Mike Turner

Mike Turner is an artist metalsmith and sculptor whos career has spanned 31 years and 3 continents , It started in the UK where, after completing a degree in jewellery design in 1993 , he began by supplying Londons growing population of pierced and tattooed with his own style of jewellery, here his work was selected for inclusion in the Victoria and Albert museums Street Style exhibition (1994) and was included in the book Unclasped- British Contempory Jewellery(1996), it also appeared in a number of Magazine publications, including Time Out London and Dazed and Confused
In 2000 he moved to Australia where during a stint in the film industry he learnt the skills to work on a larger scale and with an array of new and interesting materials, in 2002 he helped set up the Mekanarky artist run initiative in Sydney, where he lived and worked for the next 6 years exhibiting his work regularly in Australia and occasionally overseas. In January 2008 he moved to Chengdu, China where he set up a studio and worked soley on his art until late 2012 when he moved back to East London, where he currently lives and works.
His work is held in private collections throughout the UK, Europe, Australia , Japan and China and 2009 has seen his work i...

Higher Education (selected)
1989 – 1992 Ba(Hons) Jewellery Design, Middlesex University, London, UK
1987 – 1989 Diploma Design Crafts, Epsom school of Art, Epsom, UK

Solo Exhibitions
2008
Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Aus....................Metalmorphosis
2005
New View Gallery, Newtown, NSW, Aus.....................Untitled
2001
Urban Cow Studios, Adelaide, SA, Aus.................Spawn Again

Group exhibitions (selected)
2023
The Crypt Gallery. ..............................................L'ageD'or.
2018
The Crypt Gallery , Euston London UK… ......…........Black
Crows Nest Gallery,Latimer Road UK ….Artcore Summer Show
Nolias Gallery , Southwark, London, UK…… .......Thumbnail
The Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley on Thames,UK .All in All
2017
Crows Nest Gallery, Latimer road, London, UK………..Artcore
Newport Square car park, Oxford Circus, UK……...….Crash
2016
Crows Nest Gallery, Latimer road, London, UK………Brexmas
Newspeak House, Shoreditch, London, UK….Modern Panic VII
2015
Naia Museum, Rochefort-En-Terre, France...Permanent display
Apiary Studios, Hackney, London, UK ……....Modern Panic VI
Crows Nest Gallery, Latimer road, London, UK………….……..Estheseis
Ben Oakley Gallery, Greenwich, London, UK…..Its the dogs
Undercurrents gallery, Deptford, London, UK Artcore
2014
Hotel Elephant, Elephant and Castle, London, UK... Artcore 14
Red Door Gallery, East Ham, London,UK….Summer Exhibiti...