Episode 094: Tori Tinsley

Kevin Kirkwood travels to Decatur, Georgia, to sit down with artist Tori Tinsley for a conversation about process and vulnerability. Born in 1980, Tori Tinsley is an Atlanta-based artist whose practice navigates memory, labor, and lived experience. She earned her BFA from the University of Michigan’s Stamps School of Art & Design, a Master of Arts in Art Therapy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MFA from Georgia State University. Her work has been featured in Art Papers, Oxford American, and New American Paintings, and she is a recipient of a Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant, the City of Atlanta Emerging Artist Award, and an Idea Capital Grant. Tinsley is currently a Studio Artist at Atlanta Contemporary and is represented by Laney Contemporary and Co-op Art Atlanta. In this episode, we discuss her current body of work, now on view at Laney Contemporary in Savannah through January 10. Learn more: toritinsley.com laneycontemporary.com Follow the host: Instagram: @kevinwillpaint Instagram: @strandpodcast kevin-kirkwood.com Listen to The Strand via all major platforms. Including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart, and Amazon.