Jennifer Turpin b. 1958

Also known as Turpin & Crawford
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Jennifer Turpin and Michaelie Crawford are known primarily as a collaborative duo who have produced many public artworks of considerable scale and beauty for over a decade. Their 2003 work "Storm Waters" received the Lloyd Rees Civic Award from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
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exhibited at
Sydney Metropolis
Date
1999
Place
Museum of Sydney, NSW
Description

Featured images of 'Tank’ and 'Tied to Tide’

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Transformers, Green Noise II
Date
1996
Place
Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Canberra National Sculpture Forum
Date
1995
Place
Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra, ACT
Description

'The Water Axis’, collaborative outdoor sculpture with architect Peter Tonkin & artist Gail McDermott

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Girls Girls Girls!, Green Noise 1
Date
1995
Place
Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

ALSO TOURED: Orange Regional Gallery, NSW

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Going Public
Date
1994
Place
Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Fifth Australian Sculpture Triennial
Date
1993
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Water installation – 'Water Works V’

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Synthesis 6, In the Hoist Shaft
Date
1992
Place
MSB Bond Store, Sydney, NSW
Description

Water installation in collaboration with architect James Grose

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Water Works IV
Date
1992
Place
Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

Water installation

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Blake Prize
Date
1992
Place
Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

'Water Works III: The Video’

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts Exhibition
Date
1991
Place
Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, NSW
Description

Water installation – 'Water Works II’

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Perspecta
Date
1991
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Water installation – 'Water Works III’

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Inland: A Spatial Heritage
Date
1990
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Permanently installed in New Children’s Hospital, Westmead, Sydney, NSW in 1995

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Golden Staircase (Steel Ladders), Drawers of Water
Date
1990
Place
Performance Space, Sydney, NSW
Description

Water sculpture

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Vault, Water Works 1
Date
1990
Place
John Heine Foundry Sydney, NSW
Description

Water installation

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
89 Degrees on the Water, Shifting Ground
Date
1988
Place
Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, Sydney, NSW
Description

Wave and tidal powered kinetic sculpture

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Histories, Without the Walls
Date
1987
Place
Performance Space, Sydney, NSW
Description

Installation

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
A Split Second of Paradise
Date
1985
Place
London & Nottingham, UK
Description

Performance with Station House Opera

Type
Exhibition

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Related recognitions
  • Lloyd Rees Civic Award, RAIA, "Storm Waters", Victoria Park, (received)
  • 2003 : Planning for NSW Award for Design, NAWIC, "Storm Waters", Victoria Park, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • Public art commission - "Ghost Windows", with Michaelie Crawford, Supreme Court Sydney, Attorney General's Department (received)
  • RAIA Jury Award, "Water Swing", 363 George St (received)
  • 2000/2002 : Public art commission - "Storm Waters", with Michaelie Crawford, Central Park, Victoria Park, Sydney, Landcom (received)
  • ARUP (NAWIC) Merit Award - Art in the Built Environment, "Tank" (received)
  • Public art commission (received)
  • 1998 : Public art commission - "Time Rings", with Michaelie Crawford, Bicentennial Park Stage II, Leichhardt Council, NSW (received)
  • 1998 : Public art commission - "Tank", with Michaelie Crawford, Downing Centre Tunnel, Museum Station, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • Award of Excellence, Australian Institute of Landscape Architects NSW & ACT (received)
  • Public art commission - "Water Sculpture", the New Brisbane International Airport (received)
  • Public art commission - "The Memory Line", with Michaelie Crawford (received)
  • Professional Development Grant, Visual Arts & Craft Board, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Public art commission (received)
  • Public art commission (received)
  • 1995 : Public art commission - "Well", water sculpture for The New Children's Hospital, Westmead, NSW (received)
  • Project Grants, Visual Arts & Craft Board, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Project Grant, Visual Arts & Craft Board, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Arthur Macquarie Post Graduate Travelling Scholarship, University of Sydney (received)
  • Lloyd Rees Civic Award, RAIA, "Storm Waters", Victoria Park, (received)
  • 2003 : Planning for NSW Award for Design, NAWIC, "Storm Waters", Victoria Park, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • Public art commission - "Ghost Windows", with Michaelie Crawford, Supreme Court Sydney, Attorney General's Department (received)
  • RAIA Jury Award, "Water Swing", 363 George St (received)
  • Public art commission (received)
  • 1998 : Public art commission - "Time Rings", with Michaelie Crawford, Bicentennial Park Stage II, Leichhardt Council, NSW (received)
  • 1998 : Public art commission - "Tank", with Michaelie Crawford, Downing Centre Tunnel, Museum Station, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • Award of Excellence, Australian Institute of Landscape Architects NSW & ACT (received)
  • Public art commission - "Water Sculpture", the New Brisbane International Airport (received)
  • Public art commission - "The Memory Line", with Michaelie Crawford (received)
  • Professional Development Grant, Visual Arts & Craft Board, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Public art commission (received)
  • Public art commission (received)
  • 1995 : Public art commission - "Well", water sculpture for The New Children's Hospital, Westmead, NSW (received)
  • Project Grants, Visual Arts & Craft Board, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Project Grant, Visual Arts & Craft Board, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Arthur Macquarie Post Graduate Travelling Scholarship, University of Sydney (received)
  • ARUP (NAWIC) Merit Award - Art in the Built Environment, "Tank" (received)
  • 2000/2002 : Public art commission - "Storm Waters", with Michaelie Crawford, Central Park, Victoria Park, Sydney, Landcom (received)