Torrance York, a lens-based artist and educator, has exhibited nationally and internationally and her work is held in public and private collections including the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA. York earned a BA from Yale and an MFA from RISD, was a resident artist at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, CO, and received a Connecticut Artist Fellowship grant.
In 2022, she published her monograph Semaphore about the shift in her perspective after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Featured in various publications and podcasts, Semaphore has been awarded in Lenscratch’s 2021 Art and Science Awards, as a Critical Mass 2021 Finalist, and a favorite book of 2022 by the online photography magazine What Will You Remember? York has presented her project at the World Parkinson’s Congress in Barcelona, at the Neurology Department’s Grand Rounds at the University of Virginia Medical School, and to various art/photo groups and Parkinson’s support groups. Semaphore has been exhibited in solo shows at the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University (MA) and at Rick Wester Fine Art in NYC, who represents her work.
