Jennifer Turpin b. 1958

Also known as Turpin & Crawford
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Jennifer Turpin and Michaelie Crawford are known primarily as a collaborative duo who have produced many public artworks of considerable scale and beauty for over a decade. Their 2003 work "Storm Waters" received the Lloyd Rees Civic Award from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
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Name
Jennifer Turpin
Also known as Turpin & Crawford (Collaborative duo with Michaelie Crawford)
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Birth date
1958
Active Period
  • 1985-
Residence
  • Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Graduate Diploma (Visual Arts), 1989 - 1990 Sydney College of the Arts, NSW
  • Bachelor of Visual Arts (Sculpture), 1986 - 1988 Sydney College of the Arts, NSW
  • Foundation course, 1983 - 1984 Sir John Cass School of Arts, London, UK
  • Sculpture 1, 1982 - 1983 Accademia di Arti di Urbino, Italy
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours Fine Arts), 1977 - 1981 University of Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Twenty: Sherman Galleries 1986 - 2006

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Related stub people
  • Grose, James (associate of)
  • McDermott, Gail (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Art Engineering Studios (associate of)
Related people
  • Crawford, Michaelie (associate of)
  • Tonkin, Peter (associate of)
Related works
  • Holy Ghost (creator of)
  • Storm Waters (creator of)
  • Tied to Tide (creator of)
  • Tank (creator of)
  • Well (creator of)
Related recognitions
  • Lloyd Rees Civic Award, RAIA, "Storm Waters", Victoria Park, (received)
  • 2003 : Planning for NSW Award for Design, NAWIC, "Storm Waters", Victoria Park, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • Public art commission - "Ghost Windows", with Michaelie Crawford, Supreme Court Sydney, Attorney General's Department (received)
  • RAIA Jury Award, "Water Swing", 363 George St (received)
  • Public art commission (received)
  • 1998 : Public art commission - "Time Rings", with Michaelie Crawford, Bicentennial Park Stage II, Leichhardt Council, NSW (received)
  • 1998 : Public art commission - "Tank", with Michaelie Crawford, Downing Centre Tunnel, Museum Station, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • Award of Excellence, Australian Institute of Landscape Architects NSW & ACT (received)
  • Public art commission - "Water Sculpture", the New Brisbane International Airport (received)
  • Public art commission - "The Memory Line", with Michaelie Crawford (received)
  • Professional Development Grant, Visual Arts & Craft Board, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Public art commission (received)
  • Public art commission (received)
  • 1995 : Public art commission - "Well", water sculpture for The New Children's Hospital, Westmead, NSW (received)
  • Project Grants, Visual Arts & Craft Board, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Project Grant, Visual Arts & Craft Board, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Arthur Macquarie Post Graduate Travelling Scholarship, University of Sydney (received)
  • ARUP (NAWIC) Merit Award - Art in the Built Environment, "Tank" (received)
  • 2000/2002 : Public art commission - "Storm Waters", with Michaelie Crawford, Central Park, Victoria Park, Sydney, Landcom (received)
Related events
  • Sydney Metropolis (exhibited at)
  • Transformers, Green Noise II (exhibited at)
  • Canberra National Sculpture Forum (exhibited at)
  • Girls Girls Girls!, Green Noise 1 (exhibited at)
  • Going Public (exhibited at)
  • Fifth Australian Sculpture Triennial (exhibited at)
  • Synthesis 6, In the Hoist Shaft (exhibited at)
  • Water Works IV (exhibited at)
  • The Blake Prize (exhibited at)
  • Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta (exhibited at)
  • Inland: A Spatial Heritage (exhibited at)
  • Golden Staircase (Steel Ladders), Drawers of Water (exhibited at)
  • Vault, Water Works 1 (exhibited at)
  • 89 Degrees on the Water, Shifting Ground (exhibited at)
  • Histories, Without the Walls (exhibited at)
  • A Split Second of Paradise (exhibited at)