BONNIE LEE TURNER 1855 Old Louisquisset Pike, Lincoln, RI 02865 (401) 722-8299 [email protected] web: bonnieleeturner.com Summary: Innovative Fine Artist specializing in the creation of custom designed site-specific works of art. Able to conceptualize, plan, and successfully facilitate the smooth execution of large public art projects, delivering results on time, on budget, and to impeccable standards. Professional Experience: 1992 - Present Co-Owner / Principal Artist The Art Of Life, Lincoln, RI Created hundreds of Murals, Mosaics and site-specific artwork for a wide variety of public and private sector clients. Selected Examples :: • ‘Colt State Park’, 38’ x 12’ scenic Mural painted in the busy cafeteria of Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI. Commissioned by Lifespan Corp. to promote a new employee health program. • ‘Living Water', 12' x 6' custom designed and hand-cut glass tile Mosaic for the altar of St. Agatha’s Church in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Commissioned by O’Hearne Associates Architects. • ‘Living History’, 30’ x 30’ Historical Mural at gateway to Bellows Falls, Vermont. Public Art made possible with funding from grants, corporations, and private donors. The new tourist attraction resulted in increased revenues for the town. Artist in Residence / Commissioned by Rockingham Museum Project. • ‘In the Groove’, Designed and created target driven aesthetics in the form of an attention- grabbing 50' x 10' Mural and POP displays in Toyota Showroom, as a thematic backdrop to help promote Scion brand. Commissioned by Attleboro Toyota, Attleboro, Massachusetts. • ‘Home of the Brave’, 15' x 6' Mural at the entrance to the new VA Primary Care Center in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Commissioned by the Veteran's Administration. • ‘The Professor’, An 18” x 24” Mosaic Portrait, Designed and created entirely of glass tile to have the look and feel of a stained glass window. (Privately Commissioned) Strengths Include: • Highly skilled in all aspects of Mosaic and Mural techniques, materials and methodology. • Creative thinker. Ability to quickly develop creative solutions to visual communications problems. • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. Bonnie Turner – Resume – Continued Page 2 of 2 Selected Clients / Collections: • Memorial Medical Center, Ashland, Wisconsin • Professor Walid Khalidi, Harvard University • Professor Sergei Mirkin, Tufts University • Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon • Judge Alton Wiley, North Providence, Rhode Island • St. Agatha’s Church, Woonsocket, RI • United International Corporation, Rocky Hill, Connecticut • Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts • South Shore Medical Center, Norwell, Massachusetts • Chris Hart, San Diego, California • Raj Saksena, Dean of Architecture, Roger Williams University • Hercy Marsden, Director of The State Ballet of Rhode Island • India International Corporation • Rhode Island Department of Transportation • Rhode Island Public Transit Authority • Blackstone Valley Tourism Council • City of Providence • Rhode Island Hospital; Hasbro Children's Hospital; Bradley Hospital; • Pediatric Heart Center; Memorial Hospital, South County Hospital, et al. Teaching: • Wheaton College, Southern Massachusetts Arts Collaborative, Summer Program, Norton, MA • Woonsocket Neighborhood Development; Woonsocket, RI • Providence College - Urban Action Program, Providence, RI • Urban Youth Program , Rhode Island Department of Transportation • West End Community Center, Providence, RI • Urban Collaborative Accelerated Program, Providence, RI • Shea High School, Intergenerational Arts Project, Pawtucket, RI Selected Bibliography: • Book: Art on the Walls: Murals in New England, by Robin Dunitz • Newspapers and Magazines: Providence Journal, Neighbors, The Call, Brattleboro Reformer, Bellows Falls Town Crier, Rutland Daily Herald, Brattleboro Reformer, River Record, Eagle Times, Valley Breeze, The Westerly Sun, Senior Times, Pawtucket Times, Hers Magazine, The Narragansett Times, Hospital News, Lifespan Lifelines Digest., Signs of the Times Magazine. • Television: WPRI-TV 12; WNBC -TV10; WABC-TV 6; PM Magazine; Chronicle Education: 1987 - Rhode Island Community College - AFA with Honors 1983 - Rhode Island School of Design - Advertising Art and Design.