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Daniel Turner
Born (1983-07-22) July 22, 1983 (age 43)
Portsmouth, Virginia, US
OccupationArtist
Known forSculpture

Daniel Turner (born July 22, 1983) is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, video and drawing.

Early life and work

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Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Turner was raised on the state's rural coast, where successive generations of his family worked at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard as welders and in regional hospitals. [1] He studied painting and printmaking at Norfolk State University before receiving a B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute.[2] Turner presented his first institutional solo exhibition at the Old Dominion University Fine Arts Center in 2001. During the early years of his career, he worked in marine salvage, construction, demolition, and as a security guard at the New Museum in New York City.[3] He was hospitalized several times for psychosis, resulting in the action Burning an Entire Body of Work (2006),[4][5] in which he burned all previous paintings to date.[6]

Since the mid-2000s, Turner has worked primarily in sculpture, developing works from materials recovered from industrial infrastructure and public institutions. Central to Turner's practice is the identification of sites where prolonged operational conditions have physically conditioned the material, forming the basis for its subsequent transformation. His sculptures are often produced through a controlled set of processes in response to a particular institution, material, or site.[7] The resulting sculptures retain a direct material continuity with their sites of origin despite the complete transformation of the source objects. This approach has enabled Turner to base form on transposition, preserving a sensory link to geographical locations, cultural associations, and human contact. Recovered materials are subjected to chemical and mechanical transformation while retaining their material provenance, collapsing distinctions between document, artifact, and sculpture. These elements are present in works where an entire waiting room is cast into a series of solid bars (2013), a former psychiatric facility is burnished to a darkened stain against a wall (2014), or a cafeteria chemically dissolved across the expanse of a floor (2015).[8]

Turner has sourced materials from a range of sites including, American power plants,[9] Japanese chemical tankers, Belgian prisons[10], and the historic subsea telecommunications cable (TAT-1)[11] [12]. In 2019, he extracted one metric ton of hospital beds from The Vinnitsa Regional Psychoneurological Hospital in Vinnitsa Ukraine which were archived, melted and recast into two solid forms. [13]For his solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel (2022), Turner extracted elements from three sites in the Basel region that triangulate between architecture, the pharmaceutical industry, and psychology.[14] These materials included several tons of heating radiators and oil tanks which the artist extracted from the interiors of the chemical plant BASF, the pharmaceutical labs of Novartis, and former psychiatric facility Holdenweid.[15] Material excavated from each of the three sites was melted into minimal forms and burnished into the surface of large-scale works on canvas.[16][17][18]

Daniel Turner, Particle Processed Cafeteria, (dissolved cafeteria), steel, fiber, dimensions variable, 2016.

Selected exhibitions

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Public Collections

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Monographs

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  • Compresseur,[51] essay by Denis Gielen, published by Musée des Arts Contemporains Grand Hornu
  • Daniel Turner[52], published by The Maria Leuff Foundation
  • Daniel Turner[53], essay by Elena Filipovic, published by The Borlem Prize
  • Three Movements (Bronze),[54] essay by Roberto Toscano, Jack Self, Brad Wearstler, published by Karma Books
  • 5150,[55] essay by Jeffrey Grunthaner, published by American Art Catalogues
  • Marjorie,[56] published by Etudes Books
  • 2 220,[57] published by Karma Books
  • Daniel Turner,[58] essay by Franciska Zolyom, published by White Cube Gallery
  • Daniel Turner[59], essay by Jeffrey Grunthaner, published by Franklin Parrasch Gallery

Personal life

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Turner is married to fellow artist Rita Ackermann, [60][61]. He lives and works between New York City and Columbia County, New York.

References

  1. ↑ "Daniel Turner: Metal - Hauser & Wirth". Hauser & Wirth. Retrieved 2026-07-19. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)
  2. ↑ Turner, Daniel (2022). "CV Daniel Turner". Daniel Turner official website.
  3. ↑ "Inside the White Cube". whitecube.com. July 20, 2012.
  4. ↑ Abramenko, Maria (2021-03-05). "NASTY Magazine | Daniel Turner / Alchemical matters". NASTY Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  5. ↑ Schaeffer, James Michael (Autumn 2013). "Man is a God in Ruins". Nasty Magazine. Vol. The Concrete Issue. pp. 43–50.
  6. ↑ Elena, Filipovic. "Kunsthalle Basel". Kunsthalle Basel.
  7. ↑ "BOMB Magazine | Studio Visit: Daniel Turner". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  8. ↑ N-3RD. "confort moderne". confort-moderne.fr. Retrieved July 15, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Teicholz, Tom. "Heavy Metal: Daniel Turner At Hauser & Wirth DTLA". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
  10. ↑ "Au Mac's, Daniel Turner sculpte le souvenir d'une présence humaine". Le Soir (in French). 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
  11. ↑ News, Flux (2024-12-15). ""Compresseur", exposition de Daniel Turner au MACS". Flux News Online (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-08. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  12. ↑ Kort, Pamela (2025-03-18). "Daniel Turner: Compresseur | The Brooklyn Rail". brooklynrail.org. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  13. ↑ "Daniel Turner". PinchukArtCentre. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
  14. ↑ Nüsseler, Hannes (November 19, 2022). "US-Künstler Daniel Turner betreibt Spurensicherung in der Basler Pharmaindustrie". bzBasel.
  15. ↑ Roeschmann, Dietrich (September 22, 2022). "Das Gedächtnis des Materials: Daniel Turner in Basel". Badische Zeitung.
  16. ↑ Jasper, Adam (Jan 1, 2023). "Adam Jasper on Daniel Turner". Art Forum. pp. 147–148.
  17. ↑ Roeschmann, Dietrich (November 18, 2022). "Daniel Turner, Three Sites: Spurenelemente der Erinnerung". ArtLine.
  18. ↑ "Three Sites".
  19. ↑ "Daniel Turner : les fantômes de la prison de Forest hantent le Grand Hornu | Tele MB". www.telemb.be (in French). 2024-12-20. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
  20. ↑ "Transformierte Fundstücke – Der Heizkörper behält seine Chemie". Basler Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  21. ↑ Nüsseler, Hannes. "Kunsthalle: Daniel Turner betreibt Spurensicherung in der Pharma". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  22. ↑ "Spirits In The Material World: Daniel Turner at the Maria Leuff Foundation". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  23. ↑ Turner, Daniel. "Platform: Paris/Brussels".
  24. ↑ "The Extreme Present". Gagosian. November 9, 2019.
  25. ↑ "Mac's | The Bees of the Invisible". mac-s.be. Archived from the original on 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  26. ↑ "PARCOURS 2019". artbasel.com/.
  27. ↑ Turner, Daniel (February 9, 2019). "Future Generation Art Prize Exhibition". Pinchuk Art Center.
  28. ↑ "Anne Truitt / Daniel Turner". Parrasch Heijnen Gallery. Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  29. ↑ Hobermann, Mara (May 22, 2018). "Critics Pick". Art Forum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  30. ↑ Ackermann, Julie (June 19, 2018). "Daniel Turner, un artiste sur les traces du monde industriel". Les Inrockuptibles. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  31. ↑ Devos, Eugénie (April 13, 2018). "DANIEL TURNER SOLO EXHIBITION AT GALERIE ALLEN, PARIS".
  32. ↑ Casey, Nell (October 12, 2017). "A Step Is Not Just A Step At The Newly Revamped Eleven Madison Park". Gothamist New York. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  33. ↑ "The World's Best Chef Let an Artist Melt Down His Kitchen and Make an Artwork Out of It". artnet News. October 1, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  34. ↑ Steffen, Chloe (October 26, 2016). "Particle Processed Cafeteria by Daniel Turner at König Galerie, Berlin". Art Fuse. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  35. ↑ Turner, Daniel (September 9, 2016). "Particle Processed Cafeteria". Koing Gallery Berlin. Archived from the original on October 21, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  36. ↑ "Found Furniture Pulverized into Conceptual Art". Hyperallergic. October 2, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  37. ↑ "One Pic Thursday" (PDF). We Find Wildness.
  38. ↑ Parrasch, Franklin (April 7, 2016). "110/120". Franklin Parrasch Gallery.
  39. ↑ Grunthaner, Jeffrey (April 2016). "Daniel Turner at Parrasch Heijnen, LA". White Hot Magazine.
  40. ↑ "Pilage / Fold". Gagosian.
  41. ↑ Moulton, Aaron (July 25, 2014). "Clear". Gagosian Gallery.
  42. ↑ Ackermann, Rita (November 8, 2014). "FREEZER BURN Organized by Rita Ackermann". Hauser & Wirth.
  43. ↑ Northcross, Wayne (July 5, 2014). "Daniel Turner". Up. No. 7. pp. 102–105.
  44. ↑ Turner, Daniel (May 4, 2014). "PM". Team Gallery.
  45. ↑ "'Stripping Domestic Makeup': Daniel Turner Arrives at Team Gallery". Observer. May 7, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  46. ↑ Turner, Daniel. "2 220". Objective Exhibitions.
  47. ↑ Franklin, Parrasch (September 6, 2012). "John McCracken / Daniel Turner". Franklin Parrasch Gallery.
  48. ↑ Turner, Daniel (July 20, 2012). "Daniel Turner". White Cube Gallery.
  49. ↑ Creahan, Daniel. "BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – DANIEL TURNER AT THE JOURNAL GALLERY WEST THROUGH NOVEMBER 25TH, 2012". Art Observed.
  50. ↑ "The Perfect Man II". White Columns.
  51. ↑ "Daniel Turner". MACS. 2025-02-02. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
  52. ↑ "Daniel Turner | American Art Catalogues". americanartcatalogues.com. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
  53. ↑ "The Borlem Prize | American Art Catalogues". americanartcatalogues.com. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
  54. ↑ Turner, Daniel (2018). Three Movements (Bronze). Karma Books. p. 193. ISBN 9781942607786.
  55. ↑ American Art Catalogs (2018). 5150. American Art Catalogues. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-64136-988-6.
  56. ↑ Marjorie. Etudes. 2015. p. 32. ISBN 978-2-36962-007-5.
  57. ↑ Turner, Daniel (2014). 2 220. Karma Books. p. 104. ISBN 978-1938560590.
  58. ↑ Turner, Daniel (2012). Daniel Turner. White Cube Gallery. p. 64. ISBN 978-1906072704.
  59. ↑ "Daniel Turner | American Art Catalogues". americanartcatalogues.com. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
  60. ↑ "From New York: Rita Ackermann - Hauser & Wirth". www.hauserwirth.com. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  61. ↑ Hauser, Wirth (April 5, 2020). "Stories- From New York". Hauser Wirth.[permanent dead link]
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