Mazie Turner


Mazie Karen Turner was an artist from Newcastle, Australia. She worked in photography, sculpture and painting.
She was born in Sydney in 1954 to parents Jim and Zug.
After attending art school, she moved to Wangi Wangi, and had three children with partner Richard Tipping.
She died in 2014. A commemorative sculpture by Tipping, titled Morning features in the Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery's Sculpture Park.
She is commemorated in a memorial exhibition at Newcastle Art Gallery in September 2017.

Education and work

Turner achieved a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking and photography at the South Australian School of Art. She later studied a Master of Arts with honours at the University of Western Sydney. She completed a PhD in fine art at the University of Newcastle.
She lectured and taught fine art at both the University of Newcastle and Hunter TAFE's Newcastle Art School.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Turner's work is held in public collections including: