Anna Torma
ANNA TORMA, RCA
403 Rte 970
Baie Verte NB E4M 1N6 Canada
506 232 1949
STUDIES:
1974-79 MOME Budapest, Hungary, Degree in Textile Art and Design
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
Full Career Retrospective Exhibition Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
Curator: Ray Cronin. Touring exhibition with publication, organized and published by the
Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
2023
Fabula Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2022
Clavette / Torma: Resisting Constraints with Brigitte Clavette, Beaverbrook Art Gallery,
Fredericton NB. Curator: Ray Cronin
2020
Anna Torma: Permanent Danger Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON. Two years on tour
to Art Gallery of Guelph, ON; Owens Art Gallery Sackville NB. Curator: Sarah Quinton;
catalogue published by the Textile Museum of Canada. Catalogue essayists: Sarah Quinton,
Anne Koval and Emily Falvey. Reviews: Earl Miller, Border Crossing Magazine; Lauren Moya
Ford, Anna Torma!s Hand-Sewn Dreams, Hyperallergic.
2018
Anna Torma: Book of Abandoned Details Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB, Canada. Curator:
Shauna Thompson. Video documentary: Conversations with Anna Torma, published by the
Esker Foundation. Exhibition reviews: Erin Silver - Anna Torma at Esker Foundation, Canadian
Art; Lucas Matheson: Critics pics, Artforum Magazine, Top 29 Museum Shows, Artnet News,
2018 summer.
2016
Singular Mythologies Galerie 1700 La Poste, Montreal, QC, Canada. Publications: Anna Torma:
Les Mythologies Singulieres, capsule video. Affiliations: Anna Torma!s artistic and mythological
sites, catalogue essayist: Kirsty Bell. Anguille sous roche, review by Brunehilde Larquet, Vie des
Arts #244.
2015
Anna Torma: Tangled La Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Catalogue essayist: Petra Halkes.
Liens de Sang with Balint Zsako Galerie Robert Poulin, Montreal, QC, Canada. Mixed Grill,
exhibition review by Kolaj Magazine#13.
2014
[becoming] The Logic of Memory Hamilton Artist's Inc., Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Anna Torma: Bagatelles Karsh-Masson Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Anna Torma: Bagatelles and Other Layers StFX University Art Gallery, Antigonish, NS,
Canada. Anna Torma: From Narrative into Uncertainty Catalogue essayist: Tila Kellman.
2013
Anna Torma: Multiple Narratives Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA.
2012
Anna Torma: Bagatelles New Brunswick Museum, St. John, NB, Canada, travelled to Galerie
Montcalm, Quebec City, QC, Canada. Curator and catalogue essayist: Peter Larocque.
2011
Encyclopaedia Domestica Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON, Canada. Curator: Iga Janik.
2010
Transverbal Galerie d'art d'Outremont, Montréal, QC, Canada.
2006
Entering the Garden Art Gallery of Hamilton, travelled to MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, NS,
Canada. Curator: Sarah Knelman; catalogue essayist Anne Koval.
2004
Thorough the Eye of the Needle Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, Canada. Curator: Ya Ling
Huang.
2002
Anna Torma: Embroideries Vigado Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. Curator: Dr. Balazs Feledy.
Catalogue essayist: Dr. Katalin Keseru.
2000
ReDoRePair-ReConstruct Grimsby Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON, Canada. Curator: Rhona
Wenger.
1997
Solo show Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada.
1996
Notes and Visions John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI, USA. Curator: Alison
Ferris.
1994
Hammer Gallery show with Istvan Zsako Hamilton, ON, Canada.
1990
The Spectator Gallery Show Hamilton, ON, Canada.
1985
Ferencvarosi Pincetarlat Budapest, Hungary.
1984
Pesterzsebet Museum Show with Istvan Zsako Budapest, Hungary.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Collect Art Fair London England organized by Craft Alliance Canada.
Contextile Contemporary Textile Art Biennial one of invited artists to represent Canada in
Guiamaraes, Portugal.
2023
Divergences et reciprocite/Flowers, Warriors, Beasts Hands with Anna Torma, Balint Zsako
David Zsako and Istvan Zsako Projet Casa, Montreal, QC, Canada. Curators: Anna Torma and
Kirsty Bell, catalogue essayist Kirsty Bell.
Plural Art Fair Montreal with Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Canada.
2020
Fairy Tails Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB and Confederation Art Centre, Charlottetown,
PEI, Canada. Curator and catalogue essayist: Anne Koval.
2019
Breaching Borders Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland.
Gardens Beasts and Warriors The Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery, Florenceville, NB,
Canada. Curator: Jennifer Stead.
Les histoires necessaries/Instrumental Stories Louise-Reuben-Cohen Art Gallery, Moncton,
NB, Canada.
How far do you travel? Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Imagined Realities Galerie Marie Laure Fleisch Brussels, Belgium.
2018
Lost Threads Touchstone Nelson Museum of Art, Nelson, BC, Canada.
Assembled Dieppe Cultural Centre, Moncton, NB. Art Toronto with Galerie Laroche/Joncas.
2016
10th Textile Biennial Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Attachment MODEM Debrecen Hungary, NB, Canada.
Art Bank Exhibition UMMA, Bangor, ME, USA.
2015
Writing Topography, Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Art Beaverbrook Art Gallery,
Fredericton, NB, Canada. Curator: Corinna Ghaznavi.
2014
Domesticity Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, USA. Curator: Stephanie Buchmann
2012
Soft MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Inaugural Exhibition for New RCA Members Christina Parker Gallery St John's, NF, Canada.
From Lausanne to Beijing 7th International Fiberart Biennale Nantong, China.
2011
Rijswijk Textile Biennial 2011 Museum Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Five Continents-Woven Worlds Tournai Triennial, Tournai, Belgium
Paper Dolls Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB and Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Curator: Anne Koval.
2009
Sur le Fil Maison Folie Wazemmes Lille and Musee International des Art Modestes Sete,
France.
RE: In Situ, CHAC Exhibition Muveszet Malom, Szentendre, Hungary.
2008
The Needle The Paintbrush and The Knife The Proposition NYC, New York, USA.
Fables Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, London, UK with Balint Zsako and Istvan Zsako.
Dia-Logue 6th International Textile Art Triennial Tournai, Belgium.
Stitches: An Invitational Exhibit of Fiber Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK, USA.
2005
Just My Imagination Art Gallery of Windsor, MOCCA Toronto and Dalhousie Art Gallery,
Halifax. NS, Canada. Curators: Kim Moodie, David Meritt and David Liss.
2004
Metaphase/Family installation with Anna Torma, Balint Zsako, David Zsako and Istvan
Zsako, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB and YouMe Gallery, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
2003
Memory Show Fiberscene.com, San Francisco, CA, USA. Curator: Susan Taber-Avila
Art of the Stitch Biennial London, England.
2002
Textiles for 2002 Center Galleries, Detroit, MI, USA.
2001
Fiberart International Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Duologue with Istvan Zsako, Harbourfront Centre Art Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2000
Enchanted Threads: Anna Torma, Nora Levai and Valeria Sovaradi Burlington Art Centre,
Burlington, ON, Canada. Curator: Dawn White Beatty; catalogue essayist: Gabor Feuer.
1999
The 6th International Textile Competition Kyoto, Japan.
1997
Anna Torma/Istvan Zsako Duna Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
Public Hanging Jackson Square Mall, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
1996
"1996” Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada. Curator and catalogue essayist: Ihor
Holubitzky.
Fancy Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada. Curators: Sarah Quinton and John
Armstrong.
1989
Skin and Bones John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2nd International Triennial for Textiles Tournai, Belgium.
1987
6 Hungarian Artists Palazzo Falconeri, Rome, Italy.
1986
Laufer Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungary. Curator: Csaba Polgar.
Textures Exhibition of Minitextiles Bibliothek Nationale, Luxembourgh.
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Museum of History Ottawa, ON, Canada
Beaverbrook Art Gallery Fredericton, NB, Canada
Owens Art Gallery Sackville, NB, Canada
Fidelity Investments London, England
Royal Bank Art Collection, Toronto, ON, Canada
TD Bank Art Collection, Montreal, QC Canada
BMO Art Collection, Montreal, QC Canada
Canada House Art Collection, London, England
Richard Harris Collection Chicago, IL, U.S.A
New Brunswick Art Bank Fredericton, NB, Canada
Museum of Art and Design New York, NY, U.S.A
Mint Museum of Craft and Design Charlotte, NC, U.S.A
Arkansas Art Center Arkansas, AK, U.S.A
MSVU Art Gallery Halifax, NS, Canada
Foreign Affairs Canada Art Collection Ottawa, ON, Canada
Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
Ministry of Heritage and Culture Art Collection, Budapest, Hungary