Samone Turnbull

Samone Turnbull was born in Arno Bay, South Australia, and currently resides in Adelaide where she works from her studio at home. Samone completed her Diploma Fine Art (Printmaking) in 1977 at the South Australia School of Art in Adelaide.

Samone's art practice alternates between the disciplines of drawing, particularly in charcoal and pastel, and painting in acrylics, using still life and figurative subjects. Although the imagery of her work is based in the reality of the everyday, through the use of allegory, she seeks to convey a sense of the extraordinary and the inherent meaning to be found in the commonplace. Monumental form, dramatic light, expressive gesture and mood all serve to suggest an unfolding narrative that lies somewhere between whimsy and the elements of a fable.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2006
SALA Exhibition, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2004
Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide, Recent Works
2002
SALA Exhibition, Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
1999
"Short Stories" Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
1997
"Recent Drawings" North Adelaide School of Art, Adelaide
1995
"Book Illustrations" Writers Centre, Adelaide
1991
Tynte Gallery, Adelaide
1980
Contemporary Art Society of South Australia (CAS), Adelaide
1978
CAS, Adelaide

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2005
Kedumba Drawing Award, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2004
"Survey of South Australian Drawing", Adelaide Central School of Art
1994
"Reflection", Prospect Gallery, Adelaide
1992
"Sanctum", North Adelaide School of Art
1991
"Focus", Tynte Gallery, Adelaide
1986
"Tributaries", Arts Council of SA, Adelaide
1985
"9 x 5" Exhibition, Centre Gallery, Surfer's Paradise, Queensland
1984
"Middle Earth" Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, SA
1982
"Airshow", CAS, Adelaide
1981
"The Human Image", CAS, Adelaide
1980
"Tarot Exhibition", CAS, Adelaide
"The Real Thing", CAS Touring Exhbition
"Airshow", Dalby Art Centre, Queensland
1978
"Quark, Strangeness & Charm", Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane

COMMISSIONS:
1994 - 95
Illustrations for the Omnibus Children's Picture Book
"Furry Back and the Lizard Thing"
1990 -91
Collaborative designs of 14 stained glass windows for Daw
Park Repatriation Hospital Chapel with Cedar Prest.

AWARDS:
2004
City of Whyalla Art Prize
2002
Steinhoff Travelling Scholarship, Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale
1988,87,86
Best Eyre Peninsula Artist, Whyalla Art Prize
Whyalla, SA
1985
Special Merit Awards, Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla, SA

COLLECTIONS:
Burchill Collection
Art Bank
City of Whyalla

GRANTS:
1999
Arts SA