: Allicette Torres :

About Allicette Torres

Allicette Torres is a self-taught artist living and working in Harlem, New York City. She is currently working on photography base art works that at times will include drawing and painting on the photographs themselves. In addition, she creates illustrations both via traditional and digital means. Her range of themes are rooted but not limited to being Latina and a feminist.

Background
She spent her youth in Dorado, Puerto Rico. As a child she was known for her natural technical skill for illustrating and painting. Upon graduating high school she attended the State University at New Paltz where she studied Latin American History and Latin American Literature. Simultaneously she worked full time as an apprentice at a graphics studio. Upon completion of her degrees and additional years of work towards her Masters degree she decided instead of perusing a career in academia to persue a more artistic career as a graphic designer; building on her accumulated experience as an apprentice. She has worked in the art direction field over 14 years. Additionally, she has spent many simultaneous years gathering technical experience by self-teaching, apprenticeship and loose mentorships.

In 1997, after moving to New York City, she decided to more actively work as a fine artist and began in earnest to hone her artistic skills by working in her first studio environment. The first couple of years she had infrequent exhibitions of her work. During this time she studied woodworking and photography.

In 2006, feeling better accomplished prepared to exhibit her work more formally. She began several series that harnessed and demonstrated her arsenal of skills. These series included Las Muertas, a collection that alludes to themes of womanhood and suicide. Las Malas series addresses certain choices indigenous women made because of the brutality the “Discovery of the New World” inflicted upon their lives. Allicette, also has begun a grouping of images called Las Marias that is an on going photo series of Latina women named Maria.

In 2007 she exhibited in various galleries in New York City and Washington, DC.