Ross Turpin | Fish Hoek – Cape Town | Tattoo Artist and Painter

Ross Turpin is a tattoo artist and painter based at Mothership Studios in Fish Hoek.

Working across painting, drawing and tattooing, Ross has developed a bold, irreverent visual language shaped by humour, desire, popular culture and personal experience. 

Ross has exhibited extensively in South Africa and internationally, with work shown in Durban, Cape Town, Berlin, Hong Kong and Sydney. He has also presented several solo exhibitions, including Ross Turpin at Art Experience in Hong Kong in 2017 and Recommended Daily Allowance at Young Soy Gallery in Hong Kong in 2021.

Selected Exhibitions

• Off the Wall, Artspace Durban, Durban, 2006
• Off the Wall 2, Artspace Durban, Durban, 2007
• Big Wood, Artspace Durban, Durban, 2007
• Big Wood, Artspace Durban, Durban, 2008
• Off the Wall 3, Artspace Durban, Durban, 2008
• Wavescapes, NSRI, Cape Town, 2009
• King of Arts, Bean Bag Bohemia, Durban, 2009
• Wavescapes, NSRI, Cape Town, 2010
• The Strange Future, TGB, Berlin, 2010
• Journey to the East, Start From Zero, Hong Kong, 2012
• The Zine Show, Collect Gallery, Hong Kong, 2013
• Ross Turpin, solo exhibition, Art Experience, Hong Kong, 2017
• The Bridge to Triumph, Young Soy Gallery, Hong Kong, 2020
• Fragrant Harbour, Young Soy Gallery, Hong Kong, 2021
• Recommended Daily Allowance, solo exhibition, Young Soy Gallery, Hong Kong, 2021
• Ying Bau Geng, Young Soy Gallery, Hong Kong, 2021
• A Night on Earth, Young Soy Gallery at the Affordable Art Fair, 2022
• Hard to Say, Star Crossed Gallery, Hong Kong, 2022
• A Night on Earth, Young Soy Gallery at the Affordable Art Fair, 2023
• Off Skin, Young Soy Gallery, Hong Kong, 2023
• Good Fortune, Blank Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 2023
• Off Skin 2, Young Soy Gallery, Hong Kong, 2024
• A Night on Earth, Young Soy Gallery at the Affordable Art Fair, 2024
• Missed Calls, Young Soy Gallery, Hong Kong, 2024

Studio Address: Mothership Studios, 16 Dunster Avenue, Fish Hoek
Instagram: @ross_turpin_
Medium: Painting, drawing and tattoo art