Coralie Turpin

Coralie Turpin is a professional artist with a BA(HONS) degree in Fine Art Sculpture, working at Yorkshire Artspace’s Persistence Works Studios in Sheffield, UK.Established as a public artist for over 30 years, producing significant and meaningful artwork for the public realm, which exhibits a high degree of craftsmanship in their production.Activity:Large-scale public art for: Placemaking, creatively engaging communities, percent for Art projectsIn and around hospitals, student accommodation, schools, community, local authorities, parks and public spaces, and retail.Working closely with: Public art consultants, architects, structural engineers, fabricators, contractors, and communities.Coralie Turpin is a full-time professional sculptor and public artist with a studio at Yorkshire Artspace's Persistence Works, Sheffield, UK. She is the winner of the SDA Sculpture Prize 2025 and received a commendation award from the Keith Hayman Public Art Award in 2021.Coralie has completed multiple public and private commissions. She collaborated with Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller in 2025 to create a 50m2 mosaic artwork for Scarborough seafront 'Roman mosaic c. 2025'. The pair were commissioned by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, and the project was curated by Jeanine Griffin for Invisible Dust.In 2021, Coralie was commissioned by The Bramall Foundation through Yorkshire Sculpture Park to create a 5m tall sculpture 'Laminae' for a private garden.She has recently completed a commission for Beam to create a 3m tall sculpture 'Cuckoo Boat Sail' for Staveley Town Centre and is currently working on ‘Biblio Textile, ’ a 23m long commission working with Future City for Barbican/Golden Lane in Central London.Her work uses abstraction and is influenced by the vibrancy and repetition of a collage of geological features and natural forms versus architecture, fabric pattern, and local themes.Research into commission briefs, history, heritage, and community engagement, coupled with texture, color, and balance, often create a fusion of figurative and abstract compositions. Her process investigates deeply into the location to produce meaningful site-specific artworks for the public realm.Recent themes have included: 16th-century philanthropy in The City of London: ‘Biblio Textile’Where we are and where we are going: ‘Milestone compass’, Seasons past and present in collaboration with Seiko Kinoshita: ‘Harvest rounds’.Coralie runs mosaic-making classes in her studio for beginners and professionals.