Artwork of Coral Grace Turner

Artist Statement

That we make and remake (choose) our own reality (at least in part) may well be the only truly creative human action.
-Robert Irwin

I am interested in working with spaces that already exist in my art; previously I had worked as a site specific sound installation artist. While my materials have changed I still see myself working within theses parameters except my site has become much smaller. Everyday household objects are the space that I utilize in my current work, a linen gust towel or a wool pillow. These pieces all use pictograms as part of the imagery. I have been collecting pictograms off of packaging and from books for years because I love the way they are drawn and I see a kind of beauty in the simplicity of their purpose. Within my work some of the pictograms function as literal instructions for the possible use of the object and others allude to a message while also creating a decorative pattern. It is the efficiency of these images that I strive for in my own communications with people, whether it is in my work or my life.

Exhibitions

Winter 2013 & 2012           
Knoxville Arts and Culture Alliance Members Show, Emporium Center, Knoxville, Tennessee
 
Spring 2013                      
Recent Works, 2 person exhibit, Emporium Center for the Arts & Culture, Knoxville, Tennessee
 
Winter 2012                       
(In)direct Correlations, Juried exhibit, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, Tennessee
 
Handmade Holiday Trunk Show, Juried pop-up shop, Market Square, Knoxville, Tenessee
 
Spring 2010                       
Dogwood Arts Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Juried exhibit, Dogwood Arts Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee

Summer 2009
Arts in the Airport, Juried exhibit, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee

Spring 2009
Dogwood Arts Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Juried exhibit, Dogwood Arts Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee

Fall 2008
Emporium Center for the Arts & Culture, Knoxville, Tennessee

Coral Grace Turner, Solo exhibit, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee Gallery, Sewanee, Tennessee

Fall 2007
New Frontiers: An Exhibition of Contemporary Fiber Art, Juried exhibit, Art House, McAllen, Texas

Fiber Focus 2007, Juried exhibit, Art Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri

Fall 2006
Cutting Edge, Juried exhibit, East End Applied Arts, Auroa, Colorado

Spring 2006
Crafts National, Juried exhibit, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Winter 2006
Coral Turner and Yves Amu Klein, 2 person exhibit, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Pima Community College Center for the Arts, Tucson, Arizona

Changing the World One Thread at a Time, Juried exhibit, Tubac Cetner of the Arts, Tubac, Arizona

HANDCRAFTED: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal and Wood, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Fall 2005-2006
Arizona State University Art in Public Places, Lattie F. Coor Hall Computing Commons, Tempe, Arizona

Spring 2005
Surface Advice, Master of Fine Art Solo Thesis Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Education

2002-2005 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Masters of Fine Art (Fibers)

1992-1996 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture)



Contact: Coral Turner
me@coralgraceturner.com