Eleanor Turvey

Eleanor Turvey launched her career with a series of arresting and powerful collage portraits. What sets her work apart is a unique technique and a continuously evolving practice.

"My love of portraiture began as a personal search for truth and guidance. I have studied and portrayed many great leaders and thinkers along my journey and I realised that, in addition to capturing their likeness, I wanted to weave their thoughts and words into the portrait, thereby opening a window into the mind of the person being portrayed. I discovered that collage is the perfect medium for achieving this."

Eleanor Turvey lives and works in Cape Town and became a full-time artist in 2012. Her work is in private and corporate collections in the UK, Hong Kong and throughout Africa.

Exhibitions:
2018 Once When We Were Free, Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa
2018 #paper, Art.B Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2018 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa
2017 Turbine Art Fair Johannesburg, South Africa
2017 Cape Town Art Fair Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa
2016 Auf Wiedersehen is not Good Bye, Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa
2016 START, Saatchi Gallery London
2016 Turbine Art Fair Johannesburg
2016 Cape Town Art Fair Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa
2015 Form & Substance Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa
2015 Group Exhibition Sophie Lalonde Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana
2015 This is Not a Portrait, Rust & Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, South Africa
2013 Sanlam Portrait Awards Top 40 Rust & Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, South Africa

Awards:
Sanlam Portrait Awards, Top 40 Finalist, 2013

Collections:
Kilbourn Collection, Cape Town, South Africa
Liang Collection, Hong Kong
De Beers Group, Botswana