Dates: April 5 – May 24, 2025
Location: Capulet Art Gallery, Richmond, BC

In his solo exhibition Unsettled, Turner examined Canada’s colonial history and its ongoing effects through multimedia works incorporating settler iconography, contemporary landscapes, and industrial motifs. The series was inspired by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the poetry of Kamo-no-Chomei, and the artist’s own ambivalence about his settler identity. Turner writes:

“As a Caucasian Canadian-born person, I am of it, and not above it.”

He represents this discomfort through imagery such as in-progress construction sites, powerlines, hammerhead cranes, and oil derrick pumps.

The exhibition included oil paintings like Lost and Found, the video installation Up Over Through, and plans for a sculpture of three hand-built canoes assembled to resemble a snowdrop flower.

Featured Sub-Series within Unsettled:

• Visions of a Transient World – Paintings and video based on settler family photos overlaid with urban expansion

• Water Safety – Figurative oil paintings referencing survival and settler relationships with nature

• Housing Study – A photographic and painterly examination of residential sprawl in the Fraser Valley

• Unsettled Tattoos – Tattoo flash and live tattoo sessions reflecting colonial aesthetics

• Power ? – A proposed kinetic sculpture exploring energy systems and absurdity in settler use of power

Special Events:

• Artist Talk: April 5, 2025

• Interactive Tattoo Installation: April 12, 2025

For more Capulet exhibitions, visit our Gallery Exhibitions page.