Torey Akers

Torey performs in our February 2025 Seriously Entertaining show at Joe’s Pub, speaking on the theme “Look Both Ways.”

Torey Akers is a Brooklyn-based artist, writer, and popular TikTok creator. She writes primarily for The Art Newspaper and has been published in outlets such as Big Red & Shiny, Fog Machine, and ArtsEditor. Her artwork has been consistently displayed at museums and galleries across the country since 2013. Her debut book, Revolutionary Algorithms: A TikTok Manifesto, approaches TikTok with a deep understanding of the app, as both a prolific creator and consumer of its content.

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