Tori Tinsley: Solo Exhibition in Atlanta

A solo exhibition of the work by Tori Tinsley (BFA 03’) will be on view at the Hathaway Contemporary Gallery. The exhibit, titled ​“Down in the Valley,” will run from November 15 — January 12, 2019 with an opening reception on Thursday, November 15, 6 – 9 PM.

My new paintings and sculpture offer abstracted representations of lyrics taken from the American folk song ​“Down in the Valley.”

After hearing a version of this song over and over again while visiting with my mother, who suffers from a degenerative brain disease, I learned the lyrics so that I could sing it with her and also have it in my back pocket for the inevitable funeral service I would need to coordinate. The funeral has not taken place, but I did have a baby in the interim and found myself singing ​“Down in the Valley” while rocking my newborn to sleep.

This bittersweet connection point offered me a space in which to explore the themes of mother and child, life and death, fear and hope. The expressive nature of my new work extends from that place of all-consuming love and highlights how painting can expose the urgency and sincerity of such intimacy.

Tori Tinsley: Down in the Valley
Exhibition: November 15 — January 12, 2019
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 15, 6 – 9 PM
HATHAWAY | Contemporary Gallery
887 Howell Mill Road NW 
Suite 4 Atlanta, GA 30318

Tori Tinsley: Down in the Valley | Hathaway Contemporary Gallery