Vadis Turner
Artist Statement

Creating desirable objects and becoming objects of beauty has long been the work of women. Her craft, like her image, is a measure of a woman's worth and tangible evidence of her time(s). Handicrafts become precious because ritual and shared time(s) are integral to their creation. As they are passed down through generations, they increase in value. They become heirlooms and ultimately historical artifacts.

Advancements in entertainment and technology have replaced many cultural traditions and diluted traditional gender roles. Synthesizing current cultural issues with materials that are representative of women’s work illustrates how we spend our time and define our values. Transforming domestic materials into contemporary art objects bonds with ancestral forms of craft that determine a woman’s value worth and cultural identity.

EDUCATION
Boston University, School for the Arts, Boston, MA
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Teaching, May 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Minor in Art History, May 1999

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Tag Art Gallery, Nashville, TN

2007
Gallery Nulu, Louisville, KY

2006
Reflex Gallery, Paris, France
Holasek Weir Gallery, New York, NY
Sonia Rykiel, Art on Madison, New York, NY
We Ar Lounge, Designers & Agents, Los Angeles, CA, Tokyo, Japan, New York, NY

2004
Domestic Goddess, Block Galley at Studio Montclair, Montclair New Jersey

2002
Women Center Stage, The Culture Project, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Prague Triennial, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
11th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Luxury of Love, Vanina Holasek Gallery, New York, NY
Let’s Bolt, Rock Paper Scissors Collective, Oakland, CA

2007
ArtHaus, Ethan Cohen Galley, Miami, FL
Modernature, Lotus Space, New York, NY
Conflux 2007, Metro Color Collision & Glowlab, Brooklyn, NY
NYC-5, in conjunction with a Keith Haring Retrospective, Egon Schiele Art
Centrum, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Fame and Survival, Reflex Gallery, Paris, France
Sugar Buzz, Lehman Collage Art Gallery, Bronx, New York
Home & Object Design Fair, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

2006
Who’s That Girl, Vanina Holasek Gallery, New York, NY
Candy for Dinner, Remy Toledo Gallery, New York, NY
Art 212 Contemporary Art Fair, Regiment Armory, New York, NY
9 off 8th at 6, Crystalwood Gallery, Nashville, TN
Beast and the Beauty, Holasek Weir Gallery, New York, NY
Luxury Goods, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY

2005
Frisbee Art Fair, Metro Color Collision, Miami, FL
Dear Bubble Tea, Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY
The Symbolic Defeat of Phi Slamma Jamma, Melody Weir Gallery, New York, NY
D.I.Y, Invisible NYC, New York, NY
You’re Not in Kansas Anymore, Melody Weir Gallery, New York, NY
Traces of Me, or How I Learned to Draw, Asterisk Art Space, Brooklyn, NY

2004
Spring Members Show, The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA
Works on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
7 Deadly Sins Show, New Century Artists, NY,NY
Viridian Artists 15th Annual Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York, NY

2002
Student Member to Artist Member, The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA
50 Emerging Artists, Here, New York, NY

2001
Alumni Exhibition, Harpeth Hall School, Nashville, TN
Winter Members Show, Utrect Award, The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA

2000
Balancing Act, Gallery FX, Boston, MA
vLove and Sensuality, Gallery FX, Boston, MA
Stuff, The Copley Society Of Boston, Boston, MA

AWARDS
2004
Honorable Mention Award, New Century Artists, New York, NY

2001
Utrect Award, The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA

Artist In Residence 2008 Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India 2007 Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic 2006 - Present EMERGENCY ARTS, founding member and artist in residence, New York, NY

Bibliography
“10 Questions with Artist Vadis Turner”, HBOMB, 2008, Martabel Wasserman
“Turner’s Artworks Manically Mimic Everyday Life”, The Tennessean, April 6, 2008, Jonathan Marx
“Critic’s Pick”, Nashville Scene, April 2008, Joe Nolan
“Women’s Work”, Ready Made Magazine, December 2007/January 2008, Anna McDonald
“Explore”, Underwired, December 2007, Stephanie Brothers
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