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  • SHINJI TURNER-YAMAMOTO

    shinji turner-yamamoto | Pentimenti #121 | 2022 | 24kt gold leaf, low fired clay made from c.a. 450 million year old fossiliferous shale with pine tree needles, Seagrove wild clay dust | 50 x 30 x 3 cm
  • shinji turner-yamamoto | global tree project: hanging garden | deconsecrated 19th century Holy Cross Church
  • shinji turner-yamamoto | pentimenti: strata #19 | kohler Arts/Industry Residency Program
  • shinji turner-yamamoto | global tree project: ISTANBUL | the abandoned Yahudi Yetimhanesi (Jewish Orphanage), Ortaköy, Istanbul, Turkey
  • shinji turner-yamamoto | pentimenti #120 | 2020 | gypsum plaster mold of c.a. 400-million-year-old coral fossil bed, 24kt gold leaf, gesso, clay bole, animal glue, natural resin | 55 x 33.5 x 10 cm | 21.5 x 13 x 4 in
HANGING GARDEN
2010

deconsecrated 19th century Holy Cross Church / Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
DISAPPEARANCES / PENTIMENTI
2010

Contemporary Arts Center / deconsecrated 19th century Holy Cross Church, Cincinnati, OH, USA
PENTIMENTI: STRATA
PENTIMENTI
QUINTESSENCE
QUINTESSENCE: STARLESS
CONSTELLARIA
SIDEREAL SILENCE: CHALYBEATE
SIDEREAL SILENCE
SIDEREAL SILENCE: WATERFALL
LIGHTNING
ongoing

collaborators to date: Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
DISAPPEARANCES: AN ETERNAL JOURNEY
2011

abandoned industrial building, Grand Rapids, MI, USA | 2011 ArtPrize International Juried Award
SIDEREAL SILENCE: IRISH STUDY I
SIDEREAL SILENCE: IRISH STUDY II
AQUA: OMPHALOS / BLUE GOLD
2000/2002

Roches Tower / Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
SLEEPING TREE
2008-09

Greater Reston Arts Center / Dogwood Elementary School woodland, Reston, VA, USA
twinned constellation / star nest
2010

Gobi Desert, Mongolia | MONGOLIA 360° International Land Art Biennial
PETALS OF THE UNIVERSE
2008

series of plant fiber-based 2/3 dimensional works | Taidetehdas/Artfactory, Porvoo, Finland
IRISH BLACK RAINBOW / MOONBOW
series of paintings
+ 2005 site-specific installation at Saigyo-an
SECRET GARDEN
2003

Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India
ISTANBUL
2016

abandoned Yahudi Yetimhanesi, Ortaköy, Istanbul, Turkey
SLEEPING VISHNU TREE
2005

Kiyomizu Temple Sutra Hall, Kyoto, Japan | Kyoto Art Walk
DIVERGENT GAZE OF ANGELS / ÅNGLARS AVVIKANDE BLICK
2004

series of photographs + drawings | Ekenäs, Finland
CONSTELLATIONS
series of paintings, sculptures
+ 2008 Ippaku-tei teahouse installation
+ Targetti Light Art Collection
PALACE OF THE WINDS
2003

series of drawings | New Delhi, India
PENSIERI TONDI
2001

series of sculptures with: Mt. Etna's lava, clay | Castelmola, Sicily, Italy
DISAPPEARANCES: an eternal journey
timelapse | 03:35
from documentary film: Art is the Prize
AËR / AQUA