Biography
Dominic Turner is a fine art photographer based in Dublin, Ireland. His work pays close attention to the process and craft of making a photographic image. Influenced by the 19th century pictorialists, he seeks to revise this approach to have greater relevance in the 21st century. His work frequently uses or visually references early photographic (or alternative) printing processes such as Gum Bichromate, Cyanotype and Platinum/Palladium in addition to contemporary pigment printing techniques.
Thematically, his work frequently explores issues of memory and people’s interaction with their environment.
His photographs have been exhibited in Ireland and internationally (solo and group) and are included in many public and private collections both here and abroad. He has also collaborated on projects with composers and theatre practitioners.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 InCadaqués International Photography Festival, Winner’s Exhibition, Cadaqués, Spain
2014 Skibbereen Arts Festival, Cork
2007 Airfield Trust, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
2007 Mermaid Arts Centre Gallery, Bray, Wicklow
2006 The Front Lounge, Dublin
2005 Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny
Selected Exhibitions
2024 BOKEH, Exhibition of Contemporary Photography, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2024 Royal Hibernian Academy’s 194rd Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2024 Kwaidan, Kyoto University of the Arts, Kyoto, Japan
2023 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, UK
2023 Kwaidan, Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum, Matsue, Japan
2023 Royal Hibernian Academy’s 193rd Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2023 Finding Form, Selected Works from Kildare’s Municipal Art Collection, Riverbank, Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland
2022 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, UK
2022 Shot, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2022 Images Are All We Have, Museum of Contemporary Photography of Ireland/PhotoIreland Festival, The Printworks, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
2020 Royal Hibernian Academy, Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2020 Selected Works of the UCC Art Collection, The Glucksman, UCC, Cork, Ireland
2019 Royal Hibernian Academy, Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2018 Fotofever, Charlet Photographies, Paris, France
2018 Gathering, Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Co. Roscommon. Invited Artist
2018 Royal Hibernian Academy, Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2017 Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Belfast
2017 Renaissance Photography Prize, 2017. Finalist. Getty Images Gallery, London
2017 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2017 Shot, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2017 Painterly Photography, Catherine Hammond Gallery, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
2016 The Idea of North, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2016 Shutter, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2016 Chasing Shadows, Gallery X, Dublin
2016 Royal Hibernian Academy, Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland. Invited participant
2016 Little Stories, Little Prints, A 1916 Commemorative Visual Art Project
2015 Fotofever, Charlet Photographies, Paris, France
2015 Royal Hibernian Academy, Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2014 Royal Hibernian Academy, Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2013 Fotofever, Paris, France
2013 Outside/In, Camera Obscura Installation. Big House Festival, Castletown House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
2013 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2012 Circulation(s’), Festival de la Jeune Photographie Europeénne, Paris
2012 Chasing Shadows, The Profile Gallery, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, UK
2012 ‘Rayko’s 5th International Juried Plastic Camera Show’, San Francisco, USA
2011 Human/Nature, OPW State Art Collection, Farmleigh, Dublin
2010-2011 Chasing Shadows, CFCP, Dublin
2007-2011 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2004 Xhedos Gallery, Detroit, USA
2004 Yebisu Photographic Week, Tokyo
Recent Shortlists & Awards
2021 Gomma Photography Grant, Finalist, Black & White Category
2021 Hariban Award, Benrido Atelier, Kyoto, Japan. Winners list – ‘Honourable Mention’ category
2019 Fotofilmic 18//Shortlist 1 & selected for Travelling Exhibition
2018 InCadaqués International Photography Festival. Open Call, Winner
2017 Gomma Photography Grant, Shortlist
2017 Renaissance Photography Prize, Finalist
2017 Hariban Award, Shortlist
Collection
UCC/Glucksman Art Collection, University College Cork, Ireland
OPW State Art Collection, Ireland
Kildare County Council Municipal Art Collection