Lesley Turner

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Current Project - The Laundry Room



















Future Exhibitions
2022
The Laundry Room, September 30 - November 30th, Goward House, Victoria BC


Selected Past Exhibitions
2022
Current Threads 2022, SDABC, Cowichan Valley Art Council Galleries, Duncan BC
Out of the Studio, Articulation, Victoria BC
Dialogues, arc.hive, Victoria BC - solo
2021
Out of the Studio: Fibre, Articulation, Neil Balkwill Centre, Regina SK
Connected Heritage, Articulation, Sidney Museum, Sidney BC

2020

Provinces, Articulation, Fish Creek Library, Calgary AB

Dissent, Portals Gallery, Duncan BC

2019

Dualities Prairie and Pacific, Cre8ery Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB

Cowichan Valley Fine Arts Show, Arbutus Gallery, Duncan BC, Award of Excellence

Connected Heritage, Articulation, New Iceland Heritage Museum, Gimli MB

2018

WAR: A Personal Response, Articulation, Sidney Museum, Sidney BC

Colour: A Personal Response, Place Des Arts, Coquitlam BC

2017

Eco-Threads, Coast Collective Gallery, Colwood BC

Current Threads 2017, VISDA, Ladysmith WaterfrontGallery, Ladysmith BC

2016

World of Threads Festival 2016, Oakville ON

Edge of the Forest, Surface Design Assoc., Fish Creek Community Library, Calgary AB; Coast Collective Arts Centre, Victoria, BC; Fibreworks Gallery, Sunshine Coast BC

2015

The Salish Sea, Sister Cities, Anacortes WA USA

Edge of the Forest, SDA, Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto ON; John M Parrott Gallery, Bellville ON; Fibre Arts Conference, Woody Point NL

2014

Current Threads 14, VISDA, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo BC

2013

Continuum, Sudpfalz, Herxheim, Germany

Articulated Materials: Bridging Waters, Articulation + Material Girls, ArtSea Gallery, Sidney BC; Frazee Gallery, Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John NB; Cre8ery Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB

2012

Continuum, World of Threads Festival, Oakville ON

BA(Hons) Graduate Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Middlesex University, London UK

Articulated Materials: Bridging Waters, Articulation+Material Girls, Horndon-on-the Hill, London UK; Brentwood Gallery, Romford UK; Maeldune Heritage Centre, Meldon UK

2011

Women of Fibre: Mary Garnham Andrews and Articulation, Whyte Museum, Banff AB

2010

Victoria College of Art Faculty Show, Polychrome Gallery, Victoria BC

Narrative Articulations, Articulation, Victoria College of Art, Victoria BC

2009

Unity and Diversity, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea

Loose Threads: Works in Progress, Articulation, Other Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff AB

2008

Meta Incognita, Articulation, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax NS

2007

Meta Incognita, Articulation, Banff Summer Festival, The Banff Centre, Banff AB; Southern Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary AB

2005

Alberta Scene, National Arts Centre, Ottawa ON


Education

2012 BA (Hons) 1st class Embroidered Textiles, Middlesex University, London UK

2007 Certificate in Visual Design, University of Calgary, Calgary AB

2002-4 Certs. in Design+Craft (Embroidery+Design), City+Guilds of London Institute UK

1998 Master Knitter of Canada

1978 Diploma in Teaching, New Zealand

1975 BA Geomorphology, University of Otago, New Zealand 


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