ANNIE TURNER (b. 1958)
Annie Turner, born in Kent 1958, trained at Bristol Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. In 1984 she set up her first studio in London. She has exhibited widely and teaches at Wimbledon School of Art and The City Lit. In 1997, she set up her present studio in Camberwell. She was one of the artists featured in a BBC documentary Contemporary Visions in 2003.
Annie Turner has exhibited in Britain, Germany, Austria and Spain and at several art fairs in America. In 2007 she had a major exhibition at the RBSA gallery in Birmingham.
Above: Annie Turner, 2004
Photo © Matthew Mawson
Curriculum vitae
| Selected exhibitions: | |
| 1989 | Metaphor and Change; New British Ceramics,
Galerie für englishe Keramik Marianne Heller, Heidelberg |
| 1990 | Galerie L., Hamburg |
| 1991 | Anniversary Show, Galerie L., Hamburg Gäste aus England und Wales, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg |
| 1992 | Aspect of Sculpture, Galerie Handwerk, Munich |
| 1994 | Galerie L., Hamburg |
| 1995 | Arts Fair, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg Galerie L., Hamburg |
| 1996 | New Focus, Contemporary Applied Arts, London |
| 1999 | Keelan Roberts, London |
| 2000 | Mixing It, (group show with Eileen Cooper)London, Birmingham and Darlington |
| 2001 | Ceramics Focus, Contemporary Applied Arts, London Crafts Council Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum Chelsea Crafts Fair |
| 2002 | Crafts Council Gallery Shop, London Chelsea Crafts Fair |
| 2003 | Constructed Clay, Galerie Besson, London
Contemporary Crafts at Kenwood House, London Off the Plinth, Open House Gallery, London SOFA Chicago |
| 2004 | Galerie Besson, London – Solo Exhibition SOFA, Chicago Art Fair, USA |
| 2005 | Ceramic Art London, Ceramic Fair, Royal College of Art, London Focus Exhibition, Contemporary Applied Arts, London |
| 2006 | Group Exhibition Keramik Symosium Gumunden Austria. Travels to Hohrgrenzh German – Sulz (Vorarlberga), Valencia Spain – Kapfenberg Styria |
| 2007 | Classic & Contemporary Ceramics, Galerie Besson, London Pathways Contemporary Studio Ceramics, Garden Gallery, The Oxford Museum Woodstock SOFA New York, USA Hue Line and Form, Contemporary Applied Arts, London River, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham - Solo Exhibition |
| 2008 | Cup, Contemporary Applied Arts, London Twenty Years - Twenty Pots, Galerie Besson, London SOFA Chicago, USA Priscilla Mouritzen, Riitta Talonpoika & Annie Turner, Galerie Besson, London |
Exhibitions at Galerie Besson
| Priscilla Mouritzen, Riitta Talonpoika & Annie Turner | Nov - Dec 2008 |
| Twenty Years - Twenty Pots | Sep - Oct 2008 |
| Classic & Contemporary Ceramics | Feb - Mar 2007 |
| Classic & Contemporary Ceramics | Jan - Feb 2006 |
| Contemporary Potters | Jan - Feb 2005 |
| Annie Turner | May 2004 |
| Constructed Clay | Mar - Apr 2003 |
