About Jenny Torino

I am an interdisciplinary artist that combines art and science to increase one’s knowledge and appreciation of living things and the ecosystem. I primarily use fibers such as felting wool, textiles, yarn and paper mâché to create outdoor interactive spaces and felt sculptures and paintings. I focus on tiny, living things that often get overlooked such as moths and fungi. I observe and work slowly leading to hyperfocus on shape, form and color. Focusing on these details becomes a meditation. I hope my work kindles curiosity and motivates people to look closer at their surroundings and at themselves.  

 Torino:Margolis Performace Art: Since 2001, Benjamin Margolis and I have used sound synthesis, invasive electronics and biomedical tools to explore the idea that the self is transient, elusive and modular by playing with the notion of control and free will.  Torino:Margolis has performed at the Rhode Island School of Design, Postmasters Gallery, Exit Art, Columbia University’s MACY Gallery, Piksel Festival (Bergen, Norway) and Issue Project Room.

CONTACT:  jennytorino@mac.com

Photographs of Torino:Margolis courtesy of Hannah Maxwell, Kamau Mucoki, Tara DiGiovanni, Philip Sterns and Joshua Deaner