Nick Turner is an American artist and photographer born in Boston in 1983. He was raised in the countryside of Maine where he was home-schooled until the age of fifteen, when he moved to the South of France. There, he attended a French high school before moving to Toulouse, where he passed his international baccalaureate. Immediately after receiving his diploma, Turner moved to Paris. He relocated to his current home of New York City to attend the Parsons School of Design, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Illustration.
It was during his school years that Turner devoted himself fully to his art, though he experienced a long and debilitating depression during his senior year that threatened to stall his career indefinitely. His work ended up being the therapy that brought him back to waking life. By chance, he met the prominent photographer Francois Rousseau while he was working on the book, "Atelier," based on Patrick Grainville's 1998 novel L'Atelier du Pein-tre. Rousseau cast Turner as a featured character in his new photo drama. Playing a tortured artist, the role was a natural fit for Turner and Rousseau became a mentor to the burgeoning artist.
Turner has long been fascinated and inspired by human nature, our varying motivations and desires. His work continues to be emotionally-based, as he describes it, inspired by natural beauty, dreams and psychology. "To me, art is very emotional," Turner explains. "I just want to touch people. I want them to feel something."
It was during his school years that Turner devoted himself fully to his art, though he experienced a long and debilitating depression during his senior year that threatened to stall his career indefinitely. His work ended up being the therapy that brought him back to waking life. By chance, he met the prominent photographer Francois Rousseau while he was working on the book, "Atelier," based on Patrick Grainville's 1998 novel L'Atelier du Pein-tre. Rousseau cast Turner as a featured character in his new photo drama. Playing a tortured artist, the role was a natural fit for Turner and Rousseau became a mentor to the burgeoning artist.
Turner has long been fascinated and inspired by human nature, our varying motivations and desires. His work continues to be emotionally-based, as he describes it, inspired by natural beauty, dreams and psychology. "To me, art is very emotional," Turner explains. "I just want to touch people. I want them to feel something."
