Alison Turnbull (born 16 March 1956,
Bogotá
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painter and sculptor.
Early in her career, Turnbull worked as an invigilator at the
Serpentine Gallery
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.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
* 2001 "Houses into Flats," Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
* 2003 "Hospital," Matt's Gallery, London
* 2010 Matt's Gallery, London
* 2012 Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
* 2013 De La Warr Pavilion, East Sussex
* 2014 Shandy Hall, North Yorkshire
* 2015 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
* 2016 Art Seen, Nicosia
Group exhibitions
* 2010 ''Parallel Remix,'' Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York
* 2010 ''On the Edge of the World'', Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
* 2011 The Russian Club Gallery, London
* 2012 The Bluecoat, Liverpool
* 2012 The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
* 2013 "Galápagos," Centro de Arte Moderna (CAM), Lisbon
* 2013 "Universal Fragments: Conversations with Trevor Shearer," Large Glass, London (2013)
* 2014 "Summer Exhibition'',"'' Royal Academy of Art, London
* 2014 "Colour on Paper," Galeria Leme, São Paulo
* 2015 "Multiplicities," Art Seen, Nicosia
* 2016 "Seeing Round Corners: the Art of the Circle," Turner Contemporary, Margate
* 2016 "Blackrock," Lydney Park Estate, Gloucestershire
* 2016 "Compression,"
Ormston House
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Background
It was opened in 2011 at 9-10 Patrick Street, Limerick. It was founded after art students occupied the ground floor of the 19th-century ...
Gallery'','' Limerick
Further reading
* Hoare, Philip
"The Eden project"''The Guardian.'' 15 April 2005.
* Lack, Sarah
"Turnbull, Alison."In
Grove Art Online
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. Oxford Art Online, (accessed March 22, 2012; subscription required).
External links
Entry for Alison Turnbullon the
Union List of Artist Names
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Overview with link to collections Alison Turnbullfrom the
British Council
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Exhibition of work by Alison Turnbullat Matt's Gallery
Alison Turnbull's websiteAlison Turnbull at Art Seen* Alison Turnbull a
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British women sculptors
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1956 births
People from Bogotá
Living people
Scottish contemporary artists
20th-century British women artists
21st-century British women artists
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