John Turier
Artist Bio
Abstractionist John Turier was born in Sydney, in 1954. He graduated from the Hunter Institute of Higher Education, NSW, in 1968 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts, and then again from the University of Newcastle in 1989, with a Post Graduate Diploma in Painting.. He currently lives and works in Newcastle, NSW.John Turier’s 30-year career is underpinned by 16 solo exhibitions since 1989. Additionally, Turier’s experience as a tradesman contributed immensely to his ability to adapt illustrations into three-dimensional forms, a process which underpins his more often than not humorous sculpture.Turier won the William Fletcher Trust Scholarship in 1990. He has also received numerous public sculpture commissions from namely, Australian Geographic, Newcastle City Council, Eden Gardens, Sydney, PCYC Australia and Commonwealth Bank, RTA. Sans Hospital, John Hunter Hospital, Lake Macquarie GalleryHis work can be found in a number of corporate and public collections such as Artbank, Jackson Smith Solicitors, Commonwealth Bank, SANs Hospital in Wahroonga Sydney and Newcastle City Council as well as Newcastle Regional Gallery.He has exhibited in regional and commercial galleries in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria as well as Japan, Germany and South Korea.
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