Tanya Torres

Tanya Torres (born 1969 in New York City) is a Puerto Rican artist,[1] author, and poet. After being born in New York, her family moved back to San Germán, Puerto Rico where she grew up until she was 15 years old and then returned to New York.

Education

She received her B.A. in Art Education at the City College of New York and was offered a scholarship for an M.F.A. in Printmaking with a minor in Painting.[2]

Life and artwork

In 1997 she moved to El Barrio where she created the artistic space Mixta Gallery. Her artwork has been presented at the United Nations Organization, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Library, the Museum of the 19th Century Dominican Family in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), the Porta Coeli Museum of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, and the Prague Congress Centre in the Czech Republic, among other cultural institutions.[3][4]

Torres is also the force behind "Children Without a Nationality" project which she describes as: "The idea came about when I told a friend that I was going to exhibit the Battle Body pieces in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She told me that she had recently found out that children born of Haitian parents in the Dominican Republic do not have the right to Dominican citizenship and live in the worst conditions."[5]

Awards

The New York City daily El Diario/La Prensa selected her as one of the newspaper's annual 50 Women of the Year for 2002.[6]

Personal life

Ancestry

Ancestors of Tanya Torres

16. Ramón Torres Rosario (c. 1866–1945) 8. Juan de la Cruz Torres Pabón (1885–1971) 17. María Juliana Pabón Hernández (c. 1866–1914) 4. Salvador Ángel Torres Ortiz (1918–1979) 18. Juan Ramón Ortiz de la Renta y Lugo (c. 1810–1880) 9. María Petrona Ortiz Cordero (1879–1962) 19. Valentina Cordero Ortiz (1845–1905) 2. Israel Torres Penchi (1945–2020) 20. Luis Penchi Mattei (1844–1914) 10. José Galo Penchi Antoni (c. 1885–1961) 21. Antonia Antoni Cardi (1851–1928) 5. Miguelina Penchi Santiago (1921–2001) 22. José Ramón de Santiago (c. 1845–1924) 11. Francisca de Santiago Martínez (1886–1970) 23. María Sebastiana del Carmen Martínez Díaz (c. 1859–1904) 1. Tanya Torres (born 1969) 24. José Antonio López Soto (1865–1961) 12. Rafael López Sepúlveda (1900–1925) 25. María Bárbara Sepúlveda Echevarría (c. 1876–1910) 6. Leonardo López Román (1925-1982) 26. Francisco de la Concepción Román Martínez (1858–1929) 13. Basilisa Román Torres (1902–1984) 25. Petra Torres Sepúlveda (c. 1872–1965) 3. Laura E. López López (born 1948) 28. Juan Ramón López Soto (c. 1863–1940) 14. Agustín López Ruiz (1898–1980) 29. María Antonina Ruiz Muñiz (1866–1913) 7. Dignora López Mercado (1926–2020) 30. Bernardino Mercado Rodríguez (1869–1934) 15. María Hermenegilda Mercado Rodríguez (1898–1947) 31. Inés Rodríguez Vélez (1880–1966)

References

1. Quiñónez, Ernesto (2017). "The Love, Joy, and Politics of Tanya Torres's Art". Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas. 50: 88–91. doi:10.1080/08905762.2017.1341161. S2CID 148603358.
2. "The Ancestors in our Hearts / Tanya Torres, Artist". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
3. "Artist Tanya Torres | Manhattan". Mary Magdalene | New York | Art by Tanya Torres. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
4. "Tanya Torres". East Harlem Presents. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
5. "Tanya Torres | Art, Culture". Remezcla. 2006-11-26. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
6. "Tanya Torres - TertuliaLatinaNYC". cargocollective.com. Retrieved 2019-05-17.