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Ken Turner
One Person Exhibitions
2022, "Ode to Rooster Tails, Permanent installation, Tri Cities Airport, Pasco, WA
2016, "Running", Permanent installation, Anacortes, WA
2015, "Flightlines", Permanent sculpture installation, Rubix, Seattle, WA
2013, "Watershed", Permanent photo installation, Youngstown Flats, Seattle, WA
2013, "Bridge to the Future", Permanent installation, Centennial Project, Duvall, WA
2010, "Reflections on time and motion", Centennial Center Gallery, Kent,WA
2010, “In the Moment”, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
2009, “Symphony in 5 Movements”, permanent sculpture installation,
Washington State School for the Blind, Vancouver, WA
2004, A Day in the Life of the UW, permanent photomural, HUB-UW, Seattle, WA
2000, “Tip Off”& “Challenge”, permanent installations, Grass Lawn Park, Redmond,WA
1999, “Nike’s Shadow”, permanent installation, Enatai Beach Park, Bellevue,WA
1994, Carillon point, Kirkland, WA
Ogden, Murphy, Wallace. Westlake Tower, Seattle, WA
1993, “Dance Machine”, Center on Contemporary Art (COCA), Seattle, WA
1989, “A Sculptural Performance”, Installation Luther Burbank Park, Mercer Island,WA
1988, PACCAR Corporation headquarters, Bellevue, WA1988,
King County Arts Commission Gallery, Seattle, WA
1986, Shoreline Community College, Seattle, WA1985,
The National Gallery, The Bon Marche, Seattle,WA
1985, “Echo”, Elliot Bay Cafe, Seattle, WA
1977, Khiele Visual Art Center, St. Cloud, MN
Two Person and Group Exhibitions (selected)
2023, Percival Plinth, 2023, Olympia, WA
Gallery Without Walls 2023, Lake Oswego, OR
2022, Percival Plinth, 2022, Olympia, WA
Auburn Downtown Sculpture Gallery 2022, Auburn, WA
2021, Auburn Downtown Sculpture Gallery 2021, Auburn, WA
Gallery Without Walls 2021, Lake Oswego, OR
Art Currents 2021, Coeur d'Alene, ID
Percival Plinth 2021, Olympia, WA
Happy Valley City Hall Sculpture 2021, Happy Valley,OR
2020, Percival Plinth 2020, Olympia, WA
Auburn Downtown Sculpture Gallery 2020, Auburn, WA
2019, Percival Plinth 2019, Olympia, WA
Auburn Downtown Sculpture Gallery 2019, Auburn, WA
Art Around the Clock, Redmond, OR
2018, Auburn Downtown Sculpture Gallery, Auburn, WA
Gallery Without Walls, Lake Oswego, OR
Percival Plinth 2018, Olympia, WA
Art on Poverty Bay, Des Moines, WA
2017, Art Currents, Coeur d'Alene, ID
Percival Plinth, Olympia, WA
City Hall Sculpture, Happy Valley, OR
2016, Percival Plinth, Olympia, WA
Auburn Sculpture Gallery, Auburn, WA
Shoreline Outdoor Exhibition, Shoreline, WA
2014, Heaven and Earth VI, COCA, Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA
Shoreline Outdoor exhibition, Shoreline, WA
2013, Sculpture exhibit, Anacortes, WA
2012, Art Outside, Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA
Sculpture Exhibit, La Conner, WA
Bellweather 2012, Bellevue, WA
2011, "The Parade Marches On", Bellevue College Gallery, Bellevue, WA
“Bread”, Gallery without Walls, Puyallup, WA
“Dancer”, Gallery without Walls, Lake Oswego, OR
“Heaven & Earth III, with J Zucker, D Jacobson, COCA, Seattle
2010, “Heaven and Earth II”, COCA, Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA
“Bellweather 2010”, Bellevue City Hall, Bellevue, WA
2007, “Current Translations”, ArtsWest Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006, "Artists in Heat", Owings/Brown Studios, Enumclaw, WA
"34th National Photo Exhibition", Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
2005, Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA
Gallery 500, Portland, OR
2004, Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Island, WA
2000, Northwest Annual, COCA, Seattle, WA
“Garden of Good and Evil”, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999, “Winds of Time”, Burning Man Festival, Black Rock City, Nevada
1998, Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue, WA1997,
Gallery 206, Capital Hill, Seattle, WA
1996, “From Here to There”, Bumbershoot ‘96, Seattle, WA
“96 Fahrenheit”, Bellevue Public Library, Bellevue, WA
1995, “Push, Pull, Lift”, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1991, “Come to Your Senses”, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Artist, Bumbershoot Poster Project, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
1990, “Northwest Annual”, Center on Contemporary Art (COCA), Seattle, WA
1987, “4th Alcoa/Gallery ‘76, Wenatchee, WA
1985, “International Snow Leopard Trust Show”, Greenwood Galleries, Seattle, WA
“2nd West Coast Biennial”, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
“May Juried Exhibition”, Ariel Gallery, New York, NY
“Second International Competition”, Ariel Gallery, New York, NY
MIVAL Art Festival, Mercer Island WA1984,
Lynn McAllister Gallery, two person show, Seattle, WA
“Seattle/King County Arts Network Show, National Gallery, Seattle,WA
“Oasis Show”, Design Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
1980, Peterson Fine Art Gallery, Mpls., MN
Deluth Institute of Art, Deluth, MN
Omaha Arts Festival, Omaha, NE
1979, One Hundred Eighteen, an Art Gallery, Mpls., MN
1978, One Hundred Eighteen, an Art Gallery, Mpls., MN
1977, “Khiele Visual Art Center Print and Drawing Show”, St. Cloud, MN
“Minnesota Sculptors ‘77”, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
Oxman Gallery, Mpls., MN
One Hundred Eighteen, an Art Gallery, Mpls., MN
Education
1991, M.F.A.-Sculpture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1977, B.F.A.-Painting, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
1974, Foreign study/research: “Government Influence on the Visual Arts in Czechoslovakia”, Prague,
Czechoslovakia
1973, Studio Le Homme dieu, summer art colony sponsored by St. Cloud State University, Sam Gilliam
guest artist, Alexandria, MN
Awards
2009, King County Artist Project Grant, Seattle, WA
2007, Artist Project Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA2004,
Award, 34th Annual Photo Exhibition, Larson Gallery
1998, Selected Artist, Redmond Public Art Project, Redmond, WA
1996, Purchase Award, “From Here to There”, Bumbershoot ‘96, Seattle, WA
1995, Bothell Bus Zone Project, Metro Arts Program, Seattle, WA
1989, Individual Artist Award, King County Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
1986, 2nd place sculpture, MIVAL Arts Festival, Mecer Island WA
1985, Best of Show, Second International Competition, Ariel Gallery, New York, NY
1985, Award “International Snow Leopard Competition”, Greenwood Gallery,Seattle, WA
1978, Recipient member of group grant, State of Minnesota
1990, Graduate Merit scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1977, May bowl scholarship, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
1974, Travel/Research Grant to Czechoslovakia, Minn. S.P.A.N. Assoc., U. of Minn. Mpls. MN
Collections
University of Washington , City of Redmond, WA, City of Bellevue, WA, Seattle City Light Collection, PACCAR Corporation, State of Minnesota, Tacoma Power, State of Washington, City of Kent, WA, City of Duvall, WA, Tacoma General Hospital, City of Anacortes, WA, Tri Cities Airport, Pasco, WA, City of Coeur d'Alene, ID, Numerous Private Collections
Teaching Experience
1994-98, City University, part time instructor.
1990-93, University of Washington, TA's and Extension instructor