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- Self Portrait (brothers)
Photograph, 4" x 6", 2003
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- Ki (untitled)
Ink and watercolor, 4" x 6", 2004
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- Somewhere in Between- Series of 5 self portrait photomasks
5 Papier-mache masks, each 6" x 9" x 3", 2005
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- Umbilical
Watercolor and ink collage, 42" x 42", 2010
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- Ki (lips)
Acrylic, ink and paper, 4" x 5", 2011
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- Ki (felted sun)
Fleece, 12" x 14", 2011
Biography:
Miya Turnbull is a multi-disciplinary artist, working in a variety of mediums including mask making, painting, photography and animation. Turnbull has exhibited her artwork in solo and group shows across Canada from coast to coast, since 1999. She has facilitated youth oriented visual art workshops through schools and arts organizations in Nova Scotia since 2003. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of Lethbridge in Alberta in the year 2000 and moved to Nova Scotia in 2002. Turnbull recognizes the support of the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage.
Artist Statement:
For the past decade I have been working in several mediums and simultaneously developing different bodies of work.
I have been exploring the theme of identity through mask making, dolls, video work, collage and projections. This has fostered a continuing examination of my cultural identity and individuality throughout my work. Ranging from representational to distorted, I challenge common perceptions and stereotypes by revealing, concealing and manipulating my own image.
My paintings, photographs and collages embody the simplicity and beauty of nature, organic form and spirituality and are a study of colour, shape and movement. Recent work, as seen in the umbilical series, is a re-examination of myself in the role as a mother. My latest material of choice is using fleece, dry and wet felting.
