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Born in 1953 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Thorstensen received a BFA, Cum Laude, in painting from Syracuse University, School of Visual & Performing Arts, in Syracuse, NY, and an MFA from the Tyler School of Art of Temple University, in Elkins Park, PA, winning the Lester & Viola Hecht Award for Printmaking.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE
2008
The Print Center Philadelphia, PA
2007
Eighty-first Annual Competition: Printmaking, The Print Center, Philadelphia
2006
Invitational Exhibition and lecture, SUNY Binghamton, NY
2005
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Gallery Recolte, Fukuoka, Japan
2003
Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Montgomery Center for the Arts, Princeton, NJ
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
2002
The Free Library of Philadelphia, PA
River Run Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
Society of American Graphic Artists, New York, NY
National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Hunterdon, NJ
1999
Williams Gallery
The Nassau Club, Princeton, NJ
RECENT AWARDS INCLUDE
Eighty-first Annual Competition: Printmaking, The Print Center, Philadelphia PA Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Women’s Studio Workshop
IMI Faculty Research Award, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
The Puffin Foundation Award, Isles, Inc., Trenton, NJ
The F. Lammot Belin Art Scholarship Award, Trenton, NJ
SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTION
Blue Cross / Blue Shield of PA, Philadelphia, PA
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
Free Library of Philadelphia, PA
The Print collection Archive, University of Mississippi
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Newark Public Library, Department of Prints, Newark, NJ
Oregon Institute Print Center, Portland, OR
Polymetaal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Royal Museum of Art, Antwerp, Belgium
Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ
University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA