Nancy Turner
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Nancy is an artist printmaker who derives inspiration for her work from the people closest to her, from the news media, and from other artists including Sue Coe, Jenny Holzer, Judy Chicago, Warrington Colescott, and Andy Warhol. She uses art as a language to convey information about issues that are important to her. Sometimes she rages, but mostly she quietly submits to the viewer conceptual, political narratives about her issues with the hope that the viewer will understand her passion. Her imagery is about the stresses that women experience as a result of societal restrictions of their personal liberty. She uses the vase or vessel as a metaphor for women of child-bearing age. The vessel has no head and thus, has been deprived of a voice. In addition to conceptual work, Nancy has also created a body of abstract work. She creates pieces with strong, gestural, weighted line, and imposes it on very delicate, soft lines and marks. This work is, at times, stark and architectural and at times organic and dynamic using contrasting black and white.Nancy creates mostly Intaglio prints. Etching is one Intaglio technique that she uses, in which a zinc plate is etched with acid. She, also, creates collagraph plates. When a plate is completely developed, ink is rolled on to it, paper laid on top of it, and it is run through a printing press. In this way, she is able to make multiples of her prints. Many times, she uses two plates in register, printing one after the other. Color may be part of the print making process but occasionally, some hand coloring is added after the print has dried. |
Head of the International Broadcasting Bureau has Turner's mixed media displayed
Artists and Collectors Tour, Fine Art Society of Sarasota
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Résumé
Education
1994-96 Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, N.C., art classes
1993-94 Davidson College, Davidson, N.C., art classes
1991-92 University of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.D., printmaking class
1966 B.S., El. Ed., University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.
Experience
2006 Frogman’s Print & Paper Workshop, Vermillion, S.D. summer workshop
2005 Frogman’s Print & Paper Workshop, Vermillion, S.D., summer workshop
2004 Lecture- Ringling School of Art & Design- Life after my BFA
2004 Lecture- Womens Contemporary Artists- Judy Chicago project
2002 Lecture- Ringling School of Art & Design – Judy Chicago project
2001 “At Home: A Kentucky Project with Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman”
1999 Ringling School, Printmaking Teaching Assistant, Fall Semester
1999 Frogman’s Press and Gallery, Vermillion, S.D., summer workshop
1993 Black Hills Print Symposium, Deadwood, S.D., summer workshop
1992 Black Hills Print Symposium, Deadwood, S.D., summer workshop
1980-90 Picture framer - Pleasant Hills, C.A., Orinda, C.A., Chappaqua, N.Y.
Awards
2001 Marilyn Harris Award, “Best of Ringling”
2001 Purchase Award, Amity Art Foundations
2001 Purchase Award, Graphic Chemical & Ink Company
2001 Alliance for the Arts, Honorable Mention 2D/3D Show
2000 Founder’s Choice, “Hand Pulled Prints VIII”
2000 Marilyn Harris Award, “Best of Ringling”
Portfolios
2004 Florida Printmakers Invitational Portfolio
2004 Discharged Abrasion
2003 Frogman’s Press and Gallery Exchange Portfolio
2001 SGC 2001
2000 SGC 2000
1999 Discharged Abrasion
1999 Frogman’s Workshop Exchange Portfolio
1992 Black and White in the Black Hills
Shows
2007 Florida Artists Group, Inc. Symposium and Exhibition
2006 Art Center Sarasota, “Holiday Show,” 2nd place
2006 “Do Not Fold, Bend, Spindle or Mutilate: Computer Punch Card Art”
Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2006 “Frogman’s Print & Paper Workshop” juried exchange portfolio
W. H. Over Museum, Vermillion, S. D.
2006 “meanings and mediations” at Art Center Sarasota
2004 “The Language of Black and White: 3 Women Printmaker”
2004 “White Linen”- Art League of Manatee County
2004 Florida Printmakers Invitational
2001 Florida Printmakers Society National Print Exhibition
2000 Flamingo Show, Visual Arts Center, Sarasota, Florida
2000 “Hand Pulled Prints VIII,” Stonemetal Press, Parchman-Stremmel
Galleries, San Antonio, Texas
“Best of Ringling,” Selby Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
“15 Downtown,” Sarasota, Florida
“Balance,” Clarke Gallery, Dubuque, IA
1999 “Best of Ringling,” Selby Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
1996 Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC
1994 Davidson College, Davidson, NC
1993 Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC
Permanent Collections
Frogman’s Press & GalleryRingling School of Art and Design
Graphic Chemical & Ink Company
Amity Art Foundations
Professional Organizations
Women Contemporary ArtistsSouthern Graphics Council
Florida Artist Group, Inc.