Lisa Turner, MFA
About
Lisa Turner received an MFA specializing in Printmaking from the University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) and a BFA from NSCAD University (Halifax, NS). Turner’s creative practice integrates a variety of printmaking methods and the multiple to examine mass media, materialism, and consumption. She is especially interested in the strange objects available for purchase today, their impact on the environment and the body, as well as the endless quest for individuality through consumption.
Turner has exhibited her works nationally and internationally and has received numerous awards and grants including Visual Arts and New Media Project Grants from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and a Project Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. She also created two public artworks for the West Edmonton Mall Transit Centre (Edmonton, AB), commissioned by the Edmonton Arts Council.