MJ Turpin is a visual artist, a co-director at Kalashnikovv Gallery, and a director of Studio Grey — a creative-ecologies complex and residency programme in Joburg. He has participated in numerous local and international exhibitions, and his most recent solos include “Take Me Apart” with No End Contemporary (Joburg) in 2019 and AVA Gallery in 2022. Recent group shows include “Mass”, curated by Louis de Villiers at Kalashnikovv Gallery in 2021, and “A Hook”, at Studio Nxumalo in 2023.