b. 1958, Narrogin, Australia

EDUCATION

1992/94 Woodturning Workshop with Stephan Hughes Bunbury
1993 Woodturning Workshop with Vic Wood Bunbury
1999 Woodturning Workshop with John Jordan Dwellingup
2000 Woodturning Workshop with Graham Priddle Dwellingup
2000 Woodturning Workshop with Gordon Ward Dwellingup
2003 Designing Futures Workshop with Louise Hibbit, Dwellingup Sarah Parker,Hayley Smith & Todd Hoyer
2003 Designing Futures Workshop with Stephen Hogbin Perth
2005 Creative Workshop Advanced Embellishment with Dwellingup Monique Tippet
2007/9/11 Invitation Collaborative Workshop Bowral
2009/10 Invitation Collaborative Workshop Bunbury
2009/11 Invitation Goongarrie Station Workshop Kalgoorlie
2010-11 Diploma of Fine Furniture Dwellingup
2011 Turnfest Demonstrator, Sea World Resort Queensland

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1999-04 Australian Woodturning Exhibition, Nunawading, Victoria, Australia
2000/01/02 Perth Royal Show – Eastern District Display. Claremont, Western Australia
2002-08/10 Out of The Woods, Claremont Showgrounds, Perth, Australia
2005 Scintillating, Armadale City Redevelopment Authority, Armadale,
Western Australia.
2005/08/11 Collectors of Wood Art Symposium, Philadelphia, USA
2005/08-9 Turned Wood – Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005-06 Woodworks, Meatmarket Art Centre, Melbourne, Australia
2005-08/11 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition) Chicago, IL
2005-08 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition) New York, NY
2006/09 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 ART Scottsdale, WestWorld, Art & Antiques, Scottsdale, AZ
2006 Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Sculpture 2007 – The Shape of Things, Bungendore Wood Works Gallery ,Bungendore, NSW, Australia
2007 Pacific Connections, Del Mano Galllery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 On Fire, Mundaring Arts Centre, Mundaring, Australia
2009/10 Coast to Coast, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Bunbury,Australia
2009 Spirit of Timber -‘Objects of Desire’, Artgeo Gallery, Busselton, Australia
2011 Mid West Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton, Australia
2011 ‘Signature SouthWest’ ArtGeo Gallery, Busselton, Australia


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Australian Wood Review, Edition 43, 44
The West Australian newspaper, Habitat, December
500 Wood Bowls, Lark Books, Sterling Press, Ashville, NC
2005 “Turning Downunder”, American Woodturner Magazine, Winter
2006 Insite Homes, Autumn Edition. Western Australia.
2006 Instyle Interiors, Edition 3. Western Australia.
2006/07 Insite Homes, Summer Edition. Western Australia.
2007 Capital, Edition 26, Canberra. Australia
2010 Creative Wood New Zealand, March Edition 96. New Zealand.
2011 Rockler Woodworkimg and Hardware, March Catalogue. Medina, MN

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA
Armadale Redevelopment Authority Collection, City of Armadale Collection
Shire of Capel Art Collection
Norton Rockler Collection, Medina, Minnesota. USA


ABOUT THE ARTIST
Neil Turner now resides on a 10 acre wooded block at Stratham 11 kilometers south of Bunbury. The years spent on his wheat and sheep farm 180 km east of Perth in Western Australia provided the opportunity to use wood normally overlooked and neglected by other woodworkers. His early years were spent juggling work and family with occasional woodturning. He has been turning and sculpting wood for over 32 years, attending workshops whenever possible to improve his technique and sharpen his focus and skills. He is now studying for a Diploma of Fine Furniture at The Australian School of Wood in Dwellingup

ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My rural environment greatly influenced me, as I was able to observe the wind, fire and water impact the land. My intention is to incorporate these aspects into work that has a free, expressive and organic appearance while using carving and turning techniques to achieve a purity of form.
Wood a living breathing organism that captures my imagination. The opportunity to express thoughts and ideas in a tangible creation that continues to react within it’s environment. To design and create in wood posses many challenges both in structure and integrity but the pleasure I derive from my work is simple, a joy and passion to create pieces of work that I like.