{"id":11232,"date":"2021-04-05T09:47:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T13:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=11232"},"modified":"2021-04-05T09:47:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T13:47:31","slug":"jim-torok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/jim-torok\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Torok"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6634\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11232-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/jimtorok.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/jimtorok.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/jimtorok.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_11245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11245\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimtorok.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11245 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me.jpeg?resize=238%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me.jpeg?resize=238%2C300&amp;ssl=1 238w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me.jpeg?resize=334%2C420&amp;ssl=1 334w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Self portrait, 2004, Oil on Panel, 5 x 4&#8243;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimtorok.com\">Jim Torok<\/a> was born in South Bend, Indiana. He moved to New York in 1979 to study art at Brooklyn College, and received an MFA there in 1981. Several years later, Torok began doing cartoons as a regular feature for Paper Magazine, while at the same time doing realistic paintings of interiors and objects. He also produced animations for MTV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the mid \u201890s he started making miniature portraits, and had his first one person show at Bill Maynes Gallery in 1997. He has been making and exhibiting both cartoons and portraits ever since. Torok&#8217;s work has been exhibited widely in the US and Europe, including a one-person show at the Denver Art Museum, and a three-person show at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. His work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Recently, several of his pieces were added to the collection of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which is scheduled to open in Los Angeles in 2023. <span class=\"s1\">Represented by Hyphen Advisory<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The book mentioned in the interview is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07GDD8P56\/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1\">My Struggle, Book 6, by Karl Ove Knausgaard<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11246\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11246 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/C-Toe.jpg?resize=640%2C803&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/C-Toe-scaled.jpg?resize=816%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 816w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/C-Toe-scaled.jpg?resize=239%2C300&amp;ssl=1 239w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/C-Toe-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C964&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/C-Toe-scaled.jpg?resize=1224%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/C-Toe-scaled.jpg?resize=1632%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1632w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/C-Toe-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C873&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/C-Toe-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1340&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/C-Toe-scaled.jpg?resize=335%2C420&amp;ssl=1 335w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/C-Toe-scaled.jpg?w=2040&amp;ssl=1 2040w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/C-Toe-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day55, 2020, Ink on Paper, 11 x 8 1\/2&#8243;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11247\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11247 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LargePiece.jpeg?resize=640%2C124&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LargePiece-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C198&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LargePiece-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C58&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LargePiece-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C148&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LargePiece-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C297&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LargePiece-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C396&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LargePiece-scaled.jpeg?resize=696%2C134&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LargePiece-scaled.jpeg?resize=1068%2C206&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LargePiece-scaled.jpeg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Do Not Worry About It, 2020, Acrylic on panels, 5&#8242; x 26&#8242;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/jimtorok.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listJim Torok was born in South Bend, Indiana. 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