American artist Carole Turner creates contemporary figurative and abstract sculpture primarily in stone, bronze, and steel.  Her voluptuous forms are organically stylized and/or abstracted to varying degrees. Much of her smaller scale work is in bronze , with many large-scale public sculptures internationally in marble, granite, limestone, basalt, and stainless steel. 

Educated at Portland State University, New York University, Art Students League of New York, and Pacific Northwest College of Art, Carole is a professional sculptor, commissioned and exhibited internationally. She is a frequent participant in International Sculpture Symposia, and is co-organizer of the Puerto Vallarta International Sculpture Symposium.

She is the Executive Director of Columbia Sculpture Center, founding Board Member of Pacific NW Sculptors, Inc., and is U.S. Agent for AIESM - International Association Monumental Sculpture Events.

Carole’s sculpture has been exhibited internationally, and her monumental sculptures can be found in museums, municipalities, sculpture parks, and corporations in Vietnam, Russia, Poland, United States, Mexico, Argentina, Korea, Egypt, Turkey, Germany, China, and United States.

MUSEUM, PUBLIC, AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Beijing Olympic Committee, China - Rhythmic Dancer,  Bronze

City of Buyukcekmece/Istanbul, Turkey – Dream Cloud, Stainless Steel

People's Republic of China - Olympic Dreams, Bronze

International Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea – Together,  Marble

University of Guadalajara | Peter Gray Museum – Memoria, Limestone

Emirates Heights, Egypt - Onward and Upward,  Marble

Penza Art Museum/Savitsky Gallery, Russia - Same Sky, Cast Aluminum

City of Opole, Poland - Lullabye Polonaise, Marble

City of Mehmels, Germany – Monarch, Travertine

Bochang Corporation, Korea – The Distance Between Us,  Basalt

City of Puerto San Martin, Argentina – Primavera,  Marble

Legends Sculpture Park, Russia – Vasilia,  Marble

Yeongwol Contemporary Sculpture Park, Korea, Together,  Granite

Museo de Art Contemporáneo a Cielo Abierto, Argentina, - Sueño,  Marble

Legends Sculpture Park/Pure Ponds Hotel Group, Russia, Haven, Limestone

An Giang Provincial Sculpture Park, Vietnam - To the Winds, Marble

Chystie Prudie Hotel, Penza, Russia, Inspiration, Acrylic

Rosstroy Corporation, Russia, Penza Moon,  Acrylic

Abalone Resort and Spa, Hue, Vietnam – Swan, Marble

An Giang Provincial Sculpture Park, Vietnam – Pearl,  Marble

City of Oregon City, Oregon - Ancient Voices, Cement, Steel

TECO Engineering, Portland, Oregon – Oraia, Cement

Monarch Sculpture Park, Washington – Symbiosis,  Cement

 

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

2010 | Peter Gray Museum | University of Guadalajara | Mexico

2010 | Evergreen Aviation Museum | Oregon, USA

2009 | International Museum of Contemporary Art | Yeongwol, Korea

2009 | Museo de Art Contemporáneo a Cielo Abierto | Roldan, Argentina

2009 | Coos Art Museum | Oregon, USA

2008 | Penza Art Museum| Penza, Russia

2008 | Mitchell Museum | Illinois, USA

2007 | Tseretelli Museum – Moscow, Russia

2007 | Museum of Contemporary Craft | Oregon, USA

2007 | Maryhill Museum | Washington, USA

2006 | Jintai Museum, Beijing, China

 

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2011 | Voluptuaria | Guardino Gallery | Portland, Oregon

2008 | Spatiality | Columbia Sculpture Center | Portland, Oregon

2006 | Monumentum | Delerium Gallery | Portland, Oregon

2004 | Cycladic Memory | Guardino Gallery | Portland, Oregon

 

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

75  International and U.S. Exhibitions

 

INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIA 

2011 | 10^th International Sculpture Symposium | Buyukcekmece/Istanbul,Turkey

2011 | International Sculpture Symposium | Mehmels, Germany

2011 | 20th International Stainless Steel Sculpture Symposium | Toluca, Mexico

2010 | Bochang International Sculpture Symposium, | Boreyong, Korea

2010 | Puerto de Arte International Sculpture Symposium | San Martin, Argentina

2010 | International Sculpture Symposium | Penza, Russia

2010 | International Sculpture Symposium  | Mt. Vernon, Washington

2010 | Puerto Vallarta International Sculpture Symposium | Mexico

2009 | Emirates Heights International Stone Sculpture Symposium | Egypt

2009 | 6th International Contemporary Sculpture Symposium | Yeongwol, Korea

2009 | 3rd International Sculpture Symposium Roldan City | Santa Fe, Argentina

2008 | International Stone and Wood Sculpture Symposium | Penza, Russia

2008 | International Stone Sculpture Symposium | Hue, Vietnam

2007 | International Sculpture Symposium: Melodies of Bronze | Penza, Russia

2006 | International Marble Sculpture Symposium | Opole, Poland

2005 | International Sculpture Symposium: Hallmark II | Chau Doc, Vietnam

 

EDUCATION

Portland State University, Oregon

New York University, New York

Art Students League, New York

Pacific Northwest College of Art, Oregon

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Columbia Sculpture Center | Portland, Oregon | Executive Director

Co-Organizer of Puerto Vallarta International Sculpture Symposium | Mexico

Northwest Stone Sculpture Association | Seattle, WA | Vice President

A.I.E.S.M.- International Association Monumental Sculpture Events| U.S. Agent

Pacific Northwest Sculptors, Inc. | Portland, Oregon | Founding Board Member

National Sculpture Association | New York, NY