LUCY JANE TURPIN
(b. 1983 Johannesburg, SA)

“The mind and body cannot be separated during productive action. My practice is informed by experience, that to which I carry and to which I encounter. My mark making is self-generating which aligns with intention, intuition and impulse. I am both an artist and a teacher and I see these two practices as informative and equally important.” – LJ Turpin

Lucy Jane Turpin completed her Honours Degree in Fine Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 2007, and her Master’s Degree cum laude at the University of Stellenbosch in 2015. She has since taken part in residencies in Iceland, Morocco and most recently Italy, where she is currently based.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

Tender seasons of intimacy // Tenere stagioni d’intimità, Everard Read, Cape Town, SA

2023

Burning to Change, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, SA

2023

What if flying were just falling in reverse, Everard Read, Cape Town, SA

2021

Vago, Everard Read, Cape Town, SA

2019

The heart of thought post Marrakech, Cubicle Series, Everard Read, Cape Town, SA

2018

Touching Time, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, SA

2015

Drawing as experience, GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch, SA

2015

SKUGGAÞRÆÐIR, Commune.1, Cape Town, SA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

Huldu-Hold, Herma, Reykjavik, ISL Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with Everard Read, Cape Town SA 2023 What I Feel When I Think About The Cosmos, Everard Read, Franschhoek, SA
Investec Cape Town Art fair, with Kalashnikovv Gallery, Cape Town, SA

2022

Things I’d like to remember, Everard Read, Cape Town, SA
FNB Joburg Art Fair, with Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, SA

2019

Che Bello with Eva Shuman, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Winter Salon, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, SA

2018

Drawn In, TwilSharp Studios, Johannesburg, SA
Rest. Draw. Rest. with Io Makandal, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
The Villa, curated by Jonathan Freemantle, Johannesburg, SA
Queens collective exhibition 0.4, Marrakech, MAR
Queens collective exhibition 0.3, Marrakech, MAR
KHIAL NKHEL, Marrakech, MAR
Queens collective exhibition 0.2, Marrakech, MAR

2017

Tectonic, Hazard Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Resonance and Dissonance, in collaboration with Jessie Doucha, Gina Kraft and
Urban Village, Nirox Sculpture Park, Cradle of Humankind, SA
Our House is a Very Very Fine, HEIMA, Seyðisfjörður, ISL
Folly, SMITH Gallery, Cape Town, SA
#soundpassage, in collaboration with Jessie Doucha, Gina Kraft and Urban Village –
Nirox Sculpture Park, Cradle of Humankind, SA

2016

Tall tails, Johannesburg City library, Johannesburg, SA
Honey I’m heima,Seyðisfjörður, ISL
Super Salon, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Death of the Old, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
How blushing feet and scissor meet on the fourth fl oor of Atlantis, Kalashnikovv Gallery,
Johannesburg, SA

2015

The Black Cube Sessions, The Old Post Offi ce, Johannesburg, SA
Curated Drawing, GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch, SA
You are New to the Mountain, in collaboration with Patricia Farrelly, Reykjavik, ISL

2014

Curated Gesture, GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch & Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
Masters Group Exhibition, GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch, SA

2013

Masters Group Exhibition, PJ Oliver, Stellenbosch, SA
LUCA, Croxhapox, Belgium, GER
High Five, Augustijnenkaai, Belgium, GER

2012

Masters Group Exhibition, GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch, SA

2011

Assemblage Launch, Maboneng Precinct, Johannesburg, SA
Urban Arts Platform, Anstey’s Building, Johannesburg, SA
Cit:y Festival, Museum Africa, Johannesburg, SA

2011

The Art of Assemblage, Joburg Fringe, Johannesburg, SA

2007

Work in Progress, Building Space Atholl, Johannesburg, SA
Collaborations, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA

2006

Semblant, Alliance Française, Johannesburg, SA

RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

2020

Viafarini Milan, ITA

2018

Queens Collective Marrakech, MAR

2016-17

Heima Seyðisfjörður, ISL

2015

SÍM Residency, The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Reykjavík, ISL

2013-14

Belgian Transition Fellowship, LUCA Belgium, GER

2011

2nd Prize, Cit:y Festival, Johannesburg, SA

2007

Sydney Goldblatt Award, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg SA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

R Tuttle Collection , USA