About Coralie
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 20 years producing significant and meaningful artwork for the public realm which exhibit a high degree of craftsmanship in their production.
Activity:
Large scale public art for : 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.
Demonstrating a high degree of craftsmanship in her work, Turpin creates designs for metal fabrication, formers for metal casting and has excellent making skills in mosaic and sculpture. Often working with architects, structural engineers, fabricators and contractors countrywide.
Her work uses abstraction and is influenced by the vibrancy and repetition of geological features and natural forms. Research into commission briefs, history, heritage and community engagement coupled with texture, colour 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.
Coralie has completed multiple public and private commissions since 1990 and often includes communities in her projects. She collaborated with Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller in 2025 to create a 50m mosaic artwork for Scarborough seafront 'Roman mosaic c. 2025'. The pair were commissioned by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and were managed 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 client.
She is currently working on a commission for Beam to create a 3m tall sculpture 'Cuckoo Boat Sail for Staveley. Town Centre and is working on a 23m long commission for Barbican/Golden Lane in Central London.
C.V. : Coralie Turpin Artist
Education : Fine Art Sculpture BA(HONS)
Studio 12 Yorkshire Artspace, Persistence Works,
21 Brown Street. Sheffield, S1 2BS.
Website : coralieturpin.co.uk
email : turpinthomson@gmail.com
Profile Full time professional Artist with a studio at YA Persistence Works, Sheffield UK. Vice Chair and professional member of BAMM (British Association for MODERN MOSAIC).
Experience, Public realm and private commissions also working with communities for 30 years. Recently completed project with Turner Prize winning Jeremy Deller to create an artwork for Scarborough. Commissioned by Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2021 to create a 5m tall sculpture for a private collector.
Skills Work demonstrates a high degree of craftsmanship. Designs for metal artworks for fabrication, makes formers for metal casting and has excellent making skills in mosaic and sculpture. Working with architects, structural engineers, fabricators and contractors to produce meaningful artwork for the public realm. Good organisational and people skills and very at ease when working with communities.
Interests I enjoy cycling and walks with my family and dog. I love visiting gallery exhibitions and Museums. Making Art expands my imagination, it has been my whole life outside my family.
Awards Winner of the SDA Sculpture Prize 2025. Commendation award, Keith Hayman Sheffield Public Art Award, Sheffield Design Awards, Sheffield Civic Trust, Sheffield society of Architects.
Current projects:
‘Fabric of Heritage’ : 23m steel artwork, Golden lane/Barbican London UK - Installing March 2026.
‘Sail’, Commissioned by BEAM for Staveley Town Centre installing October 2025.
‘Harvest Rounds’ with Seiko Kinoshita, commissioned by Sheffield City Council, Installing March 2026.
‘Squares & Circles’ with Florence Blanchard for Trippet Lane, Sheffield Installing June 2025.
‘Milestone’ : cast iron sculpture, Sheffield Housing - Installing Nov 2025.
Selected Example projects:
‘Roman Mosaic c 2025’ : Collaboration and making of 25m2 mosaic with Jeremy Deller in Scarborough, Commissioned by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and curated by Invisible Dust. Installed March 2025.
Laminae : 5M tall stainless steel, mosaic and 28 carat gold sculpture based on geological forms. Private commission curated by Yorkshire Sculpture Park for the New Sculpture for Yorkshire collection 2021.
Cooling tower in natures fabric : Iron casting based on the demolished cooling towers with pattern from Somali and Bangladeshi fabrics, Darnall, Sheffield. 2024.
Vertical Superposition : Design and fabrication of 5 x 6m tall stainless steel, mosaic and bronze artwork. Cosmos (Fusion Students, Sheffield), winner of a Commendation at Sheffield design awards 2022.
Meles Meles - Balancing stones : 3.4m tall stainless steel sculpture covered on both sides with mosaic based on Badgers and balancing stones. Brockwell Court social Housing, Chesterfield Council - 2021
Convergent forces : Design of 40m long galvanised and powder coated steel fence containing 40 mosaic panels featuring on both sides. Nurtur House, Sheffield 2021.
Anne Knight and the dawning of the women’s movement in the UK: 20m2 contemporary Mosaic using ceramic, oak and etched brass to highlight the timeline of Anne Knights inspiration and influence. Main wall of reception foyer in new 17 storey iQ Student Accommodation building in Sheffield 2019.
Ulley Country Park Mosaic: 4m long mosaic commission to commemorate the near flooding disaster in and 14 circular mosaics made with community groups 2018.
‘Ow’d Shoddy’ : 6m diameter circular mining memorial mosaic in Swadlincote, South Derbyshire - April 2025.