George Turner
George Turner, Then there were none 2023, photogrammetry, 3D render, on archival photo rag, 1305 x 900 mm $4950
George Turner, Blue 2023 – Mushroom triptych, edition of 5 photography, photogrammetry, 3D render, on archival photo rag, 550 x 425 mm $750
Red 2023 – Mushroom triptych, edition of 5, photography, photogrammetry, 3D render, on archival photo rag, 550 x 425 mm $750
White 2023 – Mushroom triptych, photography, photogrammetry, 3D render, on archival photo rag, edition of 5, 550 x 425 mm $750 (unframed)
Artist biography
George Turner (Pākehā) was born and currently lives and works in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Extended across a multitude of practices, Turner’s work has consistently traversed an ecological narrative with the desire to unpack aspects of trauma still rooted in Aotearoa. From large scale projections, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and across all of the digital disciplines their work presents a digital analysis of this contemporary world. Since 2018, Turner has exhibited between Wellington and Auckland, steadily developing a practice which tackles environmental destruction.
As well as their own practice, Turner has assisted artist Lisa Reihana on some of their recent works including ‘Ihi’, shown in the landmark exhibition Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art (2021) and more recently ‘The Battle’ as part of the Aotearoa Festival of Arts. 2022 saw Turner participate in the first trans-Tasman digital artist fellowship co-ordinated by the Australian Arts Council and Creative New Zealand, which brought together artists from a wide range of mediums with the intent of developing each other’s practices. Second Impressions is the latest collection in Turner’s continuing body of work, being created over the past year.