TORI TINSLEY
Tori Tinsley (b.1980) earned a BFA from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design, an MAAT from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MFA from the Georgia State University Welch School of Art & Design. Her work has been shown in New York, the Gold Coast of Australia, Miami, and Atlanta. Tinsley’s work has been featured in Art Papers and Oxford American, among others, and included in New American Paintings magazine. Tinsley has had solo shows at Laney Contemporary in Savannah, Hathaway Gallery in Atlanta, and Sweet Lorraine Gallery in New York. She is a recipient of thee Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant, the City of Atlanta Emerging Artist Award, and the Idea Capital Grant. She lives and works in Atlanta, GA.
Tinsley’s paintings and sculptures explore the ever-changing nature of relationships. Inspired by bonds with her children and with her mother, who suffered from dementia, the artist’s work often conveys the layered emotional experience of caring for others. Feelings of love, despair, longing, disbelief, loneliness, and hope become subjects (and characters) in Tinsley’s vibrant and unpredictable landscapes. Steeped in both tenderness and dark humor, the artist’s work intends to add to discussions around motherhood, caregiving, and how it feels to love and be loved.
