EMMA TURPIN
(b. 1964)
As an artist I spend a lot of time alone in my studio, I'm used to it. All of us over the past 18 months have all been forced to isolate, to stay away from other people, to see nobody but those closest to us. My recent work is a response to the paradox of at the same time being forced together with some but forced apart from most. The paintings show collections of buildings isolated in a landscape, always seen from a distance but illuminated by their closeness to one another.
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'In recent years, Emma has been exploring the notion of shelter in landscape. There are structures hidden in forests, and there are others that have almost become part of the landscape with trees bursting from inside them. In other works we see nothing built or man-made but rather shelter suggested by an area of light emerging through a tangle of branches. Emma uses these familiar natural forms to try and find a harmonious resolution between colour and form.'
Education:
The Slade School of Art, 1985-1987
West Surrey College Of Art, 1982-1985
Hastings College of Art, 1980-1982
London based British artist.
Exhibitions/One Man Shows & Group Shows
2021/22
Flowers Central, Cork Street, London 'Small is Beautiful'
Rye Art Gallery, Rye, East sussex
2020
Flowers Central, Cork Street, London "Small is Beautiful"
Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex "Miniatures and Masterstrokes"
2019
Flowers Central, Cork Street, London. 'Small is Beautiful'
JP Art Gallery, 'Spring Exhibition', Blackheath, London
2018
Flowers Central, Cork Street, London 'Small is Beautiful'
JP Art Gallery, Black Heath, London.
The Restless Gallery, 'In Arcadia' Penzance
JP Art Gallery London SE22
2017
The Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames
The Stone Space Gallery, Leytonstone
2015
The Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames, 'Small paintings Exhibition
2013
The OpenSky Museum, Nantes, France
2012
ShOp Mixed Show, London
2009
The Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames. ‘Small Paintings Exhibition.’
2008
New Brewery Arts. Cirencester. ‘A Winter’s Tale’
Portal Gallery Summer Exhibition, London
'35 Years of the Bohun Gallery', Henley-on-Thames
The Easton Rooms Summer Exhibition, Rye
2002 to 2008
Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
2006
Gallery 12, London NW3
2001
The Portal Gallery, Dover Street, London W1
1998
The Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
1996
Portal Gallery, Bremen, Germany. 'Distaff Power'
The Easton Rooms Gallery, East Sussex
'Musicians', Portal Gallery, London
'Artists in Spain' Stormount Gallery, East Sussex
'Alternative Arts' Baker Street, London
'Idiosyncratic British Art' Brewery Arts Gallery, Cirencester, Glos.
1995
'Childhood Remembered' The Easton Rooms Gallery, East Sussex
1994
Portal Gallery, London
'Portal Painters', Palais Royal, Paris, France
'Angels', Terifa Gallery, Spain
Portal Gallery, Bremen, Germany
The Royal Commission, Geneva
The Sassoon Gallery, Folkstone, Kent
1993
Rye Society of Artists, Summer Exhibition
The New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
Easton Rooms Gallery, Rye
1992
Portal, Gallery, London
1990
Print to Print Touring Exhibition, Sunderland
Victoria Gallery, Hastings
The Wax Kiln Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
The Corner House, Manchester
1989
Bloomsbury Theatre, London
The Corner House, Manchester
©2022 Emma Turpin
'In recent years, Emma has been exploring the notion of shelter in landscape. There are structures hidden in forests, and there are others that have almost become part of the landscape with trees bursting from inside them. In other works we see nothing built or man-made but rather shelter suggested by an area of light emerging through a tangle of branches. Emma uses these familiar natural forms to try and find a harmonious resolution between colour and form.'
Education:
The Slade School of Art, 1985-1987
West Surrey College Of Art, 1982-1985
Hastings College of Art, 1980-1982
London based British artist.
Exhibitions/One Man Shows & Group Shows
2021/22
Flowers Central, Cork Street, London 'Small is Beautiful'
Rye Art Gallery, Rye, East sussex
2020
Flowers Central, Cork Street, London "Small is Beautiful"
Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex "Miniatures and Masterstrokes"
2019
Flowers Central, Cork Street, London. 'Small is Beautiful'
JP Art Gallery, 'Spring Exhibition', Blackheath, London
2018
Flowers Central, Cork Street, London 'Small is Beautiful'
JP Art Gallery, Black Heath, London.
The Restless Gallery, 'In Arcadia' Penzance
JP Art Gallery London SE22
2017
The Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames
The Stone Space Gallery, Leytonstone
2015
The Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames, 'Small paintings Exhibition
2013
The OpenSky Museum, Nantes, France
2012
ShOp Mixed Show, London
2009
The Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames. ‘Small Paintings Exhibition.’
2008
New Brewery Arts. Cirencester. ‘A Winter’s Tale’
Portal Gallery Summer Exhibition, London
'35 Years of the Bohun Gallery', Henley-on-Thames
The Easton Rooms Summer Exhibition, Rye
2002 to 2008
Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
2006
Gallery 12, London NW3
2001
The Portal Gallery, Dover Street, London W1
1998
The Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
1996
Portal Gallery, Bremen, Germany. 'Distaff Power'
The Easton Rooms Gallery, East Sussex
'Musicians', Portal Gallery, London
'Artists in Spain' Stormount Gallery, East Sussex
'Alternative Arts' Baker Street, London
'Idiosyncratic British Art' Brewery Arts Gallery, Cirencester, Glos.
1995
'Childhood Remembered' The Easton Rooms Gallery, East Sussex
1994
Portal Gallery, London
'Portal Painters', Palais Royal, Paris, France
'Angels', Terifa Gallery, Spain
Portal Gallery, Bremen, Germany
The Royal Commission, Geneva
The Sassoon Gallery, Folkstone, Kent
1993
Rye Society of Artists, Summer Exhibition
The New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
Easton Rooms Gallery, Rye
1992
Portal, Gallery, London
1990
Print to Print Touring Exhibition, Sunderland
Victoria Gallery, Hastings
The Wax Kiln Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
The Corner House, Manchester
1989
Bloomsbury Theatre, London
The Corner House, Manchester
©2022 Emma Turpin