GOYA TORRES Artist Curriculum Vitae
1986 Born in Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico
2010-2024 Visual/Street-Artist. Currently lives and works in the Hunter region of NSW, Australia.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 Duo solo exhibition. “ICONS”, LEDA Gallery, Newcastle NSW, Australia.
2024 Solo exhibition. Slingtown Espresso. Newcastle, NSW Australia.
2024 Solo exhibition. Playstate On Fern Gallery, Newcastle, NSW Australia.
2023 Art Fair. The Other Art Fair, The Cutaway Barangaroo. 11-14 May, Sydney, NSW Australia.
2023 Group exhibtion. ‘Falling Out Out Red’, Sol Gallery, Fitzroy Melbourne, VIC Australia.
2022 Group exhibtion. ‘Art Extravaganza’, Rathmines Theatre. Lake Macquarie, NSW Australia.
2022 Group exhibtion. ‘Within the walls’, Superordinary Gallery, Brisbane Street-Art Festival. Northshore Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
2021 Solo exhibtion. ‘Ouvre’, Toronto Lake Macquarie Library, part of Launchpad program. Toronto, NSW, Australia.
2021 Group exhibition. ‘Art in Our Community: Printmaking’. MAC Museum of Art and Culture. Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia.
2021 Group exhibition. ’Art in time of COVID-19’, part of Ventana Fiesta Frankston. Frankston Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
2021 Group exhibition. ‘Your Place’. Brunswick Street Gallery. Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.
2021 Group exhibition. ’For the Deckade’ presented by FortHeart. No Vacant Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2020 Group exhibition. ‘Northern Beaches Art Prize’. Sydney, Australia.
2020 Group exhibition. ‘Art & Words project’, Manly Library, Northern Beaches. Sydney, Australia.
2020 Group exhibition. Street Art bushfire appeal auction, conducted by Leonard Joel Auctions. South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia.
2019 Group exhibition. ‘Herland: In search of a female utopia’, Women’s Library Newtown. Sydney, Australia.
2019 Group exhibition. ‘Replay: Celebrating five years of the Creative Space’, Creative Space. Curl Curl, Sydney Australia.
2019 Group exhibition. ‘Home Affairs’, local Northern Beaches artists. Manly Art Gallery & Museum. Manly, Sydney Australia.
2018 Group exhibition. “Hit me with your best shot”, Group exhibition of the BOAA Biennale of Australian Art. City of Ballarat, VIC, Australia.
2018 Solo exhibition. ‘GOYA TORRES Artist in Residence Exhibition 2018’ part of the Artist in Residence program at Art Space Portsmouth. Southsea, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
2016 Group exhibition. “Art on the Mill”, No Fixed Address Gallery. Woodend, VIC, Australia.
2015 Solo-Joint Exhibition. ‘The Mexican Cartel, Street-Art’ at Belgrave Cartel. Manly, Sydney, Australia.
2015 Group Exhibition & Artist Curator. ‘Ayotzinapa Vive’ at M2 Gallery, part of Sydney Fringe Festival 2015. Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia.
2015 Group Exhibition. 6YL Magazine. Issue 4: POWER. Allpress Studios. Melbourne, Australia.
2015 Group Exhibition. “CONVERGING LATITUDES”, artists in residence at Warringah Creative Space. Curl Curl, Sydney, Australia.
2014 Group Exhibition. ‘After Dark’, Black Board Collective part of The Sydney Fringe Festival. The Tent Gallery, Newtown, Sydney, Australia.
2014 Solo-Joint Exhibition. “EQUINOX”, The Painters’ Gallery, part of the Manly Arts Festival. Manly, Sydney, Australia.
2014 Solo Exhibition. “They Will Come” celebrating The Day Of The Dead, Black Penny Gallery. Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia.
2013 Group Exhibition. ‘International Women’s Day Art Prize and Exhibition’ at Meadowbank TAFE, See St Gallery. Professionals category. Sydney, Australia.
2013 Group Exhibition. ‘TiNA FUNraiser Exhibition’, The Lock-Up Cultural Centre. Newcastle, Australia.
STREET-ART, MURALS & PUBLIC ART
2024 Multi-Arts Pavilion MAP mima museum. 2.4x4.8m mural. Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia.
2024 Live-painting at ‘Olive Tree markets’ at The Civic Park. 3 x 2.5m canvas roll. Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
2024 Live-painting at ‘Living Smart Festival’ at Speers Point Park, by Lake Macquarie Council. 1.5x6m board. Speers Point, NSW, Australia.
2024 Live-painting at event ‘Little Festival’ by The Wall Station & Lake Macquarie Council. 1.5x2.5m board. Belmont, NSW, Australia.
2024 ‘Virtual Street-art project by Goya Torres’ at Multi-Arts Pavilion MIMA Museum. 1.5x6m board and digital application. Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia.
2024 Live-painting at event ‘Little Festival’ by The Wall Station & Newcastle Council. 1.5x2.5m board. New Lambton, NSW, Australia.
2023 Day of the Dead Newcastle mural. 2.5x3.6m board. Hamilton, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
2023 Better Walls project mural by City of Canterbury Bankstown Council. 8x3m mural. Campsie, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
2023 Live-painting at event ‘The Artful Intersection’ by The Wall Station & Maitland Council. 1.5x2.5m board. Maitland, NSW, Australia.
2023 Live-painting at event Ritmo Latino FEVER Sydney. 2.5x3.6m board. Greenwich Hotel, North Sydney NSW, Australia.
2023 Cooks hill cafe commissioned mural. 5.5x4m mural. Darbey St, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
2022 Big Picture Street-art Festival. Local artist, finalist. 16x4m mural. Gibson St, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
2022 Mural at Vinnies Toronto. Commissioned by Lake Macquarie Council, Creative Seeds Grant. 3x11m mural. Toronto, NSW, Australia.
2022 Women’s mural. Commissioned by Health NSW, Royal Prince Hospital. 6x12m mural. Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
2021 Public art gallery mural. Commissioned by Vinnies NSW. Kingscross. 2x2m mural. Sydney NSW, Australia.
2021 Lane Cove Art Trucks, commissioned by Lane Cove Council. 5x2 m digital mural in truck. Sydney NSW, Australia.
2020 ‘We are they, They are us’ live-painting mural. Art not Apart Festival. 4x6m panel. Canberra, ACT Australia.
2019 Ground dog park murals. Blackman Park in Lane Cove, commissioned by Lane Cove Council. 5x5m (5) floor murals. Lane Cove, Sydney, Australia.
2019 Bondi Sea Wall. Bondi beach wall, commissioned by Waverley Council. 3x4.5m mural. Sydney, Australia.
2019 ‘Jaguar girl’. Shuffle Warehouse. Commissioned by Shuffle Studio. 5x4m mural. Brookvale, Sydney, Australia.
2018 Meeting Of Styles Kosovo, International Street-Art & Graffiti Festival. 3x2m mural. Pristina, Kosovo.
2018 Meeting Of Styles Canary Islands, International Street-Art & Graffiti Festival. 5x3m mural. Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.
2018 Beeston Street-Art Festival. 7x2.5 mural. Beeston, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.
2018 Urban Giants Street-Art Festival. 4x2.5m mural. Milan, Italy.
2018 Whitecross Street Party live-painting, selected artist invited by Curious Duke Gallery. 2x2m panel. London, United Kingdom.
2018 UPFEST Street-Art Festival. 3.5x2.5 panel. Bristol, United Kingdom.
2018 Street-Art Exhibition, organised by Surface Gallery. 4x5.5 mural. Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.
2018 Victorious Festival, Street-Art wall at Reggea World Music Stand. 2x2m panel. Southsea, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
2018 Meeting of Styles Budapest. International Street-Art & Graffiti Festival. 5.5x4.5m mural. Budapest, Hungary.
2018 ‘Printing Walls’, Street-Art Festival Torrefarrera. 25x3.5m mural. Cataluna, Spain.
2017 CONSTRUCTO International Street-Art Festival. Sponsored single artist by MOLOTOW and Rodin. 5x3m mural. Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales UNAM University, Mexico City, Mexico.
2017 Meeting of Styles Copenhagen, Warm-up event, ‘Kings of Province’. International Street-Art & Graffiti Festival. 5x2.5m tunnel mural. Ringsted, Denmark.
2017 Blackburn Open Walls International Street-Art & Graffiti Festival. 6x15m bridge mural. Blackburn, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
2017 Meeting of Styles Poland. International Street-Art & Graffiti Festival. Sponsored single artist by NBQ paint. 5x7m mrual. Lublin, Poland.
2017 Street-art Grammart. Street-Art Festival. 6x12m mural (1) and 4x5m mural (2). Grammichele, Sicily, Italy.
2016 Live-Painting at Manly Australian Open of Surfing Art Wall. 2x2.5m mural with 3 skateboards attached. Manly beach front, Sydney, Australia.
2016 FEMINEM 5th International Graffitti & Street-Art Festival. 3x3m mural. Altlzayanca, Tlaxcala, Mexico.
2016 ¨Tu Estilo es el Mensaje¨ Graffitti & Street-Art Festival. 5x3m mural. Nezahuatcoyotl, Mexico City, Mexico.
2016 “Ciudad Mural Monterrey” Street-Art Festival. 6.5x4m mural. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
2015 Hello Koala! project. Finalist, selected to paint two Koala sculptures for trail in Port Macquarie, organised by Port Macquarie Hastings Council and sponsored by ABC Mid North Coast and Discovery Magazine. 1.2x.60m fiberglass sculptures (2). Sydney, Australia.
2015 Live-painting at Duke’s Day Festival. 2.20x.50m surfboard. Freshwater. Sydney, Australia.
2015 Live-painting at the St George Surf Wall, Hurley Australian Open of Surfing. 2.20x.50m surfboard. Manly beach front, Sydney, Australia.
2015 Live-Painting JAM at Manly Cove, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, part of the Manly Arts Festival. 1.25x1.25m board Manly, Sydney, Australia.
2015 “Do Your Block” public art beach cement blocks commissioned by Warringah Council. 1.5x.80x.80m blocks (2). Narrabeen, Sydney, Australia.
2014 Wild Rhino! project. Finalist, selected to paint life-size rhino sculpture for trail and fundraising project ($10,000AUS), organised by Taronga Zoo and sponsored by Hotel Steyne Manly. 1.50x1.75m fiberglass sculpture. Sydney and Dubbo, Australia.
2014 Live-painting at Manly Corso for Flavours of Spain, part of the Food and Wine Festival. 1x1m board auctioned on site. Sydney, Australia.
2014 Live-painting for the Market Lane Artist Project. 2.70x2.70m board. The Painter’s Gallery. Sydney, Australia.
2014 Belmont Cafe wall collaboration with Teem. 4x8m mural. Belmont, Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia.
HONOURS & AWARDS
2022 Winner LakeMac Artist & Creator Award, by Lake Macquarie Council. Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia.
2022 Commended, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Art Society, Rathmines Exhibition. Judge by Courtney Wagner Curator LakeMac Gallery and Priya Johnson Creative Hub Business Leader LakeMac Council. Rathmines Theatre, NSW, Australia.
2020 Northern Beaches Art Prize Finalist, by Northern Beaches Council. Sydney, Australia.
2019 Young Guns Art Awards Shortlisted. 40 artists, by Walton Fine Arts Gallery. London, United Kindgom.
2018 Street-Art Festival Exhibition Jury, organized by Surface Gallery. Nottingham, United Kindgom.
2018 STEP Travelling Grant EU beneficiary, initiative by the European Cultural Foundation with the support of Compagnia di San Paolo. Europe.
2016 Canacintra’s Mural Project for General City Hospital Art Prize, 2nd Prize. Cordoba Veracruz, Mexico.
2016 First Borrowed Wall Art Prize Finalist, organised by Liverpool City Council. Sydney, Australia.
2014 Hello Koala! Project Finalist, organized by Port Macquarie Council. Sydney, Australia.
2014 Wild Rhino! Project Finalist, organized by Taronga Zoo. Sydney, Australia.
PUBLICATIONS
2011 “My City Today”, Government of Mexico City and Scientika. Children text book illustrations. Mexico City.
2012 “Children Rights booklet”, UNICEF. Design and Illustrations. Mexico City.
2013 Manly Guide Magazine Cover Illustration. Sydney, Australia.
2012 Mitote Magazine, number 12. Puerto Escondido, Mexico.
2013 Illustrated Girls Magazine, number 2. Mexico City.
2015 Empty 02 Magazine. Piece "Dark Drug Rose". Sydney, Australia.
2015 6YL Magazine. Issue 4: POWER. Pieces "Surf Introspective", "The Ride" & "Xolotl Spirit". Melbourne, Australia.
2016 KALEIDO Magazine. Issue 3: CATALYST. Piece: "They Didn't Know We Were Seeds". Sydney, Australia.
2016 ARTSpread Summer Edition, selected artist. 4000 copies distributed throughout Falmouth, Truro, Penzance, St Ives. Cornwall, United Kingdom.
PRESS RELEASE
2020 "Portrait”, Arts & Words project, 24 artists and writers paired to illustrate stories through portraits. Manly Library. Sydney, Australia.
2017 "Mural Art Development: Mexico, Japan, Australia" talk, Saitama Museum of Modern Art in Japan. Interviewed by Australian lecturer Zara Papp (Associate Professor of Saitama University). Seriatim, Japan.
2016 The8Percent blog "Artist of the Week" note. Melbourne, Australia.
2014 The Daily Telegraph. Best Weekend section, "Take your pick of snot bombs, Lego and a giant koala trail these school holidays", note by David Fitzsimons. Sydney, Australia.
2014 Radio: Interview in spanish for 3ZZZ ethnic community radio station, FM 92.3 MHz. Melbourne, Australia.
2014 Radio: Interview for ABC Mid-North Coast station about the Hello Koala project, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia.
2014 Macquarie Port News, "Koala sculpture stolen from Port Macquarie", Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia.
2014 "Kidnapped koala Starry Soul back in place on Port Macquarie's Town Green", Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia.
2014 Online: Artist featured interview. Independiente.mx. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2014 Wild Rhino! project note and mention in the Manly Daily Newspaper. Sydney, Australia.
2013 Online: Artist featured note. Colectivo Bicicleta Blogpost. Medellin, Colombia.
EDUCATION
2019 ‘Follow the Curve’ drawing course, Brett Whiteley Studio and Gallery, partnered with the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Sydney, Australia.
2016 Experimental Portrait Painting with Nana Ohnesorge, National Art School, Summer Art School. Sydney, Australia.
2014 Printmaking summer course, Roser Sales Noguera Studio, Barcelona, Spain.
2013 Lino printmaking course with Rossanna Jurisevic, Warringah Printmakers Studio. Sydney, Australia.
2011 Children Book Illustration course with Donna Rawlins and Wayne Harris, University of Sydney. Sydney, Australia.
2010-2012 Diploma in Business Administration and Management, Bridge Business College. Sydney, Australia.
2010-2012 Diploma in Business Administration and Management, Bridge Business College. Sydney, Australia.
2010 Graphic Design 6 month student exchange program, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2006 Illustration summer course, Herron School of Art and Design. Indianapolis IN, USA.
2005-2010 Bachelor in Graphic Design with Honours, C.E. Gestalt. Veracruz, Mexico.