She holds an MFA from Yale and is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. She has exhibited and performed in venues including Vox Populi, Wave Hill, BRIC, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Paradice Palase, SOHO20, Ars Nova, Judson Memorial Church, Brown University and a solo booth with Geary at Feria Material in Mexico City. She has received awards and residencies from MAD, AIR Gallery, Yaddo, BRIC, The Tides Institute, and Ars Nova. She was a 2019 Van Lier Fellow at Wave Hill, and a 2020 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow. Oliveira has had solo exhibitions at Geary in 2022 and LaMaMa Galleria in 2022. She is currently an Abbey Awards Fellow at the British School at Rome.
Tura Oliveira
Tura Oliveira is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York.
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My voice could not carry to you did you dwell in stars, O Spirits of whom my soul is but a little finger, 2021
Hand dyed cotton, cyanotype on silk
75 x 94 in.
Works
Tura Oliveira
Two Goddesses Witness the Miraculous Resurrection of an Ox Under a Solar Eclipse, Even as Two Dogs Fight Over the Bones, 2021
Hand dyed silk, cotton binding with cyanotype, cotton batting, cotton thread, cotton backing
30 x 36 in.
Tura Oliveira
Two Goddesses Witness the Miraculous Resurrection of an Ox Under a Solar Eclipse, Even as Two Dogs Fight Over the Bones, 2021
Hand dyed silk, cotton binding with cyanotype, cotton batting, cotton thread, cotton backing
30 x 36 in.
Tura Oliveira
My voice could not carry to you did you dwell in stars, O Spirits of whom my soul is but a little finger, 2021
Hand dyed cotton, cyanotype on silk
75 x 94 in.
Tura Oliveira
My voice could not carry to you did you dwell in stars, O Spirits of whom my soul is but a little finger, 2021
Hand dyed cotton, cyanotype on silk
75 x 94 in.
Tura Oliveira
I Love You in a Place Where There’s no Space or Time, 2022
Monoprint on silk velvet, hand dyed silk charmeuse, reclaimed stuffing, cable
69 x 40 x 23 in.
Tura Oliveira
I Love You in a Place Where There’s no Space or Time, 2022
Monoprint on silk velvet, hand dyed silk charmeuse, reclaimed stuffing, cable
69 x 40 x 23 in.
Tura Oliveira
The Goddess is Transfixed by The Blood Moon Reflected in the Water at High Tide, 2021
Found and hand dyed fabric, cotton batting, cotton thread
52 x 45 in.
Tura Oliveira
The Goddess is Transfixed by The Blood Moon Reflected in the Water at High Tide, 2021
Found and hand dyed fabric, cotton batting, cotton thread
52 x 45 in.
Tura Oliveira
Stranded on this Planet like a Bitter Almond or an Olive Pit, She Finds Herself Miraculously Changed, 2023
Hand dyed silk and silk velvet, cyanotype on silk, hand dyed cotton, cotton batting cotton thread, steel, cast aluminum
31½ x 21⅝ in.
Tura Oliveira
Stranded on this Planet like a Bitter Almond or an Olive Pit, She Finds Herself Miraculously Changed, 2023
Hand dyed silk and silk velvet, cyanotype on silk, hand dyed cotton, cotton batting cotton thread, steel, cast aluminum
31½ x 21⅝ in.
Tura Oliveira
O Spirits of the of whom my soul is but a little finger, Direct it to the lid of its flesh-eye (They begin their journey into the brutality garden, the cosmic hedge maze), 2022
Hand-dyed cotton, cyanotype on silk
92 x 134 in.
Tura Oliveira
O Spirits of the of whom my soul is but a little finger, Direct it to the lid of its flesh-eye (They begin their journey into the brutality garden, the cosmic hedge maze), 2022
Hand-dyed cotton, cyanotype on silk
92 x 134 in.
Tura Oliveira
Acheiropoieta from the Things Given Up to the Sea #1, 2021
Cyanotype on silk
44 x 44 in.
Tura Oliveira
Acheiropoieta from the Things Given Up to the Sea #1, 2021
Cyanotype on silk
44 x 44 in.
Tura Oliveira
A Portal Opens at Split Rock When the Sun Dips Below the Horizon, 2021
Found and hand dyed cotton and polyester, cotton batting, glass beads, and sequins
56 x 56 in.
Tura Oliveira
A Portal Opens at Split Rock When the Sun Dips Below the Horizon, 2021
Found and hand dyed cotton and polyester, cotton batting, glass beads, and sequins
56 x 56 in.
Exhibitions
News
Interview
Meet the artists: Tura Oliveira
British School at Rome Blog | January 2023
Interview
Gallery Watch: Tura Oliveira at Geary on the Bowery
EV Grieve | March 18, 2022
