Carole Turner
America
Carole Turner creates contemporary sculpture in stone, steel, bronze, and cement. She carves, fabricates, and models with abstracted and geometric design, as well as voluptuous figurative and organic form.
Born in Portland, Oregon, USA, she is now based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Her sculptures are exhibited internationally, and her monumental sculptures can be found in the collections of museums, municipalities, sculpture parks, and corporations in China, Turkey, Italy, Greece, Argentina, Germany, Vietnam, Russia, South Korea, Austria, Poland, Romania, Mexico, Egypt, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, India, Chile, Canada, Qatar, and United States.
She is co-organizer of the Puerto Vallarta International Sculpture Symposium in Mexico.
EDUCATION
Portland State University, Oregon
New York University, New York
Art Students League, New York
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Oregon
PUBLIC, CORPORATE and MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
City of Zhengzhou | Zhengzhou, China | A Fine Balance | Marble
Ankara Universitesi Open Museum| Ankara, Turkey | Seven | Marble
Promeda Corporation | Izmir, Turkey | Lale | Marble
Regency Group | Doha, Qatar | Soft Landing | Marble
Al Asmakh Corporation | Doha, Qatar | Oasis | Marble
Haliburton Sculpture Park | Ontario, Canada | Storied Moons | Limestone
Saraylar Belediye | Marmara Island, Turkey | Intuition | Marble
Nuestros Parques, El Mantial Cemeterio, Santiago, Chile | Fraternity | Travertine
City of Manavgat - Jale Inan Park | Manavgat, Turkey | Secrets of the Waters | Marble
Aspat Tempera Beach Resort, Turkey | Wavelength | Marble
Andres Institute Sculpture Park, New Hampshire, USA | Seven | Steel
City of Silifke,Turkey | Dream | Marble
Venerato Municipality | Crete, Greece |Who We Thought We Were | Marble
Yang Hu Yuan Wetland Park, Changsha, China | Cloud Twins | Sandstone
Circolo Culturale Reana del Rojale, Udine, Italy | Silenzio | Marble
City of Verzegnis, Italy | Getting There | Marble
Portakal Çiçeği Doğa Park, Sapanca, Turkey | Trumpet Trio | Marble
City of Hui'an, China | Wind Song | Granite
Al Solaimaneyah Golf Resort, Cairo, Egypt | Misr | Galata Marble
Kanu Nayak Art Foundation, Mumbai, India| Monsoon Moon | Marble/Sandstone
Zafer Park, Cankaya (Ankara), Turkey | Büyük Sehir, Küçük Dünya | Chestnut, Steel
Art Nature Sculpture Park, Gabrovtsi, Bulgaria | Forest Cloud | Steel and Vines
City of San Benetto del Tronto, Italy | Swept Away | Travertine
City of Puntarenas, Costa Rica | Travesia | Marble
Castle Sculpture Park, Austria | St. Hemma Von Gurk | Wood
Icheon City, Korea | In A Dream | Granite
Herczeg Collection, Garina, Romania | Trajentine | Andesite
Beijing Olympic Committee, China | Rhythmic Dancer | Bronze
City of Buyukcekmece, Turkey | Dream Cloud | Stainless Steel
City of Toluca, Mexico | Passages | Stainless Steel
City of Mehmels, Germany | Monarch | Travertine
Bochang Corporation, Korea | The Distance Between Us | Basalt
University of Guadalajara, Museo Peter Gray, Mexico | Memoria | Cantera
Emirates Heights, Egypt | Onward and Upward | Marble
Penza Art Museum/Savitsky Gallery, Russia | Same Sky | Cast Aluminum
Museo de Art Contemporáneo a Cielo Abierto, Argentina | Sueño | Marble
People's Republic of China | Olympic Dreams | Bronze
International Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea | Together | Marble
City of Opole, Poland | Lullabye Polonaise | Marble
City of Puerto San Martín, Argentina | Primavera | Marble
Legends Sculpture Park, Russia | Vasilia | Marble
Yeongwol Contemporary Sculpture Park, Korea | Together | Granite
Legends Sculpture Park/Pure Ponds Hotel Group, Russia | Haven | Limestone
An Giang Provincial Sculpture Park, Vietnam | To the Winds | Marble
Chystie Prudie Hotel, Penza, Russia | Inspiration | Acrylic
Rosstroy Corporation, Russia | Penza Moon | Acrylic
Clear Ponds Hotel, Russia | Blue | Acrylic
Abalone Resort and Spa, Hue, Vietnam | Swan | Marble
An Giang Provincial Sculpture Park, Vietnam |Pearl | Marble
City of Oregon City, Oregon | Ancient Voices | Cement, Steel
TECO Engineering, Oregon | Oraia | Cement, Steel
Monarch Sculpture Park, Washington | Symbiosis | Cement
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2016 | What Remains | Andres Institute of Art | New Hampshire, USA
2014 | Pofuduk | Galeri Selvin | Istanbul, Turkey
2011 | Voluptuaria | Guardino Gallery | Oregon, USA
2008 | Spatiality | Columbia Sculpture Center | Oregon, USA
2006 | Monumentum | Delirium Gallery | Oregon, USA
2004 | Cycladic Memory | Guardino Gallery | Oregon, USA
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS (collective)
2016 | Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art | Istanbul, Turkey
2015 | Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art | Istanbul, Turkey
2012 | Timisoara Museum of Art | Timisoara, Romania
2012 | Museum of Industry Trade and Tourism | Budapest, Hungary
2010 | Peter Gray Museum | University of Guadalajara | Mexico
2010 | Evergreen Aviation Museum | Oregon, USA
2009 | International Museum of Contemporary Art | Yeongwol, Korea
2009 | Museo de Art Contemporáneo a Cielo Abierto | Roldán, Argentina
2009 | Coos Art Museum | Oregon, USA
2008 | Penza Art Museum | Penza, Russia
2008 | Mitchell Museum | Mt. Vernon, Illinois, USA
2007 | Tseretelli Museum | Moscow, Russia
2007 | Museum of Contemporary Craft | Oregon, USA
2007 | Maryhill Museum Sculpture Exhibition | Washington, USA
2006 | Jintai Museum | Beijing, China
2004 | Maryhill Museum Outdoor Sculpture Invitational | Washington, USA
SYMPOSIA AND COMPETITIONS
2016 | Bridges and Connections Sculpture Symposium | Brookline, NH, USA
2016 | Venerato International Sculpture Symposium | Crete, Greece
2016 | International Sculpture Symposium | Silifke, Turkey
2015 | Manavgat International Sculpture Symposium| Antalya, Turkey
2015 | Santiago International Sculpture Symposium | Santiago, Chile
2015 | 13th International Aspat Sculpture Symposium | Bodrum, Turkey
2015 | Mumbai International Sculpture Symposium | Mumbai, India
2014 | Changsha International Sculpture Art Festival | Changsha, China
2014 | Rosso di Verzegnis International Sculpture Symposium | Verzegnis, Italy
2014 | Friuli Venizia Giulia International Sculpture Symposium | Vernacco, Italy
2014 | Portakal Çiçeği International Symposium | Sapanca, Turkey
2013 | International Stone Sculpture Symposium Puntarenas, Costa Rica
2013 | International Wood Sculpture Symposium | Austria
2013 | International Land Art Sculpture Symposium | Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
2012 | Ostraka International Sculpture Symposium | Cairo, Egypt
2012 | Cankaya International Sculpture Symposium | Ankara, Turkey
2012 | Scultura Viva Internat’l Sculpture Symposium | San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
2012 | International Andezit Sculpture Symposium | Timisoara, Romania
2012 | Erciyes International Snow Sculpture Symposium | Kayseri, Turkey
2011 | 6th Annual International Stone Carving Competition | Hui'an, China
2011 | 10th International Sculpture Symposium | Buyukcekmece/Istanbul, Turkey
2011 | International Sculpture Symposium | Mehmels, Germany
2011 | 20th International Stainless Steel Sculpture Symposium | Toluca, Mexico
2010 | Bochang International Sculpture Symposium | Boryeong, Korea
2010 | Puerto de Arte International Sculpture Symposium | San Martín, Argentina
2010 | International Sculpture Symposium | Penza, Russia
2010 | International Sculpture Symposium | Washington, USA
2010 | Puerto Vallarta International Sculpture Symposium | Mexico
2009 | Emirates Heights International Stone Sculpture Symposium | Egypt
2009 | 6th International Contemporary Sculpture Symposium | Yeongwol, Korea
2009 | 3rd International Sculpture Symposium Roldán City | Santa Fe, Argentina
2008 | First International Stone and Wood Sculpture Symposium | Penza, Russia
2008 | International Stone Sculpture Symposium | Hue, Vietnam
2008 | Beijing 2008 Olympics Landscape Sculpture Finalist | Beijing, China
2007 | International Sculpture Symposium: Melodies of Bronze | Penza, Russia
2007 | International Stone Carving Symposium | Mt. Vernon, Washington, USA
2007 | Puyallup Arts Downtown Outdoor Sculpture Invitational | Washington, USA
2006 | International Marble Sculpture Symposium | Opole, Poland
2005 | International Sculpture Symposium: Hallmark II | Chau Doc, Vietnam
2005 | Percent for Art Purchase | Oregon City, Oregon, USA
2005 | 3rd Outdoor Sculpture Invitational | Wilsonville, Oregon, USA
2004 | 2nd Outdoor Sculpture Invitational | Wilsonville, Oregon, USA
2004 | Maryhill Museum Outdoor Sculpture Invitational | Washington, USA
2003 | 1st Outdoor Sculpture Invitational | Wilsonville, Oregon, USA
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2019
Portakalcicegi Port Art Gallery | Seçki/Ankara | Ankara, Turkey
2018
Zhengzhou International Sculpture Exhibition | Zhengzhou, China
Terrace Exhibition | Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art | Istanbul, Turkey
2017
Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair with Galeri Baraz | Istanbul, Turkey
Al Asmakh Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition | Doha, Qatar
CKM-Cadebostan Kultur Merkezi | Istanbul Printmaking Exhibition | Istanbul, Turkey
Murdoch Collections | Portland, Oregon USA
2016
Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art | Istanbul, Turkey
Cercle d’Art Windows on Istiklal | Istanbul, Turkey
Murdoch Collections | Portland, Oregon USA
2015
Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art | Istanbul, Turkey
Kanu Nayak Art Foundation | Mumbai, India
Portakal Ciçeği International Plastic Arts Exhibition | Ankara, Turkey
2014
Mustafa Kemal Kultur Merkezi Istanbul, Turkey
Science and Technology Hall | Changsha, China
Mostra Palazzo Frangipane | Tarcento, Italy
Galeria Uno | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Murdoch Collections | Portland, Oregon, USA
2013
Bank of Costa Rica - Gallery | Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Springbox Gallery | Portland, Oregon, USA
Galeria Uno | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Murdoch Collections | Portland, Oregon, USA
2012
Timisoara Museum of Art | Barrique Art - The Gustibus | Timisoara, Romania
Museum of Industry Trade and Tourism | Budapest, Hungary
Springbox Gallery | Portland, Oregon, USA
Galeria Uno | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2011
Galerie Veldtart | International Sculptors | Mehmels, Germany
Springbox Gallery | Portland, Oregon, USA
Galeria Uno | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Oswego Festival of the Arts | Sculpture NW | Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA
2010
Escultores del Mundo, Proyecto 512 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Galeria Uno | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Eros Arte | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts | Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA
2009
Sala Republica de Italia | Roldán, Argentina
Portland International Airport | Portland, Oregon, USA
Guardino Gallery | Portland, Oregon, USA
Art on the Avenues | Wenatchee, Washington, USA
Onda Gallery | Portland, Oregon, USA
2008
Beijing Olympic Games, Landscape Sculpture Exhibition | Beijing, China
Centennial Olympic Park | Atlanta, Georgia
City Hall, Pacific Northwest Sculpture Exhibition | Portland, Oregon, USA
Justice Center Gallery | Portland, Oregon, USA
Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center - Unclad Art | Stanwood, Washington, USA
Arts Downtown Outdoor Sculpture Invitational | Puyallup, Washington, USA
2007
International Artists Exhibition, Babylon Gallery | Samara, Russia
International Symposium Bronze Exhibition, Art Center Gallery | Penza, Russia
Babylon Gallery - Melodies of Bronze | Samara, Russia
Convention Center | Sacramento, California, USA
Navy Pier | Chicago, Illinois, USA
Arts Downtown Outdoor Sculpture Invitational | Puyallup, Washington, USA
Sculpture Walk | Vancouver, Washington, USA
Gottlieb Gallery | Portland, Oregon, USA
Art in the Pearl | Portland, Oregon, USA
2006
Tianjin Square | Tianjin, China
International Marble Sculpture Symposium | Opole, Poland
22nd UBE Biennial International Sculpture Competition | Yamaguchi, Japan
Bella Perla Gallery | Portland, Oregon, USA
Art in The Pearl, Juried Fine Arts Festival | Portland, Oregon, USA
2005
International Stone Sculpture Symposium: Hallmark II | Chau Doc, Vietnam
Bella Perla Gallery | Portland, Oregon, USA
City of Oregon City 7th Avenue | Oregon City, Oregon, USA
Portland Center for the Performing Arts | Portland, Oregon, USA
Allied Arts – Pacific Northwest Sculptors Exhibition | Richland, Washington, USA
Cascade Aids Project Art Auction | Portland, Oregon, USA
Wilsonville Outdoor Sculpture Invitational | Wilsonville, Oregon, USA
2004
Wilsonville Outdoor Sculpture Invitational | Wilsonville, Oregon, USA
Monarch Sculpture Park, Art in the Park | Tenino, Washington, USA
Portland Center for the Performing Arts | Portland, Oregon, USA
Creative Metal Arts/Convention Center | Portland, Oregon, USA
Art in The Pearl | Portland, Oregon, USA
Guardino Gallery | Portland, Oregon, USA
2003
Wilsonville Outdoor Sculpture Invitational | Wilsonville, Oregon, USA
Guardino Gallery | Portland, Oregon, USA
Gresham City Hall Visual Arts Gallery | Gresham, Oregon, USA
Portland Center for the Performing Arts | Portland, Oregon, USA
Art in The Pearl | Portland, Oregon, USA
2002
Portland Center for the Performing Arts | Portland, Oregon, USA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Columbia Sculpture Center | Portland, Oregon | Executive Director
Puerto Vallarta International Sculpture Symposium | Mexico | Organizer, Curator
Pacific Northwest Sculptors, Inc. | Portland, Oregon | Founding Board Member
Northwest Stone Sculptors Association | past Vice President and Board Member
International Sculpture Center | Washington, D.C.