Torkwase Dyson (b. 1973) is an artist whose work explores the complex connections between architecture, infrastructure, and ecology through a variety of media and an advanced range of poetic forms. She is renowned for her abstract works that investigate human geography, namely the historical tactics used by Black people to achieve spatial liberation. Although Dyson was raised in North Carolina and Mississippi, she was born in Chicago, Illinois. These areas' varied ecosystems and sceneries had a significant impact on her artistic viewpoint. Dyson pursued her undergraduate studies at Tougaloo College, majoring in sociology with minors in social work and fine art. During this time, she began to delve into the poetics of Black history and environmental justice. Dyson traveled extensively, collaborating with communities of color both locally and globally to strategize on achieving resource equity, and while doing so, she earned a Bachelor in Fine Arts in painting from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master of Fine Arts in painting from Yale School of Art. One of her greatest achievements is the construction of Studio South Zero, a solar-powered mobile studio that served as a platform for exploring nomadicity and its relationship to environmental art.

Dyson's work has been showcased at many esteemed institutions, such as the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Drawing Center, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Corcoran College of Art and Design, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. She has garnered numerous awards, including the Nancy Graves Grant for Visual Artists, a Visiting Artist grant from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, the Culture Push Fellowship for Utopian Practices, the Eyebeam Art and Technology Center Fellowship, and the FSP/Jerome Fellowship.