Noëlle Turner (b.1993) is a British artist based in London.
My paintings centre around the search for truth, self-knowledge and meaning where the physical and digital have merged. I employ both digital and analogue techniques in painting: I paint organically, working with highly watered pigments; while in other sections, I screenprint and collage. The result is a weaving of layered, spectral imagery, shifting between abstraction and figuration, evoking mystical fantasies of alternate realms.
Interested in occultism, Jungian psychology and Buddhism, I aim to create paintings that hold a tension between multiple temporalities, of both the inner and outer world.
My process begins with the soak-stain technique, allowing patterns of colour to emerge through chance. Working on heavily watered canvas, I let the flow of water dictate abstract compositions. These are then cut, collaged, and layered—combining multiple works into one. Drawn to spaces where creation and decay co-exist, I use bleach as a medium to screenprint symbols and images, encoding data in states of metamorphosis. These forms function like constellations—markers on a map of an inner landscape—that chart moments of significance in the journey toward self-realisation.
My paintings centre around the search for truth, self-knowledge and meaning where the physical and digital have merged. I employ both digital and analogue techniques in painting: I paint organically, working with highly watered pigments; while in other sections, I screenprint and collage. The result is a weaving of layered, spectral imagery, shifting between abstraction and figuration, evoking mystical fantasies of alternate realms.
Interested in occultism, Jungian psychology and Buddhism, I aim to create paintings that hold a tension between multiple temporalities, of both the inner and outer world.
My process begins with the soak-stain technique, allowing patterns of colour to emerge through chance. Working on heavily watered canvas, I let the flow of water dictate abstract compositions. These are then cut, collaged, and layered—combining multiple works into one. Drawn to spaces where creation and decay co-exist, I use bleach as a medium to screenprint symbols and images, encoding data in states of metamorphosis. These forms function like constellations—markers on a map of an inner landscape—that chart moments of significance in the journey toward self-realisation.
Noëlle Turner earned her BA in Fine Art from The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, 2015, and her MFA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths University, 2024. Recent exhibitions and residencies include In Laminar, solo show, Bobinska Brownlee Gallery, 2024; Dumping Ground, Hypha HQ, co-curator, group exhibition, Summer 2024; Sim Residency, Iceland, 2023; New Breeders, group exhibition, Grölle Galerie, Wuppertal, Germany, 2023; 3331 Arts Chiyoda Residency, Tokyo, Japan, 2022; Ancient Vessels, APT Gallery, London, December 2022, co-curator, group exhibition.