Collection of DAISY TORTUGA in a gallery layout

DAISY TORTUGA

Daisy Tortuga (b. Kent, 1997) is a Margate-based artist and musician. Her visual practice combines a fascination with traditional crafting techniques with a desire to explore deeply personal themes. The work is highly autobiographical and addresses topics including mental health, sexuality, identity and trauma. It is expressed across a range of traditional craft-forms, primarily rugs, ceramics, knitwear and glass.


Her unique visual language explores the absurdity of life, using dark humour and a childlike sense of self-expression. Childhood plays a very important role in her work; as an only child, she tended to live more in her own imaginary world, where things made sense. In this place, she could collect and colour the world from her own perspective. Today, she emulates this world in her studio.


Tortuga studied Illustration at Kingston School of Art and has exhibited recently at Stolen Space Gallery, London, Shoreditch Modern, London and her work has been featured in The Guardian, Creative Review, The Face Magazine, Its Nice That amongst others. 

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ARTWORKS

Artworks by Daisy Tortuga will be made available following her debut exhibition at Liminal Gallery 'Quelle Surprise' which opens Saturday 22 November 5-7pm

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EXHIBITIONS

QUELLE SURPRISE: DAISY TORTUGA & CHARLIE RATCLIFFE

22 November – 7 February 2026
The Cupboard

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Through Her Eyes

All female exhibition at Stolen Space Gallery, Shoreditch, 6th March- 13 April 2025

Food As Origin

Twilight Contemporary food themed exhibition, London, 8th October - 16th November 2024

Shoreditch Modern

Little Omens, London, 5th- 29th September 2024 • Link
Pleasures, Collaboration with Women of The Wick, all female show 2nd-17th May 2024

The Other Art Fair

Supported by Woman of The Wick, March 2024

Soho Square • The Bomb Factory
Let Them Eat Fake, Food themed group show, 2022 shown at The Bomb Factory and 2023 in Soho Square

Inkonst x Redan

‘A Year In Knots’ Solo Exhibition. Spread across two galleries in Malmö Sweden, March-April 2022

Fridge
Group show in Hackney Wick curated by Jamiu Agboke August 2021 • Link

Truman Brewery Shoreditch
‘New Rug, New Me,’ Solo Exhibition. Series of tufted wall hanging self portraits June 2021

Protein Studios London

50 Years of Choice - April 2018. Posters celebrating 50 years of legalising abortions in the uk. Exhibited amongst 50 black and white text based posters

Shoreditch Modern, London, ‘Pleasures’ Group Exhibition. In Collaboration with Women Of the Wick

2nd-17th May 2024

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