monterrey, Monterrey Museum, N.L., Mexico
1997 Artist in Residency Grant, The Banff Center for the Arts, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Mexican National Foundation for Culture and Arts
1996 President of the Jury for the National Youth Award, Fine Arts Division, Presidency of Mexico, Mexico City
1995 Honorable Mention, XI Biennial of Latin American Art and Caribbean Prints, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995 National Endowment for the Arts, USA -Mexico-USA Grant, Artist in Residency, National Foundation for Culture and Arts, Mexico
1993 Young Creators Program Award, National Foundation for Culture and Arts, National Council for Culture and Arts, Mexico
1988 Award, Biennial of Latin American Art and Prints, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1987 Winner-National Youth Artist Award, Fine Arts, Mexican Government, Distinction in Fine Arts, presented by the President of Mexico, Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico
1986 Honorable Mention, National Youth Artist Award, Fine Arts, Mexican Government, Distinction in Fine Art, presented by the President of Mexico, Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico
SOLO SHOWS
2023 In Process, General Consulate of Mexico in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2019 From Inside Out, Bond Latin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Representations, General Consulate of Mexico in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2014 Only One Hair, Lourdes Sosa Gallery, Mexico City
2008 Apart, Lourdes Sosa Gallery, Mexico City
2005 We are talking about only one, Polanco Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Organica, Lourdes Sosa Gallery, Mexico City
2002 Concepts, TEC of Monterrey, Mexico City
2001 Impressions, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
2000 Stories, Art Gallery, Iberoamericana University, Puebla, Mexico
1999 Thyroid Stories, University Museum of Chopo, Mexico City
1999 Again, Aurthos Gallery, Polanco, Mexico City
1998 Observations, Art Gallery, Metropolitan University, Mexico City
1997 Icons, Kala Art Institute Fellowship Awards Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
1997 Ventilation, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
1997 Condolences, Technological Institute of Monterrey, Mexico State Campus
1996 Vision and Thoughts of the View Master, Praxis Gallery, Mexico City
1994 Patricia Torres Exhibit, Paintings, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris, France
1993 Columns, Contemporary Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico
1992 Between Intestinal Movements and Vertebrae Columns, Praxis Gallery, Mex.
1990 Letters from the Heart, Robert Dana Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Collections
Kimberly Collection, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC (public)
National Bank of Mexico, Mexico City (public)
Art Modern Museum, Mexico City (public)
Rafael Coronel Museum, Zacatecas, Mexico (public)
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA (public)
Institute of Culture, San Juan, Puerto Rico (public)
Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA (public)
Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico City (private)
Monterrey Institute of Technology, Monterrey, Mexico (private)
Here you can see the full version of the resume: Patricia Torres Resume
Copyright @ Patricia Torres, 2025