Elisa Turner

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Born1952
New York City, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationDePauw University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AwardsMiami-Dade County Arts Hall of Fame, 2025. Ellies Creator Award from Oolite Arts, 2023. Rabkin Prize, 2020
Websitehttps://elisaturner.com/

Elisa Turner (born 1952) is an American award-winning art critic and journalist with a focus on international visual arts. Turner's writing chronicles the Miami art community, profiling the careers of artists who contribute to the contemporary cultural history of the area.[1][2] Turner is a member of the International Association of Art Critics, U.S. Section, and ArtTable, a national organization for women in visual arts professions.[3]

Career

Turner held editorial positions at St. Martin’s Press, College Divisions of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich and Random House (1980-83), where she was a Developmental Editor.[4]

Turner held teaching positions in writing at Miami Dade College (2009-2019) and has presented as a guest-lecturer at University of Miami and New World School of the Arts.[5] Turner’s art journalism career for the ‘'Miami Herald newspaper began in 1986.[6] Turner was the primary art critic at the Miami Herald from 1995 to 2007, with a brief interruption after an automobile accident (2004), involving recovery from a coma that required her to relearn how to talk, walk, and write.[7] Her writing has appeared in Artburst Miami, Art+Auction, Art Circuits, Arte Al Dia, ARTnews, Biscayne Times, Burnaway, Delicious Line, Fine Art Globe, Hamptons Art Hub, Hyperallergic, Florida International University ArtSpeak and Miami Rail.[8]

As Miami correspondent for ARTnews magazine (1984-2014), she contributed reviews, news reports and feature stories for national and international audiences. Turner profiled figures in the art community for the “City Focus” series on the Miami and South Florida art scene and covered prominent art collectors for the magazine’s “Living with Art" series.[9][10]

Personal life

Turner lives and works in Miami, Florida, where she is married and has two adult children.[11]

Awards and recognition

  • John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Grant, 2024[12]
  • Miami-Dade County Arts Hall of Fame, 2025[13]
  • MIA Artist Grant from Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, 2024[12]
  • Ellies Creator Award from Oolite Arts, 2023[14]
  • Society of Professional Journalists Florida Sunshine State, 2020 -2021, First Place Award, Arts Commentary & Criticism[15]
  • Rabkin Prize, 2020[16]
  • Leadership Award, Florida Chapter of ArtTable, 2019[12]
  • Hamptons Art Hub Readers’ Choice, Top 15 Stories, 2015- 2016[17]

Selected essays and publications

  • "Miami’s Art Boom: From Local Vision to International Presence," University Press of Florida, 2025. ISBN 9780813081212[18]
  • “Milestones in Miami’s Coming of Age,” essay for "Making Miami: The Story of an Art Community," Jayaram Law and Exile Books, 2023[19]
  • “The Ancestors: Active in Past, Present and Future,” essay for "A Call to the Ancestors," Little Haiti Cultural Complex, commissioned by Carl Juste and Rebecca Friedman, 2023[20]
  • Miami Contemporary Artists by Paul Clemence and Julie Davidow. Turner, E. Foreword. Schiffer Books, October 18, 2007.ISBN 9780764326479[21]
  • “Chronicle on Miami 2000-2005,” essay for "Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium," Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, 2005[22]

Selected public speaking

  • "Miami's Art Boom: Explore the Cultural Revolution," panel discussion with Elisa Turner, Kimberly Green and Edouard Duval-Carrié and moderated by University of Miami Associate Professor of Art History, Erica Moiah James. Lowe Art Museum, Miami[23]
  • "Miami and the Making of a Global Art Hub," Art Basel 2025 Conversations, Miami[24]
  • "Disrupting Narrative: Art and the Newspaper," Conversation with Donna Ruff and Yessica Gispert on the occasion of 2024 Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA)Congress[25]
  • "Aesthetics of Transition: Conversation with Edouard Duval-Carrié and Elisa Turner," 2023, IPC ArtSpace, Miami’s Little Haiti, curated by Rebecca Friedman and Carl Philippe Juste[26]
  • "Art Spotlights Rising Seas,” Creative Time Summit 2018, Pérez Art Museum, Miami[27]
  • "Critical Discourse and Art Writing Symposium," 2015, Spinello Projects, Miami, moderated by Taylor Renee and Jessica Lynne, founders and editors of ARTS.BLACK[28]
  • “Now What? Chaos and Controversy in the Visual Arts,” 2011, Panel Moderator for Miami Dade College-Kendall, Arts & Letters Day[29]

References

  1. ↑ Sirmans, Franklin (2025). Miami’s Art Boom: From Local Vision to International Presence. University Press of Florida. p. Foreword. ISBN 9780813081212. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Ramos, Alyssa. "A South Florida writer documents the evolution of Miami's art scene in new book". WLRN Public Media. WLRN Public Media. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "About Elisa Turner". Art Burst. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Vasari Project: Elisa Turner Collection". Miami-Dade Public Library System. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Elman, Raymond. "Introduction to Elisa Turner". ArtSpeak. FIU Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media. College of Communication. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Elisa Turner". Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator (DVCAI). Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Chideya, Farai (June 7, 2005). "Life After Waking Up from a Coma". NPR News & Notes. NPR. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Vasari Project: Elisa Turner Collection". Miami-Dade Public Library System. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  9. ↑ Sirmans, Franklin (2025). Miami’s Art Boom: From Local Vision to International Presence. University Press of Florida. p. Foreword. ISBN 9780813081212. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Viglucci, Andres. "Miami's art boom was built on private collectors. Now that model is aging". Miami Herald. Miami Herald. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  11. ↑ Elman, Raymond. "Introduction to Elisa Turner". ArtSpeak. Florida International University, Lee Caplan School of Journailism and Media. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Elisa Turner Biography". miamidadearts.org. Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Miami-Dade Arts Hall of Fame". miamidadearts.org. Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "The Ellies, Elisa Turner, 2023, Creator Award Winner". Oolite Arts. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Two AICA-USA Members Win Awards". aicausa.org. Association of International Art Critics. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  16. ↑ Ogle, Connie. "Backbone of the art community: Miami critic wins prestigious $50,000 Rabkin Award". Miami Herald. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  17. ↑ Rogers, Pat (December 28, 2016). "Best Writing at Hamptons Art Hub". Hamptons Art Hub. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  18. ↑ "Miami's Art Boom: From Local Vision to International Presence". University Press of Florida. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  19. ↑ "Making Miami: The Story of an Art Community" (PDF). Carlos Betancourt. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  20. ↑ ""A Call to the Ancestors" Tells Story of Lincoln Memorial Park". The Jitney. September 4, 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  21. ↑ Clemence, Paul; Davidow, Julie; Turner, Elisa. "Miami Contemporary Artists". Schiffer Books. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  22. ↑ "Uncertain States of America". e-flux. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  23. ↑ "Miami's Art Boom: Explore the Cultural Revolution". Lowe Art Museum. Lowe Art Museum. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  24. ↑ "Miami and the making of a global art hub". Art Basel. Art Basel. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  25. ↑ "How Photography Teaches Us to Live Now" (PDF). wophacongress.org. WOPHA Congress. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  26. ↑ ""A Call to the Ancestors" Tells Story of Lincoln Memorial Park". The Jitney. September 4, 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  27. ↑ "Creative Time Summit 2018". creativetime.org. Creative Time. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  28. ↑ "Littlest Sister Platform:, A Symposium Featuring Miami's Most Influential Women In the Arts". Time Out. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  29. ↑ "Vasari Project: Elisa Turner Collection". Miami-Dade Public Library System. Retrieved 12 August 2025.

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