Resume/CV
LI TURNER—ARTIST
CURRICULUM VITAE
P. O. Box 15352, Seattle, Washington 98115
Tel: 206-524-5751
Email: LiTurnerArt@gmail.com
Web: www.LiTurner.com
EDUCATION
Workshops at Sev Shoon Art Studio, Seattle, 1995-1998
New Moon Press, Bainbridge Island, WA, 2004-2008
Makingartsafely Studio, Santa Fe, NM, 2016
M.S., Recreational Therapy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1975
B.S., Recreational Therapy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1974
University of California, Berkeley, 1971
Berklee College of Music, 1967
University of Vermont, 1966
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Gallery 110, Facing Down Systemic Greed & Other Offenses, Seattle, WA
2023 Gallery 110, In Search of Identity, Seattle, WA
2020 Gallery 110, A Little Skin, Seattle, WA
2019 Gallery 110, Women & Umbrellas
2018 Gallery 110, Notorious Women
2016 Gallery 110, Umbrellas, Parasols and Bumbershoots
2015 Gallery 110, Mostly Women
2012 Gallery 110, Dancing with Jekyll & Hyde
2010 Gallery 110, Connections to the Universe
2009 Gallery 110, Couplings
2008 Gallery 110, Rural Views
2006 University Unitarian Gallery, Seattle
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Northwest Watercolor Society, Signature Member Exhibition, Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA
Willard Gallery, Pride Show, Bothell, WA
Conru Art Foundation, Art Love Salon, Brett Holverstott, curator
2024 Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA), LGBTQ+ Pride Exhibition, curated by Greg Robinson
CoCA, Member’s Show, Seattle, WA
Tsuga Fine Art, Pride Show, Bothell, WA
2023 M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery, Give and Take, Seattle Central College, Seattle, WA
Gallery 110, SEEING, Seattle, WA, Juror Shayley Timm
HMVC Gallery, Women, Online Show, New York, NY
2022 ARC Gallery, Body Politics, Chicago, Il, Juror Ginny Sykes
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, It’s OK to Laugh, Mill Valley, CA, Juror M. Louise Stanley
CoCA Seattle, 2022 Spring Member’s Show, Seattle, WA
Las Laguna Art Gallery, 2022-Women in Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2021 Figure | Ground Gallery, The Nude, Seattle, WA
Lynn Hanson Gallery,ICON, Seattle, WA
Schack Art Center, NWWSSignature Member Exhibition, Everett, WA
Gallery 110, Gallery Artists April, George Brandt, curator
2020 CoCA Gallery, Seattle, 20/20 Vision: Center on Contemporary Art Member’s Show, Nichole DeMent, juror
Gallery 110, Members Exhibition, George Brandt, curator
2019 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Northwest Print Invitational, Sam Davidson, juror
Washington State Trade and Convention Center, Seattle, Northwest Watercolor Society,
Signature Members Exhibition, juried
2017 Schack Art Center, Everett, WA, Northwest Watercolor Society, Signature Members Exhibition
Gallery 110, Beyond the Selfie, Susan Christensen, curator
2015 Bellevue College Gallery, Bellevue, WA, Pigment + Paper
2014 Schack Art Center, Northwest Watercolor Society, Signature Members Exhibition, juried
Gallery 110, Under the Influence of Rain
2013 Gallery 110, The Other Gun Show
Mercer View Gallery, Mercer Island, WA, Northwest Watercolor Society Annual Int’l Exhibition
2012 Kaewyn Gallery, Bothell, WA, Waterworks
Harborview Regional Medical Center Atrium, Seattle, Urban Trees
2011 Harborview Regional Medical Center, Attire, Peggy Weiss, curator
Gallery 110, Women with Passports
2010 Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Print Exchange 6, invitational
Kaewyn Gallery, Waterworks, invitational
Blackfish Gallery, Unbridled Narcissism, Portland, OR, Maylee Noah, curator
2009 Fifth Parallel Gallery, University of Regina, Canada, Print Exchange 6, invitational
Kaewyn Gallery, Waterworks, Northwest Watercolor Society, juried
2008 Roennebaeksholm Arts & Culture Center, Denmark, Print Exchange 5, invitational
Pratt Fine Arts Center Gallery, Seattle, Print Exchange 5, invitation
Chelsea Gallery, New York, Hot Spots and Canaries, participatory art with Nelleke Nix
2007 Rainbow Building Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, Print Exchange 5, invitation
Print Walls Gallery, Madison, WI, Print Exchange 5, invitational
Sev Shoon Art Studio/Ballard Works, Seattle, Print Exchange 5, invitational
2006 ArtsWest, Seattle, In the Garden and Elsewhere, juried
Macy’s Art Gallery, Seattle, Rural Views, Women Painters of Washington, invitation
2005 Shenzhen Art Institute of China, Shenzhen, PRC. Seattle Print Arts. Sam Davidson, juror
Lessedra Gallery, National Palace of Culture, 4th Annual Print Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Cascade Print Exhibition, invitational
Phinney Center Gallery, Paper Politics: Seattle Print Arts, Seattle, WA, juried
2004 Arts Council of Snohomish County, Everett, WA, Art of the Garden, Carie Cullver, juror
Gallery 110, Body Politics. Gene Gentry McMahon, juror
Ballard Works, Seattle, Print Exchange 4, Brian Lane, curator
2003 Bathhouse Theatre Gallery, Seattle, Women With Balls, invitation
2002 Bumbershoot, Seattle Arts Festival, Seattle Center, Barbie @ Bumbershoot
Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, WA, Port Event Center on the Guemes Channel, (Honorable Mention), Alden
Mason, Juror
Edison Eye Gallery, Edison, WA, Sixth Annual Invitational
2001 Portland Contemporary Arts Gallery, Portland, OR, 100 Universes, juried
2000 Arthead Gallery, Seattle, Barbie 2000
Arthead Gallery, West Coast Invitational
1999 Shoreline Community College Art Gallery, Shoreline, WA, She Goes On, invitational
1998 The Depot Gallery, Anacortes, WA, Small Works Show, invitational
Feminist Women’s Health Center, Renton, WA, Book of Ours, invitation
1997 WCA (Celebrating Women in the Arts) National Gallery, New York, juried
1996 Printmaker’s Workshop and Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, Underwired, invitational
Seattle Public Library, Book Arts Show, invitational
Phinney Neighborhood Center Gallery, Seattle, 23 Limited Edition Prints, invitational
1995 Stonemetal Press Gallery, Invitational, San Antonio, TX
Smart Art Gallery, Seattle, Agents of Change/Works by Women, Lisa Sheets, juror
1994 Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR, Art and the Environment, juried
Washington Trade and Convention Center, Seattle, Agents of Change: New Views by Northwest Women,
NW International Women's Conference, juried
Romper Room Gallery, Seattle, GRAPHEIN: Drawings as Art and Watercolors, Molly Norris, curator
1993 Seattle Center Pavilion, Reconstructing Identity: NW Regional, SWCA invitational
1992 Visual Arts Gallery, Seattle, Duet, invitational
Husted Gallery, Seattle, invitational
1991 Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Fifty-first Annual Northwest Watercolor Society Gallery Exhibition, juried
Cub Gallery, Pullman, WA, The Age of Woman, invitation
ARC Gallery, Chicago, Invitational
1990 San Antonio Central Park Mall Exhibition, San Antonio, TX (Third Place Award), juried
1989 Prima Gallery, Edmonds, WA, New Year/New Works, invitational
1988 Bellevue Art Museum, Forty-eighth Annual Northwest Watercolor Society Exhibition, juried
1987 Artifax Gallery, Seattle, Pas de Deux, with S.D. Wren, invitational
A New Space Gallery, Seattle, Artists of Conscience, invitational
1986 Artists of the West, Seattle, WA, Invitational
1984 Universal Fine Art Gallery, Bellevue, WA, Invitational
PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
University of Washington Medical Center—Roosevelt, Seattle, WA
Portland Contemporary Arts Gallery, Portland, OR
PUBLICATIONS ABOUT LI TURNER
Matthew Kangas, Li Turner, Facing Down Greed & Other Offenses, VSA Visual Art Source eNewsletter, May 10, 2025
Madison Jones, Seasoned artist Li Turner expresses her thoughts on greed and feminism, Seattle Gay News, May, 2025
Matthew Kangas, “Li Turner: A Little Skin,” PREVIEW, September/October 2020
Gayle Clemans, “Gallery 110’s ‘Other Gun Show’ takes aim at complicated issue,” Seattle Times, May 17, 2013
Tina Skinner, 100 Artists of the West Coast II. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2009
Theo Bryant, “Artists in Seattle join the gun control dialogue,” CNN iReport, April 14, 2013, http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/Doc-955815
Fourth Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria: Lessedra Gallery, 2005
Print Exchange 5. Roennebaeksholm, Denmark: Print Zero Studios, 2008
A Common Language: Seattle/Shenzhen. Seattle: Seattle Print Arts, 2007
BOOKS/CATALOGES
20/20 Vision: Center on Contemporary Art 2020 Member’s show, 2020, catalog
Women and Umbrellas: Paintings and Haiku by Li Turner. Seattle: HUB Publishing, 2019
Notorious Women: Li Turner. Seattle: HUB Publishing, 2018, catalog
Beyond the Selfie. Seattle: HUB Publishing, 2017, catalog
Umbrellas, Parasols and Bumbershoots: Art and Poetry by Li Turner. Seattle: HUB Publishing 2016
Gallery 110 Gallery Artists. Seattle: HUB Publishing, 2016, catalog
Mostly Women: Paintings and Haiku by Li Turner. Seattle: HUB Publishing, 2015
Under the Influence of Rain: A Collection of Monotypes and Haiku by Li Turner. Seattle: HUB Publishing, 2015
Gallery 110 Artists 2011. Seattle: HUB Publishing, 2011, catalog
Women with Passports: Li Turner. Seattle: HUB Publishing, 2011, catalog
Gallery 110 Artists 2010. Seattle: HUB Publishing, 2010, catalog
Rural Views: A Collection of Monotypes and Haiku by Li Turner. Seattle: HUB Publishing, 2008
The Progressive Book: Seattle Women’s Caucus for Art. Seattle: HUB Publishing, 2007, catalog
CURATOR
2013 The Other Gun Show, Gallery 110
2012 Urban Trees, Harborview Regional Medical Center
2011 Women with Passports, Gallery 110
2002 Barbie @ Bumbershoot, Bumbershoot, Seattle Arts Festival, Seattle Center
2000 Barbie 2000, Arthead Gallery, Seattle
West Coast Invitational, Arthead Gallery
MEMBERSHIPS
Artist Trust
Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle
Northwest Watercolor Society
National Watercolor Society
Women Painters of Washington
Seattle Women’s Caucus for Art
Seattle Art Museum
Museum of Northwest Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Nordic Museum
Li Turner is represented by Gallery 110 Seattle, 110 Third Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98104 U S A. 206-624-9336. www.Gallery110.com