My work stems from my early years spent in a small South African Town. A place of vast hypnotic space, and endless skies, punctuated by occasional thorn trees and signs of habitation. When I immigrated to the UK I had to reinvent myself. It took some years for me to change my visual influences. I expenses from mainly ancient art, to art worldwide. encouraging viewers to pause, reflect, and connect with the emotional and physical states expressed in each line and layer.
Carmen Turyn is a London-based artist whose practice spans drawing, painting, and mixed media. Her work is rooted in gesture and mark-making, exploring the tension between abstraction and figuration. Over the years, she has developed a highly personal visual language that reflects movement, emotional depth, and the complexity of the human form.
Turyn works primarily with ink on paper, oil and acrylic on canvas, and mixed media. Her process values immediacy and honesty: a trembling line, an unfinished contour, or a layered texture becomes a record of time and presence. She often draws inspiration from ancient art, natural rhythms, and human psychology — translating them into bold, expressive marks
Her career has taken her across continents, with exhibitions in South Africa, Israel, Italy, and the UK. Turyn’s works have been featured in both solo and group shows, including the Whitechapel Gallery, ICA London, Jerusalem Artists’ House, and Ben Uri Gallery. She has also received awards and grants such as the Thames & Hudson Prize and support from the Anglo-Jewish Grant Fund.
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