Born in Chicago, Illinois (b. 1973)

Torkwase Dyson

I Am Everything That Will Save Me, 2021

Graphite on wood, with steel and string
© Torkwase Dyson; courtesy Pace Gallery. Photo by Ian Reeves.

Portrait of Torkwase Dyson, Eyebeam Research Resident 2014-2016. Courtesy of the artist.

“A close distance and a far distance can only be collapsed with touch. I'm pulled in by this productive tension. In my painting the mind/brain/body organizes the state-change of this tension.”

—Torkwase Dyson