Isabel Turban Art
Uruguayan
Abstract painter Isabel Turban grew up traveling between neighboring countries Uruguay and Argentina for much of her life, so much so that the experience nestled itself into each aspect of her art. By first transferring images of maps onto canvas or paper, then applying layers of acrylic and charcoal in gestural strokes, Turban creates detailed images that invite viewers to examine closely and reflect on their own personal histories and travels.
Turban majored in Industrial Design at Centro de Diseño Industrial in Montevideo, Uruguay, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1996. Post-graduation, Turban became active in the local art community and worked alongside fellow Uruguayan artist Carlos Paez Vilaro who ran a well-known atelier, Casapueblo, in Punta del Este. No stranger to travel, Turban decided to move to New York City around 2001 when she enrolled in the Art Students League — an independent art school offering atelier-style studio classes that cover a wide range of artistic mediums.
The Art Students League does not set a curriculum for its instructors and is a place that affords students the opportunity to decide their own path. This structure has appealed to legions of artists over time, and while there, Turban studied with painter Charles Hinman, illustrator Jack Faragasso and installation artist Mariano Del Rosario.
The maps Turban uses in her work owe to travels she has taken and evoke specific cultural experiences for the artist. The Art Students League awarded Turban the Merit Scholarship, the Donn Russell Grant and the Red Dot Distinction.
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Artist: Isabel Turban
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politi...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
El Lado Obscuro
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media on canvas
50 x 30 in
Unstretched
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings ma...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politic...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Acrylic
Becoming Us
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politi...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Vaiven
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Throughout Isabel Turban work process, collected maps gathered from various travels are the most significant material as they fuel inspiration for the work.
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Rerouting
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politi...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Perennial Flow II
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politi...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Perennial Flow I
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politi...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Perennial Flow I & II
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politi...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politi...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politi...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Some Sort of Change
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politi...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Cuento con Alas
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politi...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Awakening Green
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media on canvas
40 x 40 in
Unstretched
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings ma...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
For Years
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media on canvas
50 x 40 in
Unstretched
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings ma...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
No es el viento
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politi...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Retazos
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media on canvas
54 x 48 in
Unstretched
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings ma...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Arrasados
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politic...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Acrylic
Emerging
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politic...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Acrylic
Tu del norte yo del sur
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politic...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Acrylic
Chaotic Nature Within
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Throughout Isabel Turban work process, collected maps gathered from various travels are the most significant material as they fuel inspiration for the work.
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Lobo
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Throughout Isabel Turban work process, collected maps gathered from various travels are the most significant material as they fuel inspiration for the work.
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
Untitled , 2017
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 54 in
(121.92h x 137.16w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
Untitled, 2017
Mixed media on paper
32h x 24.50w in
81.28h x 62.23w cm
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Throughout Isabel Turban work process, collected maps gathered from various travels are the most significant material as they fuel inspiration for the work.
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
I wouldn't know where to start
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
I wouldn't know where to start, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 24 in
(76.2h x 60.96w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
Untitled , 2017
Mixed media on paper
30 x 22 in
(76.2h x 55.88w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
Untitled , 2017
Mixed media on paper
30 x 22 in
(76.2h x 55.88w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic
Recreo
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
Recreo, 2016
Mixed media on paper
15 x 22 in
(38.1h x 55.88w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
Untitled , 2017
Mixed media on paper
30 x 22 in
(76.2h x 55.88w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
Untitled , 2016
Mixed media on paper
30 x 22 in
(76.2h x 55.88w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Throughout Isabel Turban work process, collected maps gathered from various travels are the most significant material as they fuel inspiration for the work.
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
mixed media on paper
Category
2010s Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Throughout Isabel Turban work process, collected maps gathered from various travels are the most significant material as they fuel inspiration for the work.
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Throughout Isabel Turban work process, collected maps gathered from various travels are the most significant material as they fuel inspiration for the work.
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politic...
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
Untitled, 2017
Mixed media on canvas
30h x 24w in
76.20h x 60.96w cm
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
Untitled, 2017
Mixed media on canvas
48h x 36w in
121.92h x 91.44w cm
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
Untitled , 2017
Mixed media on canvas
30 x 24 in
(76.2h x 60.96w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Untitled
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
Untitled , 2017
Mixed media on canvas
30 x 24 in
(76.2h x 60.96w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Fuerza Diptych, Dubai Map
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
Fuerza Diptych, Dubai Map, 2015
Mixed media on canvas
60 x 96 in
(152.4h x 243.84w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Chasing Tides
By Isabel Turban
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán
Untitled , 2016
Mixed media on canvas
50 x 42 in
(127h x 106.68w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Isabel Turban Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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