Suspended between the real and the imagined, the known and the unknown, Torres’s landscapes weave a constellation of feelings, memories and dreams.
She paints from her imagination and memory, where light and weight intertwine, drawing you into a personal well of resonance in which she explores themes of loss, longing, hope, revelation, terror, and awe. All the while, the contemplation lingers on the enigmatic mysteries intrinsic to nature.
IRENE TORRES CV
Irene Torres is a Naarm/ Melbourne-based artist and curator whose work spans over two decades.
Her work has been included in significant Australian art awards including The Glover Art Prize, Evandale and The Hadley’s Art Prize, Hobart. Torres’s work is held in important private and public collections around Australia and overseas.
She works from her home studio in Melbourne’s inner north, alongside her beloved son, cat, and garden.
Born 1981, Melbourne Australia
Education:
Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours, RMIT University 2003
Master of Fine Art candidate, RMIT 2006
Selected Exhibitions:
PG Gallery, Force of Nature, Mystery in the Australian Landscape. Curated by Irene Torres 2024
Hadley’s Art Prize Hobart, Finalist, 2023
PG Gallery, Recent landscape paintings, 2022
Glover Prize Evandale, Finalist, 2021
PG Gallery, Paintings and prints of the Australian Landscape 2019
Off the Kerb Gallery, Winter Group Show, 2019
PG Gallery, upstairs: Recent paintings, Solo show 2018
Hogan Gallery, Recent works, Solo show, 2009
Australian Centre for Photography Red Eyes and Sticky Fingers, 2005
Australian Centre for Photography Zeitgeist, 2005
Hobson’s Bay Contemporary Art Awards 2004, 2005, 2006
RMIT Story Hall Gallery, 2003
RMIT First Site Gallery, 2003
RMIT Project space gallery, 2003 and 2006
Span Galleries, RMIT Graduate Exhibition 2003
Collections: RMIT University, Private collections in Australia, Spain, England, USA and Chile.
Achievements:
Finalist Hadley’s Art Prize Hobart, 2023
Finalist Glover Prize 2021 - Australia’s most prestigious Landscape Painting Prize
Australian Centre for Photography Zeitgeist, Artists selected by 11 critics and curators - likely to be future influence on Australian cultural life. 2004
Shortlisted for Siemens’ scholarship awards 2003
Shortlisted for Hobson’s Bay Contemporary Art Awards 2004, 2005, 2006
Publications: Sydney Morning Herald, 2005 / Real Time Magazine 2003
Glover 2021 publications
Professional appointments:
PG Printmaker Gallery Fitzroy – Co owner, Director and Curator 2015 - 2025
Workshops in Printmaking and Drawing, PG Gallery
Art Mentoring from 2025
Curator of exhibitions 2010 - 2025 PG Gallery, Fitzroy