An artist based in South Africa

Leesette Turner

Calligraphy coach, teacher, and lettering artist, Leesette’s interest in calligraphy started with her first year in school where a teacher wrote in beautiful italic. After her mother bought her a Speedball book,
she spent years copying the scripts! Today, Leesette is still endlessly fascinated by all things script – Asian, Arabic, African, Asemic, Roman – the traditions and history, how letters become images and our relationship with text. Her philosophy is to have fun with letters as an abstract self-expression, not requiring perfection.

A member of the Cape Friends of Calligraphy, Leesette’s works have been exhibited locally and internationally, and her work appears in several international collections.

Highlights

2004 Kalligraphos, Cape Friends of Calligraphy 20th Anniversary, Sanlam gallery, Cape Town,

2008 Worlds Exhibition, Brugge

2010 B.lettered Exhibition, Cape Town

2014 Makers and Thinkers. World Design Capital, Cape Town Stadium