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    SHINJI TURNER-YAMAMOTO

    Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Constellaria #26 | 2022 | (painting / wall sculpture) 24kt gold leaf, high-fired ca. 100-million-year-old kaolin-based porcelain clay, natural resin and glue | 33 x 22 x 5 cm | The series’ name refers to the Ordovician, ca. 450-million-year-old fossil with a coral or treelike branching structure. | #environmentalmelancholia #ecopsychology #environmentalart #elementalmaterials #natureinart #geologyinart #geologicaltimescale #crystalart #crystalsinart #wallpiece #wallobject #ceramic #japaneseartist
  • Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Global Tree Project: HANGING GARDEN | 2010 | site-specific installation | dead and live white birches | deconsecrated 19th century Holy Cross Church (National Register of Historic Places), Cincinnati, OH, USA | #environmentalmelancholia #ecopsychology #environmentalart #elementalmaterials #treeinstallation #treeart #treeinart #conceptualgarden #natureinart #geologyinart #sculpture #japaneseartist
  • Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Global Tree Project: ISTANBUL | 2016 | site-specific installation - Japanese maple, soil, plant fiber twine, gold leaf, water, mist cloud | abandoned Yahudi Yetimhanesi (Jewish Orphanage), Ortaköy, Istanbul, Turkey | Conceived as a symbol of peace and serenity, the Japanese maple, with its storied and emblematic color floats over the cosmic ocean—representing infinite possibilities and renewal. | #environmentalmelancholia #ecopsychology #environmentalart #treeinstallation #treeart #treeinart #conceptualgarden #natureinart #sculpture #cloudart
  • shinji turner-yamamoto | Pentimenti #121 | 2022 | 24kt gold leaf, low fired clay made from ca. 450 million year old fossiliferous shale with pine tree needles | 50 x 30 x 3 cm | #environmentalmelancholia #ecopsychology #environmentalart #elementalmaterials #natureinart #geologyinart #geologicaltimescale #wallpiece #wallobject #ceramic #japaneseartist
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Global Tree Project: HANGING GARDEN | 2010 | site-specific installation - dead and live white birches | deconsecrated 19th century Holy Cross Church (National Register of Historic Places), Cincinnati, OH, USA | #environmentalmelancholia #ecopsychology #environmentalart #elementalmaterials #treeinstallation #treeart #treeinart #conceptualgarden #natureinart #sculpture #japaneseartist HANGING GARDEN
2010

deconsecrated 19th century Holy Cross Church / Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | DISAPPEARANCES | 2010 | site-specific installation created with debris from Holy Cross Church: pulverized wall plaster, mineral dust - Included is PENTIMENTI, a series of paintings on plaster and gypsum relief fragments with chipped paint fragments, 24kt gold and silver leaf, gesso, clay bole, animal glue, tree resin | Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA DISAPPEARANCES / PENTIMENTI
2010

Contemporary Arts Center / deconsecrated 19th century Holy Cross Church, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Constellaria #24 + #25 - diptych| 2022 (painting / wall sculpture) | silver and 24kt gold leaf, gesso pastiglia with ca. 450-million-year-old fossil fragments and dust, cultured crystals, gesso, clay bole, natural resin and glue, wood panel | 50 x 33.5 x 8 cm (x2) | The series’ name refers to the Ordovician fossil with a coral or treelike branching structure. | #environmentalmelancholia #ecopsychology #environmentalart #elementalmaterials #natureinart #geologyinart #geologicaltimescale #wallpiece #wallobject #japaneseartist CONSTELLARIA
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Pentimenti #131 | 2022 | 24kt gold leaf, high-fired North Carolina East Fork wild clay, pine tree branches, natural resin and glue | 49 x 31 x 2.5 cm | on view: Abu Dhabi Art Fair (16-20 November 2022) PENTIMENTI
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Environmental Melancholia #1 | 2022 | high-fired ca. 100-million-year-old kaolin-based porcelain made from industrial pottery cull, pit-fired ca. 100-million-year-old kaolin-based porcelain with a pine tree branch | 36 x 38 x 30.5 cm | KOHLER collection | photo credit: Arts/Industry Residency Program, John Michael Kohler Arts Center + Kohler Co. ENVIRONMENTAL MELANCHOLIA
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Quintessence #19 | 2019 | cultured crystals grown on ca. 400-million-year-old coral fossil fragment | 18 x 23 x 18 cm QUINTESSENCE
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Sidereal Silence II | 2016 | mist cloud, clear acrylic structure | dimensions variable | Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery / Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH, USA | supported by: U.S. National Endowment for the Art SIDEREAL SILENCE
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Quintessence: Starless #1 | 2016 | archival digital c-print, acrylic face mount | 148 x 122 cm QUINTESSENCE: STARLESS
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Pentimenti: Strata #8 | 2018 | sand-cast brass with pine tree needles | 38 x 43 x 17 cm | photo credit: Arts/Industry Residency Program, John Michael Kohler Arts Center + Kohler Co. PENTIMENTI: STRATA
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Sidereal Silence: waterfall I | 2016 | archival digital print (from pinhole paper negative), acrylic face mount | 170 x 122 cm SIDEREAL SILENCE: WATERFALL
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Global Tree Project: ISTANBUL | 2016 | site-specific installation - Japanese maple, soil, plant fiber twine, gold leaf, water, mist cloud | abandoned Yahudi Yetimhanesi (Jewish Orphanage), Ortaköy, Istanbul, Turkey | Conceived as a symbol of peace and serenity, the Japanese maple, with its storied and emblematic color floats over the cosmic ocean—representing infinite possibilities and renewal. | #environmentalmelancholia #ecopsychology #environmentalart #treeinstallation #treeart #treeinart #conceptualgarden #natureinart #sculpture #cloudart #japaneseartist ISTANBUL
2016

abandoned Yahudi Yetimhanesi, Ortaköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Sidereal Silence: Chalybeate #18 | 2016 | ferruginous mineral spring water deposit on raw cotton canvas, resin | 117 x 82 x 3.5 cm SIDEREAL SILENCE: CHALYBEATE
LIGHTNING
ongoing

collaborators to date: Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | PETALS OF THE UNIVERSE | 2008 | cottonseed fiber, kaolin clay, stone, Virginia clay, 24kt gold leaf, animal glue | 70 x 60 x 18 cm | project supported by: Porvoo A-i-R ry/rf - Taidetehdas/Artfactory, Finnair PETALS OF THE UNIVERSE
2008

series of plant fiber-based 2/3 dimensional works | Taidetehdas/Artfactory, Porvoo, Finland
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | DISAPPEARANCES: AN ETERNAL JOURNEY | 2011 | large-scale site-specific installation created with fossils: coral, indigenous gypsum fragments/dust, processed gypsum, 750 square meters (8000 square feet) burnt limestone/concrete floor, rainwater | abandoned industrial building, Grand Rapids, MI, USA - ArtPrize venue - SiTE:Lab + University of Michigan School of Art & Design | 2011 ArtPrize International Juried Award DISAPPEARANCES: AN ETERNAL JOURNEY
2011

abandoned industrial building, Grand Rapids, MI, USA | 2011 ArtPrize International Juried Award
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Sidereal Silence: Irish Study #40 | 2016 | cultured crystals, ca. 450-million-year-old Ordovician fossil dust, turf ash, calcium carbonate, magnesium silicate, mica, rainwater, nikawa glue, tree resin, archival acetate, plexiglas, wooden frames, hinges | 50 x 84 x 3.5 cm | project supported by: U.S. National Endowment for the Arts (Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery / Aronoff Center for the Arts), Cill Rialaig Project, Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation | special thanks: Noelle Campbell-Sharp SIDEREAL SILENCE: IRISH STUDY II
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Sidereal Silence: Irish Study - work-in-progress | 2016 | ca. 450-million-year-old Ordovician fossil dust, turf ash, calcium carbonate, magnesium silicate, mica, rainwater, nikawa glue, tree resin, raw cotton canvas | project supported by: U.S. National Endowment for the Arts (Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery / Aronoff Center for the Arts), Cill Rialaig Project, Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation | special thanks: Noelle Campbell-Sharp SIDEREAL SILENCE: IRISH STUDY I
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Global Tree Project: AQUA-OMPHALOS | 2000 | site-specific installation inside an 18th-century folly with: debris-stones from the tower, apple seeds, lime, sand, soil, rainwater | Roches Tower, Cork, Ireland | supported by: Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes, Sirius Arts Centre, Ufficio Promozione Giovani Artisti di Bologna AQUA: OMPHALOS / BLUE GOLD
2000/2002

Roches Tower / Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Global Tree Project: SLEEPING TREE | 2008-09 | two site-specific installations with: a dead dogwood tree, ferns, volunteer plant, soil, Virginia clay, water | Greater Reston Arts Center / Dogwood Elementary School woodland, Reston, VA, USA | supported by: Greater Reston Arts Center, Virginia Commission for the Arts, Arts Council of Fairfax County, Reston Association, Shady Lane Tree Movers, IPAR Initiative for Public Art Reston SLEEPING TREE
2008-09

Greater Reston Arts Center / Dogwood Elementary School woodland, Reston, VA, USA
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Global Tree Project: TWINNED CONSTELLATION | 2010 | site-specific installation with gold leaf on naturally formed concave granite, with observation space | Baga Gazriin Chuluu, Gobi Desert, Mongolia | MONGOLIA 360° International Land Art Biennial twinned constellation / star nest
2010

Gobi Desert, Mongolia | MONGOLIA 360° International Land Art Biennial
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | RAINBOW #2 | 2008 | turf ash, indian yellow, gambouge, tree resin, egg, cotton paper, archival acetate, silver leaf, gesso, clay bole, animal glue, wood panel | 35.5 x 28 x 12 cm | supported by: Cill Rialaig Project IRISH BLACK RAINBOW / MOONBOW
series of paintings
+ 2005 site-specific installation at Saigyo-an
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | SECRET GARDEN | 2003 | site-specific installation with: ficus benghalensis (banyan tree), soil/clay, cow dung, rainwater | Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India | supported by: UNESCO-ASCHBERG Bursaries for Artists - International Fund for the Promotion of Culture SECRET GARDEN
2003

Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | SLEEPING VISHNU TREE | 2005 | site-specific installation with in situ Buddha statues and a gilded folding screen painting: SLEEPING VISHNU TREE | henna, milk, water, gold leaf, gesso, clay bole, animal glue, vegetable glue, torinoko paper on 4 antique Japanese gilded folding screens | 174 x 704 cm | Kiyomizu Temple Sutra Hall, Kyoto, Japan - Kyoto Art Walk | supported by: Kyoto Art Walk Association, Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan, Kyoto City, Kyoto City University of Arts Japanese painting conservation/restoration studio SLEEPING VISHNU TREE
2005

Kiyomizu Temple Sutra Hall, Kyoto, Japan | Kyoto Art Walk
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | DIVERGENT GAZE OF ANGELS | ÅNGLARS AVVIKANDE BLICK | series of photographs + drawings | supported by: Pro Artibus Foundation DIVERGENT GAZE OF ANGELS / ÅNGLARS AVVIKANDE BLICK
2004

series of photographs + drawings | Ekenäs, Finland
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | THREE WINDOWS: SUN, MOON, STARS | room of the sun | 2008 | installation view | Buka-an tearoom, Ippaku-tei teahouse, Embassy of Japan, Washington, DC, USA | supported by: Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan, Washington, DC CONSTELLATIONS
series of paintings, sculptures
+ 2008 Ippaku-tei teahouse installation
+ Targetti Light Art Collection
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | PALACE OF THE WINDS | 2003 | mirror fragments, indian yellow, natural gum, animal glue, mica, cotton thread, indian handmade paper, oil puja lamp, mustard oil | paper dimensions: 56 x 68 cm | Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India PALACE OF THE WINDS
2003

series of drawings | New Delhi, India
Shinji Turner-Yamamoto | Pensieri Tondi #1 | 2001 | Mt. Etna's lava, local clay (Castelmola, Sicily, Italy) | 6 x 6 x 6 cm | project supported by: Associazione Culturale ArteAlta PENSIERI TONDI
2001

series of sculptures with: Mt. Etna's lava, local clay | Castelmola, Sicily, Italy
DISAPPEARANCES: an eternal journey
timelapse | 03:35
from documentary film: Art is the Prize
AQUA: paesaggi impermanenti #7 | 1997 | found stones, carrara marble dust, gesso di Bologna | Galleria Graffio - CORTILE, Bologna, Italy AËR / AQUA