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Maria Torffield is a multi-media artist. She was born and raised in East Germany and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden. Her work is emotionally stirring and inspired by feminism and the environment. She uses sculpture and painting in a dramatic way to create powerful evidence of women's suffering, as seen in Final Cut, an installation about Female Genital Mutilation.

All kinds of materials fascinate her from found objects to clay and bronze, depending on the project. She often expresses her ideas realistically, but the formal considerations of three-dimensional sculpture are also part of her training and continuing exploration. Her work has been shown in different cities in the United States and in Europe and can be found in private collections.

 

Maria Torffield

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Education:
	Boston Architectural College, environmental design, 2006-07 Sculpture Center New York, welding, Bronze Casting. 1994-96 Fabrizio Art School, New York, Stone Carving, 1993 Parsons Scholl of Design, New York, Clay Figure, 1992-93 Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden, Germany, stage design with Prof. Guenter Horning 1981-83, 85-86
	From 2000 till 2002 she has conceptualized and organized the Baer Sculpture Project in Milford, PA for the Black Bear Film Festival
Exhibitions:
	Ceres Gallery, New York 2007 Ceres Gallery, New York 2006 Ceres Gallery, New York 2005 NOHO NY Art Walk, New York, 2004 Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany, 2004 Ceres Gallery, New York 2003 Memorial design competition for the World Trade Center, NY, 2002/3 Sculpture for 70NW Gallery, PA, 2002 Bear Sculpture Project for Milford, PA, 2002 Ceres Gallery, New York, 2002 Bear Sculpture Project for Milford, PA, 2001 Ceres Gallery, New York, 2001 Bear Sculpture Project for Milford, PA, 2000 Ceres Gallery, New York, 2000 City Museum. St. Louis, MO, 2000 Ceres Gallery, New York, 1999 Kingsbough Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 1999 Ceres Gallery, New York, 1998 MSU Art Center, Montclair, NJ, 1997 Sculpture Center, New York, NY, 1994-96 Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden, East Germany, 1981-86 Neue Kunst Gallery, Erfurt, East Germany, 1997

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