Gülsün Karamustafa

Gülsün Karamustafa (born 1946, Ankara) is a visual artist and filmmaker recognised as “one of Turkey’s most outspoken and celebrated artists.” Using personal and historical narratives, Karamustafa explores socio-political issues in modern Turkey and addresses themes including sexuality-gender, exile-ethnicity, and displacement-migration. “Hailed as one of Turkey’s most influential contemporary artists,” her work reflects on the traumatic effects of nation building, as it responds to the processes of modernization, political turbulence, and civil rights in a period that includes the military coups of 1960, 1971, and 1980. Karamustafa was one of the laureates of the 2014 Prince Claus Award, a prestigious award presented to “individuals for their outstanding achievements in the field of culture and development and the positive effect of their work on their direct environment and the wider cultural or social field.” She lives and works in Istanbul.

Karamustafa’s works are held in many public and private institutions, such as, EMST National Contemporary Art Museum Athens/Atina, GR, Istanbul Modern, TR, Ludwig Museum Cologne, DE, MCA Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, US, MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Viyana, AT, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, FR,&nbsp,Warsaw Museum of Modern Art (Museum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie), Varşova, PL, Neues Museum Nürnberg, DE,&nbsp,Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US, Tate Modern, Londra, GB, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL,&nbsp,Wien Museum, Viyana, AT.

Eserleri, EMST National Contemporary Art Museum Athens/Atina, GR, Istanbul Modern, TR, Ludwig Museum Cologne, DE, MCA Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, US, MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Viyana, AT, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, FR,&nbsp,Warsaw Museum of Modern Art (Museum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie), Varşova, PL, Neues Museum Nürnberg, DE,&nbsp,Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US, Tate Modern, Londra, GB, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL,&nbsp,Wien Museum, Viyana, AT müzelerinin koleksiyonlarında yer alıyor.

Kişisel sergileri arasında “Gülsün Karamustafa” IWAM Institute D’Art Moderne Valencia, (2020), “Chronographia”, Hamburger Bahnhof -&nbsp,Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (2016-2017), “Swaddling the Baby”, Galerie Krinzinger, Viyana (2016) / Villa Romana, Floransa (2015), “Mistik Nakliye” (Koen Thys ile ikili bir sergi), Centrale for Contemporary Art ve Argos Centre for Art and Media, Brüksel (2015-2016), “Sıradan Bir Aşk”, Rampa, İstanbul (2014), “Vadedilmiş bir Sergi”, SALT Beyoğlu, SALT Galata, İstanbul (2013), “The Apartment Building”, EMST – The National Contemporary Museum of Athens, Atina (2012), “Etiquette”, ifa Gallery, Berlin (2011), “The Monument and the Child”, x–hibit, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna (2011), “Mobile Stages”, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (2008), “Bosphorus 1954”, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (2008) yer alıyor.

Katılmış olduğu karma sergilerden bazıları ise şunlardır, “Artists &amp, Society: Citizens” Tate Modern, Londra (2020), “Saat Kaç?” Arter, Istanbul (2019), “Citizens and States”, Tate Modern, Londra (2015), “Sanatçı ve Zamanı”, İstanbul Modern (2015), 31. Sao Paulo Bienali (2014), “Art Histories”, Museum der Moderne Salzburg (2014), “Artevida Politica”, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (2014), 4. Selanik Bienali (2013), 1. Kiev Bienali (2012), 3. Singapur Bienali (2011), 3. Guangzou Trienali (2008), 11. Kahire Bienali (2008), “The 1980s: A Topology”, Museu Serralves, Porto (2006), “Soleil Noir, Depression und Gesellschaft”, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (2006), “The Grand Promenade”, National Museum of Contemporary Art – EMST, Atina (2006), “Why Pictures Now”, MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stifung Ludwig, Viyana (2006), 2., 3. ve 4. Uluslararası İstanbul Bienalleri, (1987, 1992, 1995).