Vadis Turner’s (b. 1977, Nashville, TN) first solo museum exhibition was at the Frist Art Museum in 2017, followed by the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs in 2018. Turner had solo presentations at the Huntsville Museum of Art in 2022 and the Abroms-Engel Institute for Visual Arts at the University of Alabama in Birmingham in 2023. Current and upcoming presentations are at LongHouse Reserve (NY), Zuckerman Museum of Art (GA), The Bunker Artspace (FL), Taubman Museum of Art (VA) and Frist Museum of Art (TN). Turner’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Arts and Design (NY), Brooklyn Museum (NY), 21C Museum (KY), The Bunker Artspace (FL), 21C Museum Hotels (KY), Taubman Museum of Art (VA), Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts (KY), Tennessee State Museum (TN), Huntsville Museum of Art (AL), Hunter Museum of American Art (TN) and the University of Alabama, Birmingham (AL). She has exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum (NY), Andy Warhol Museum (PA), ICA Portland (ME), Minnesota Museum of American Art (MN), Islip Art Museum (NY), Knoxville Museum (TN), Susquehanna Museum of Art (PA) and Cheekwood Museum (TN) amongst other institutions. Residencies include Corporation of Yaddo 2018 & 2024 (NY), Museum of Arts & Design (NY), Materials for the Arts (NY), Mildred Thompson Estate (GA) and the Vermont Studio Center (VT). Turner was awarded the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant in 2016. Her projects have also been funded by the Barbara Demming Memorial Fund, Jenni Crain Foundation, South Arts, Tennessee Arts Commission and The Current Art Fund, a regranting program from the Andy Warhol Foundation. Turner received a BFA and MFA from Boston University.