Press
Frieze Magazine. September 2, 2026. For Camille Turner, We Are Swimming in History.
ByBlacks.com. August 22, 2026. Miss Canadiana Was a Performance. But The Questions She Raised Were Real.
The Hamilton Spectator. August 13, 2026. This artist confronted Canada’s secret past. Now her 30-year retrospective comes home to Hamilton.
The Fabulous 413 Podcast Feb 4, 2026. Land of the Free,
Public Parking, November 3, 2025. Verging Tripartite: Camille Turner’s “Otherworld”.
MUSSA, November 8, 2024. Archival Activation in Camille Turner's "Otherworld"
The Globe Mail, October 18, 2024. Artists Charles Campbell and Camille Turner evoke souls lost to slave trade
Mousse, September 23, 2024. Camille Turner “Otherworld” at Art Museum, Toronto
The Varsity, September 22, 2024. Camille Turner’s Otherworld is a rare experience
Toronto Caribbean, September 22, 2024. University of Toronto Art Museum unveils Camille Turner’s “Otherworld” Exhibition, Exploring Canada’s ties to the transatlantic slave trade
CBC Listen, September 14, 2024. Otherworld: An art exhibit revisits a difficult past through time travel
AfroToronto , August 21, 2024. Otherworld: Camille Turner's groundbreaking exploration of Canada's hidden histories
Esse, March 6, 2024. Camal Pirbhai & Camille Turner unearth
CBC Newfoundland, August 12, 2023. Newfoundland built ships and the transatlantic slave trade
ARTnews, December 15, 2022. The Defining Artworks of 2022
Art Canada Institute, December 9, 2022. Making Their Mark on Canadian Art 2022 Prize Winners
C&, March 30, 2022. Camille Turner Receives TBA Artist Prize
ArtReview, April 1, 2022. Camille Turner and Aycoobo win Toronto Biennial prizes
ARTnews, March 30, 2022. Artist Award Roundup: Camille Turner Receives Toronto Biennial’s Artist Prize, Three Winners for Frankenthaler Climate Art Awards, and MoreReparations: A Glossary | Return/Repair
Journal of Visual Culture, 2022. An essay by Valérie Frappier Journal of Visual Culture, Vol. 21, No. 1.
Selections from the Wedge Collection, 2021. As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic. Includes Lowcanes, an image created by camalandcamille from the Wanted Series bycamalandcamille.com .
Esse magazine. 2020. Essay by Dominique Fontaine. Camille Turner
CBC Arts, 2019. This Art Reminds Canada of our history of Slavery
City News, September 9, 2019. Artist Researcher Displays Newfoundland’s Connection to Slave Trade
Radio Canada International, August 18, 2019. “Art exhibition highlights history of slave trade in Newfoundland”
Toronto Star, August 18, 2019. “Art installation shines light on Newfoundland’s connections to slave trade”
CBC Nfld. & Labrador, August 18, 2019. “Artist highlights N.L.'s slave trade connection in Bonavista exhibition”
CBC Nfl. & Labrador, August 27, 2019. “Move the earth, move your mind at the Bonavista Biennale”
CBC Newfoundland Morning, Aug 16, 2019
City Line, July 19, 2017. Tracy poses in AGO’s ‘Wanted’ exhibit exploring Canadian slavery
Toronto Star, July 13, 2017. “AGO show humanizes the enslaved, Yorkville store tramples on tragedy: Paradkar”
Breakfast Television July 6, 2017
Toronto Star, July 3, 2017. Canada revisited at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Globe and Mail July 2, 2017. AGO exhibition asks where Canada really came from
Indian Times, June 22, 2017. Freedom Tours: What is Your Story?
Visual Art News, January 10, 2017. “New Found Lands magnifies the margins: Artists pay homage to the Afro-Carribean voices the history books ignore”
Canadian Art, January 3, 2017. 10 Artists with Forward Thinking Practices
Canadian Art, 2017 (essay by Leah Sandal). Step by Step: Artists Walk to Resist Colonization, Ableism and More
Art Gallery of Ontario Spotlight, 2017. Wanted by camalandcamille.com.
Overcast, September 12, 2016. Camille Turner’s Piece on NL’s Role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade Is Literally Out of This World
CBC: Hamilton, July 6, 2015. Pan Am Pop Up art shifting the spotlight on Barton’s decline
Hamilton Spectator, July 6, 2015. Miss Canadiana leads CultureMania Parade at It’s Your Festival in Hamilton
Hamilton Arts & Letters (essay by Earl Miller), 2015. Camille Turner: Hometown Queen
CBC News, October 24, 2013. History of slavery at Windsor heritage home being examined
Windsor Star, October 25, 2013. Artists Research Francois Baby’s Slave-owning history
Canadian Art Magazine, Summer 2012. Dress Code
“As a self-appointed ambassador of her adopted land, visual artist Camille Turner’s Miss Canadiana questions the lip service her countrymen pay to multiculturalism—while having a fabulously faux time of it”
Guy Dixon, Globe and Mail.
McMichael Gallery, “Are we what we wear? Fashion as Art Exposed” (essay by Julia Pine), June 2012.
Art Canada Institute spotlight, 2011. Black Art Matters
TVO Arts documentary, 2010. Camille Turner: Hometown Queen
TVO Arts study guide, 2010. Hometown Queen
Michelle Jacques, “And the Winner Is”, essay in Byproduct: On the Excess of Embedded Art Practices (ed Marisa Jahn), YYZ Books, Toronto, 2010.
SooToday.com, June 2009. “Sun turns Miss Canadiana’s cookies soft”
The Walrus, April 2007 (essay by Mark Cheetham). Alienated Cosmopolitanism.
The Prairie Dog, Nov, 2007. “A Complex Mosaic, Artists bring wit and insight to the Multicultural experiment”
Lethbridge Herald, June 2007. “Coulee Landscape offers inspiration for Toronto artist’s latest creation”
The Globe and Mail, June 2006. “Scale at InterAccess”
Now Magazine, February 3, 2005. Heroic heights: Group multimedia show looks at complex identity issues in smart ways
Saturday Night Magazine, Nov, 2005. “Crowning Glory”
Montreal Mirror, July 28, 2005. “Red, White and Black”
Breakfast Television, City TV, June 29, 2005
Radio Canada International, Toronto, Feb, 2005
TV Ontario, Toronto, Feb 26, 2005. “More To Life” Interview of Miss Canadiana by Mary Ito
The Bay Today, Feb 8, 2005. Miss Canadiana has North Bay roots,
The National Post, Jan 29, 2005. “Not a Cape in Sight: Black women Artists redefine the Heroic”
The Globe, Guy Dixon, Feb 3, 2005. Beauty Queen with an Edge
CBC Radio One, Halifax, Jan 7, 2005 (Arts Report featuring Miss Canadiana)
The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Jan 7, 2005. “Here she comes, Miss Canadiana”
HFX/The Daily News, Jan 6, 2005. “All bow to Miss Canadiana”
The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Oct 21, 2003. “Boring cab ride? Teletaxi will entertain you”
The Varsity, Toronto, Oct 23, 2003. “Hail Art Cab”
CBC radio, Toronto, July 2003. “Go” (interview of Miss Canadiana by Brent Brambury)
The Globe and Mail, Nov 2, 2002. “So this is fame? 15 Seconds on the street”
The Toronto Star, Oct 28, 2002. “Fleeting Fame”
Eye Weekly, Toronto, Oct 12, 2000. “Micro Movies take Art to the Street”