About the Artist 

Gabrielle Torres was born in Philadelphia, PA, raised in Sumter, SC and currently resides in Savannah, GA, where she is a professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She earned her BS in Visual Arts from Lander University in 2012, and her MFA in Painting from SCAD in 2021.

Torres was recently featured in the Savannah Morning News and Savannah Now Magazine as Artist of the Month, April Edition. The following month, she was the 912 Featured Artist. Her work has been exhibited in solo shows at Savannah State and in Hampton, SC. She was the ON::View Artist-in-Residence at Sulfur Studios in August 2022. Torres has had the privilege of working for the celebrated artist Suzanne Jackson, from whom she gains much inspiration. Currently, her focus is to continue to use her platform in the arts to create a conversation and use site-specific relational art to form a bond with specific audiences she would like to reach.

Artist Statement

“Wilton Street Rhythm is an intricately woven collection conjured from the design elements produced in the rhythmic and poetic highs and lows of Miles Davis. Specifically, it focuses on using color, shape, line, movement, rhythm, and tension. This series of loom paintings tastefully guides the senses through the emotions inspired by Bitches Brew, So What, Miles Ahead, and much more. Each piece is precisely paired with a song using the elements and principles of art to

articulate the raw emotions of the times.

“Wilton Street Rhythm starts at the beginning; the premise: before one can walk, one must learn to crawl. This is what Wilton Street is for me, the beginning of my artistic infatuation. I, like many, resort back to an origin for grounding, to a time when the worries of the world ceased to run rampant and pollute my mind. This is a safe space; the rhythm of making deserves a safe space. Miles Davis does this for me.”

– Gabrielle Torres