Rex Turnbull studied graphic design at Wellington Polytechnic School of Design (Massey University). He has exhibited extensively throughout New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, UK and Switzerland. He has been a finalist in numerous national awards and was the winner of the Kelliher Award in Dunedin, NZ. Kelliher Award. He was appointed Art Director of Harrods of London in 1975. In 2007 he was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London. His works are in private and public collections in Australia, USA, UK, Greece, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, Switzerland and New Zealand.