Alex Turner (b. Chicago, Illinois) is a visual artist whose work has been exhibited internationally. He was named to the Silver Eye Center’s inaugural 2021 Silver List and Photolucida’s 2020 Critical Mass Top 50, won First Place in LensCulture’s Black and White Photo Awards, received SPE’s Innovation in Imaging Award has been named a finalist for many other awards and scholarships. His work is held in numerous collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Tucson Museum of Art. He has been featured in publications including Patagonia, Adventure Journal, Lenscratch, Fisheye, Der Greif, and C41. He holds an MFA from the University of Arizona and currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Contact
alex [at] alexturnerart.com
Los Angeles, CA
+1 (310) 413-3987
Education
MFA in Studio Art, University of Arizona, 2020
BA in Art & Art History, DePaul University, 2008
Solo Exhibitions
Blind River, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York City, NY, 2021
Blind River, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2021
The Endless Chain, ENR2 Art + Environment Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2020-2022
Occultations, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2019
Group Exhibitions
Into the Uncanny Valley, Marshall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2023
The Intimacy of Distance, Marshall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2022
LensCulture New York 2022: New Discoveries in Contemporary Photography, Caelum Gallery, New York City, NY, 2022
Mapping the Sublime: Reframing Landscape in the 21st Century, Brand Art Center, Glendale, CA, 2022
UA Wonder House, SXSW, Austin, TX, 2022
In The Field: Graduates from the University of Arizona School of Art, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ, 2021
HUMAN/NATURE, Lishui Museum, Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui, China, 2021
Contingent Perimeters, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, 2021
FOCUS Photo LA Summer Exhibition, Open Show LA, Los Angeles, CA, 2021
In Conversation With The Land, The Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, 2021
Love Devotion Surrender Dedication, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York City, NY, 2021
It’s NEGATIVE, MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2021
Fauna, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, 2021
Art + Science 2 Exhibition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, 2021
Bird In Flight Prize Exhibition, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2020
Arizona Biennial 2020, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2020-2021
Border Control: New Media Caucus, Stamps Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI, 2019
Regime of Images, Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2019
Wild/Sun, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ, 2019
From Here to Eternity, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ, 2019
R+D: School of Art Exhibition and Open Studio, Graduate and Alumni Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2019
School of Art Scholarship Exhibition, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2018
On and Off the Wall, Steinfeld Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2018
Testing Ground, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2018
Decay in Three Instantiations, Boathouse Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2018
Advanced Color Photography, Todd Walker Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2018
The Measure of Home, Infuse Project, Tucson, AZ, 2018
Awards | Grants | Scholarships
Finalist, Burn Magazine Emerging Photographer Fund, 2021
Grand Prize, FOCUS Photo LA Summer 2021 Competition, 2021
Finalist, Second Sight Award, Medium Photo, 2021
Shortlist, PHest Solo Exhibition, PHmuseum, 2021
Shortlist, Photography Grant Main Prize, PHmuseum 2021
Shortlist, Gomma Photography Grant, Gomma Books Ltd, 2021
Inaugural Silver List, Silver Eye Center for Photography, 2021
Working Artist Photography Award, Working Artist Org., 2021
Honorable Mention, Lucie Foundation Photo Made Scholarship, 2021
First Place, LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards, 2020
Juror’s Award, Art + Science 2 Exhibition, A Smith Gallery, 2020
Finalist, Bird In Flight Prize, 2020
Critical Mass Top 50, Photolucida, 2020
Critical Mass MFA Scholarship, Photolucida, 2020
Innovation in Imaging Award, Society for Photographic Education, 2020
College of Fine Arts Small Grant, The University of Arizona, 2020
Medici Scholarship, The University of Arizona, 2019
Art + Environment Exhibit Honorarium, The University of Arizona, 2019
George Grant Memorial Photography Scholarship, The University of Arizona, 2019
College of Fine Arts Scholarship, The University of Arizona, 2019
GPSC Travel Grant, The University of Arizona, 2019
Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Scholarship, 2018
Nancy Strauss Art Scholarship, The University of Arizona, 2018
Carson Program Scholarship, The University of Arizona, 2018
College of Fine Arts Small Grant, The University of Arizona, 2018
GPSC Travel Grant, The University of Arizona, 2018
N-Gen Sonoran Desert Researchers Grant, 2018
Medici Scholarship, The University of Arizona, 2018
School of Art Tuition Scholarship, The University of Arizona, 2017
Graduate Access Fellowship, The University of Arizona, 2017
AZ Scholars Graduate Tuition Award, The University of Arizona, 2017
Publications | Interviews | Features
Patagonia Journal, August 2023 (print only)
Adventure Journal, August 2023
aPhotoEditor, May 2023
Fisheye, December 2021
Libération, August 2021
Epistem Magazine, March 2021
F-Stop Magazine, February 2021
Yogurt Magazine, February 2021
Lenscratch, January 2021
Fisheye, December 2020
Der Greif, December 2020
Fraction Magazine, Issue 141, December 2020
Tique, October 2020
C41, September 2020
Lenscratch, July 2020
Fraction Magazine, Issue 134, May 2020
PBS - Arizona Illustrated, Episode 624, May 2020
Photo-Emphasis, April 2020
From Here On Out, June 2019
Writings
Revealing the River, Terrain.org, January 2020
Speaking Engagements
Arizona Photography Alliance
The University of Arizona
The University of Connecticut
Griffin Museum of Photography
Medium Photo
Society for Photographic Education National Conference