Anna Torma graduated from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest in 1979. She emigrated to Canada in 1988. Torma is the recipient of the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (Saidye Bronfman Award). Her work has been shown at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Esker Foundation (Calgary), and is currently the subject of a major exhibition at the Textile Museum of Canada (Toronto).