{"id":887,"date":"2021-09-02T21:20:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T01:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/?page_id=887"},"modified":"2023-10-03T22:26:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T02:26:43","slug":"miya-turnbull","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/miya-turnbull\/","title":{"rendered":"Miya Turnbull"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container miya-turnbull autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-2577\" data-slideshow-name=\"miya-turnbull\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-2577\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2577_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/womenandmasks\/files\/2021\/09\/MTurnbull-Self-Portrait-Split-Miya-Turnbull-636x463.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2577_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/womenandmasks\/files\/2021\/09\/MTurnbull-Self-Portrait-Woven-Miya-Turnbull-636x509.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-2577\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Miya Turnbull<\/strong> is a mask-maker who works specifically with self-portraits to explore different facets of her identity. She has created a Photo-Mask technique to make life-like representations of her face and often distorts and manipulates her image in various ways, which she then wears as a \u2018false face\u2019 or \u2018second skin.\u2019 Miya has exhibited her work throughout Canada and internationally and has received many grant awards. She holds a BFA from the University of Lethbridge in Alberta and currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turnbull writes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOver and over, I create variations of my \u2018self\u2019 through new masks. My self-portraits are photo-realistic but often altered- I change the placement or even erase select facial features. I create other extreme manipulations resulting in distorted representations. I do this as a way to explore my identity, specifically being half-Japanese and examining my feelings of being \u2018in-between\u2019. I am also interested in the space within defined margins; where beauty turns into the grotesque and where the outer persona shifts inward and vice versa. By keeping my image a constant, I am able to experiment with multiple iterations and further explore my heritage, experiences, perceptions and inner world, making these visible, tangible and wearable. I am drawing from the traditional uses of masks worn for disguise, transformation and protection, and as symbols for persona, self-image and identity. Ironically, I am placing my face on the front of the mask at the same time concealing my \u2018self\u2019 behind it. I can then manipulate how you see me. I dissect, distort and reconstruct my own image in an attempt to examine myself from an outside perspective, and separate myself from physical appearances, which is how we are often defined and labelled, especially at first glance. I am attempting to continuously hone in on the transitory nature of identity, duality and \u2018in-betweenness\u2019; to reveal and embody something previously hidden with each self-portrait variation. As a group of self-portraits, I hope the viewer looks deeper and sees a part of me in all of them, or perhaps in the space between all of them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See her work on her website, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miyaturnbull.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.miyaturnbull.com, <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and her Instagram account, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/miyamask\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/miyamask\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also to view a recent mini-documentary in collaboration with Fashion for Bank Robbers, visit\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/F5XKOjtXHmE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/F5XKOjtXHmE.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miya Turnbull is a mask-maker who works specifically with self-portraits to explore different facets of her identity. She has created a Photo-Mask technique to make life-like representations of her face and often distorts and manipulates her image in various ways, which she then wears as a \u2018false face\u2019 or \u2018second skin.\u2019 Miya has exhibited her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15090,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":82,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/887"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2813,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/887\/revisions\/2813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}