Deasa Turner

The Birdcage

2023

Deasa Turner is a multidisciplinary artist whose work blends formal precision with emotional nuance. Working primarily in painting and mixed media, Turner explores the tension between memory, identity, and materiality. Her pieces often evoke the language of abstraction while maintaining a tactile intimacy that invites close inspection. Turner’s compositions are marked by layered objects and textures, restrained palettes, and intentional imperfections—each surface a quiet record of time, gesture, and reflection. Her background in both fine art and design informs a practice that moves fluidly between disciplines, often incorporating found materials, textiles, and architectural motifs. Based in Los Angeles, Turner has exhibited in group and solo shows across the West Coast and her work is held in several private collections. A rising presence in the contemporary art scene, she continues to develop new bodies of work that challenge conventional boundaries between art and object.