About Ciara Turnbull

 Ciara is a surrealist figurative artist based in Sydney, Australia. After completing her BFA at UNSW Art & Design, she has dedicated her art practise to exploring the nuances of perceived identity and the disconnect it can cause. Themes of dark and light, stillness and dynamism, understanding and ignorance are not just visual contrasts, but emotional and philosophical tensions she seeks to express through her practise. These binaries serve as a framework for investigating the fragile line between what is seen and what is sensed.

Her figures inhabit spaces that feel both intimate and uncanny; spaces where vulnerability, power, confusion, and clarity coexist. With each piece, Ciara invites the viewer to step into a psychological landscape that resists easy categorisation, prompting reflection on the fluid and often paradoxical nature of identity.

As well as exhibiting in both Australia and internationally, Ciara has been a finalist for the Northern Beaches Art Prize and the Lloyd Reese Memorial Youth Art Prize. In 2023, she had her first solo exhibition at Articulate Project Space.