by Ken Turner | Jul 1, 2026 | News
Image: Belinda Lawley (2026) Tension Prize 2026 Awarded in Memory of Natasha Turner Yesturday I took a break from preparation for my graduation show at Goldsmiths and spent a wonderful afternoon with artist and curator John Bunker judging the Tension Graduate Prize,...
by Ken Turner | Jun 26, 2026 | News
Ken’s Studio, Image: Ken Turner (2026) Goldsmiths Article A series of large-scale abstract paintings by Ken Turner explores how intense colour, rhythm, and process can be orchestrated into moments of visual harmony and resolution. This year, 64-year-old Ken...
by Ken Turner | Jan 16, 2026 | News
Matt Hale, Image: Ken Turner (2021) The 2026 programme at Tension For the first 9 months of 2026 I will be occupied with the final year of my four year, part time MFA Fine Art degree at Goldmith’s, University of London. To give myself some time to concentrate on...
by Alison Aye | Jul 26, 2025 | News
Airing, Curated by Alison Aye I’ve been collaborating for two years with Ken Turner the founder of Tension an artist run gallery space in South London. When Ken asked me to curate a show (he was moving house and lacked time), I wanted to select artists who use thread,...
by Ken Turner | Jul 7, 2025 | News
Tension Graduate Prize 2025 This year, Central St Martins invited entries from all four MA Fine Art departments. From a shortlist of 45 artists, Tension Director Ken Turner and Art Monthly’s Matt Hale selected the winner: Amanda Moraes (MA Fine Art). Tension has...
by admin | Jun 23, 2025 | News, Reviews
London’s best contemporary art show is in Penge Plus: seductive Argentinian conceptualists, the disorienting comedy of Okiki Akinfe and why you should visit Darlington in September DIGBY WARDE-ALDAM If you’ve been reading the more excitable pages of the...
