Staff profile

Mr Stephen Turpie

Lecturer in charge Painting and Drawing

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry

Visual Arts Building 3.07, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

DipArt (Painting-VCA), GradDipFine Art (VCA), MVA (RMIT).

Area of study

Visual Arts

Brief Profile

Stephen has a range of interests that include sculpture, installations and time-based work along with his continuing practice as a painter. His research involves major phenomenological questions about the self, visual analogy and the engineered world, expressed in a metaphorical landscape format. Stephen Turpie has recently returned from a semester as Artist in Residence at Padiès Château in France.

Research interests

Fine Arts

- Drawing

- Installations

- Painting

- Sculpture

Teaching Units

VPA1MWA/B - Visual Arts Media Workshop A-B.

VPA3MWE/F - Visual Arts Media Workshop E-F.

VPA1CVA/B - Comparative Studies in Visual Media A-B.

VPA3CVE/F - Comparative Studies in Visual Media E-F.

VPA1TMA/B - Theories and Methodologies in Studio Practice A-B.

VPA3TME/F - Theories and Methodologies in Studio Practice E-F.

 

Recent Publications

Exhibition: Wet and Dry, (Group exhibition 5 artists) Horsham Art Gallery July 2009.

 

Exhibition: Creative Imperatives, (Group exhibition 21 artist) Phyllis Palmer Gallery, Latrobe University, 2009.

 

Exhibition: Raft (Group exhibition 15 artists) Allan’s Walk Artist Run Space. 2010.

Research projects

Currently researching the nexus between art and science in the field of painting.