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"All of the images for this 'studio visit' show works-in-process. They are intended to be included in my September 2020 show at Geary in New York."

"The new works explore contrasts between wings and weights, masculine and feminine. I created wall reliefs with used bedsheets and juxtaposed the textiles with architectural elements like window blinds and roofing shingles. I am also experimenting with leather, wall insulation and cement mixed with flour. We'll see what comes of these new materials...."

"Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight"

"This line from Matthew Arnold's Dover Beach presents exciting visual possibilities."

"I am thankful to have an artist residency this summer at the Hambidge Center for the Arts in Georgia. It's strange, while in the thick of social distancing, to look forward to time in a secluded artist's retreat. At least homeschooling, which I am enjoying on a short-term basis, isn't part of the contract."

— Vadis Turner, April 2020

Vadis Turner received a BFA and MFA from Boston University. Turner was awarded the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant in 2016. Her first solo museum exhibition, Tempest, was at the Frist Art Museum in 2017. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, 21c Museum Hotel, Hunter Museum of American Art, Tennessee State Museum, Kentucky Arts and Crafts Museum, and the Egon Schiele Art Centrum.

Selected group exhibitions include the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME; Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA; Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY; Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN and Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, TN. Artist residencies include Museum of Arts & Design, NYC and Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY. Selected press features include The New York Times, Wallpaper Magazine, Elle Magazine, Vanityfair.com, Observer, Artnet.com, and White Hot Magazine.

She is represented by Geary in NYC and Zeitgeist Gallery in Nashville, TN.

* all images courtesy of the artist