ANNA TORK, A NEW YORK-BASED ABSTRACT ARTIST
Anna Tork lives on Manhattan’s Upper West Side by the river, where the shifting light, open water, and rhythm of city parks shape her practice. Her paintings explore the balance between translucence and weight: poured washes seep into raw canvas, forming passages of color that spread and pool, while darker, grounded shapes hold the composition in place. Some forms press against one another; others seem to hover, as if floating in air.
Tork discovered modern art as an adult and was drawn to its freedom to define structure in new ways. Earlier works reflected landscapes from Joshua Tree to Lake Como. Her recent paintings turn inward, to the ordinary patterns of daily life—walks along the Hudson, shifting skies, evenings painting after her daughter is asleep.
Her process is intentionally slow, sometimes adding only a single form before stepping away, allowing each work to build gradually. Through this layering, the paintings become records of time passing: not grand events, but impressions that remain—the light across a floor, the quiet of dusk, the memory of a moment held in color.
EXHIBITIONS
Wallace Exhibition, June 2024
‘Going to Japan’ September 16th, 2023 St. Hrouda, 227 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11231
‘Get the Balance Right’ March 25th, 2023 Solo Exhibition at Brindamour Studios, 487 Union St. Brooklyn, New York 11231
Solo Exhibition at St. Hrouda July 9th, 2022 227 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Presented at Other Art Fair, Knockdown Center June 2nd - 5th 2022, Queens, New York Use code ARTIST50 for 50% off future tickets
Group showing at St. Hrouda May 2022, Brooklyn, New York
‘Afternoons in May or June’ July 2021 Brooklyn, New York
Online Exhibition with Scouted Studio Emerging Artists October 2021
Group showing at St. Hrouda May 2021, Brooklyn, New York
Online exhibition with Scouted Studio May 2021
PRESS
‘Physical Places, Seasons, and the Passage of Time’ Interview with Visionary Art Collective, New York
EDUCATION
‘Physical Places, Seasons, and the Passage of Time’ Interview with Visionary Art Collective, New York
Anna Tork by Letícia Almeida, 2025.
INFORMATION
UPCOMING EVENTS
‘Going to Japan’ opens Sept. 16th, 2023 St. Hrouda 227 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11231
RSVP TO ‘Going To Japan’ OPENING
Artist Opening Reception, 5-8 pm, September 16, 2023
Exhibition September 16 - October 16th, 2023
PAST EVENTS
‘Get the Balance Right’ opens March 25th, 2023 Solo Exhibition at Brindamour Studios 487 Union St. Brooklyn, New York 11231
Solo Exhibition at St. Hrouda July 9th, 2022 227 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Presented at Other Art Fair, Knockdown Center June 2nd - 5th 2022, Queens, New York Use code ARTIST50 for 50% off future tickets
Group showing at St. Hrouda May 2022, Brooklyn, New York
‘Afternoons in May or June’ July 2021 Brooklyn, New York
Online Exhibition with Scouted Studio Emerging Artists October 2021
Group showing at St. Hrouda May 2021, Brooklyn, New York
Online exhibition with Scouted Studio May 2021
PRESS
‘Physical Places, Seasons, and the Passage of Time’ Interview with Visionary Art Collective, New York
INFORMATION