Gülsün Karamustafa

Gülsün Karamustafa
Born 1946 (age 6970)
Ankara, Turkey
Known for Painting
Film-making
Sculpture

Gülsün Karamustafa (born 1946) is a painter, filmmaker and sculptor, living and working in Istanbul, recognised as "one of Turkey’s most outspoken and celebrated artists".[1] Karamustafa’s work explores socio-political issues in modern Turkey[2] using personal and historical narratives, addressing themes including sexuality and gender, exile and ethnicity, and the role of religion and secularism in society.[3][4]

Early life and education

Karamustafa was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1946. Her father was a radio presenter[5] Hikmet Münir Ebcioğlu. From 1958 - 1963 Karamustafa attended high school at Ankara College. In 1969, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts, Istanbul, where she was taught by Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu.[6] Soon after her graduation, she was convicted for concealing a political fugitive in her home in Istanbul[7] and had her passport annulled as a result, leaving her unable to travel or emigrate until 1987. She gained a PhD from the Department of Art at the School of Applied Arts in Istanbul in 1981.

Works

“My relation with art did not develop from personal satisfaction or from the need to glorify what I do. I have been carrying art as a heavy mission from the very beginning. I always have the thought that I need to produce and carry this production to a significant place."[8]

Karamustafa's works can be broadly categorised into three thematics:

She works across a variety of different mediums, using varied techniques and methods: installation, ready-mades, photographs and video.[9]

During Turkey's military coups in the early 1970s, Karamustafa and her husband actively participated in student protests and in 1971 were arrested as a result.[10] She explores this in an artwork titled The Stage created in 1998 where she features a photo taken at the courtroom. Her time in prison is documented in the 1972 series Prison Paintings, displayed for the first time in her 2013 solo exhibition A Promised Exhibition at SALT, Istanbul. In talking about the series, Karamustafa explained “I made them in order to remember, in order to be able to keep [what happened] in mind. After serving time in the Maltepe, Selimiye and Sağmalcılar prisons in İstanbul, I was sent to İzmit Prison to be with the ones sentenced to penal servitude for life[10] ".

Exhibitions

Her first professional exhibition took place in 1978 at the Istanbul Taksim Art Gallery.[11]

She participated in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th International Istanbul Biennials, the 3rd Kwangju, 8th Havana, 3rd Cetinje and 1st Seville Biennial.

Selected Solo Shows

Selected Group Exhibitions

Year
2015 Citizens and States[12] Tate Modern
UK MDE15 – Local Stories, Global Practices[13] Museum of Antioquia
Go and Play with the Giant![14] Villa Stück
Artists in Their Time[15] Istanbul Modern
2014 Fragments of Empires[16] Momentum, Berlin, Germany
Body Doubles[17] Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
The Jerusalem Show VII – Fractures[18] Al-Ma’mal, Jerusalem, Israel
31st Sao Paulo Biennial[19] São Paulo, Brasil
Art/Histories[20] Museum der Moderne Salzburg
Gesture[21] Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
2013 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art[22] Thessaloniki, Greece
The Unanswered Question. İskele2[23] Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
Trade Routes[24] Hauser & Wirth
Memory Desire Power[25] National Museum of Contemporary Art, Romania
2012 1st Kiev Biennial Kiev, Ukraine
Terra Mediterranea – In Crisis[26] The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Nicosia / Cyprus
Video.Kunst[27] Museum Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Care Crisis[28] Futura, Prague, Czech Republic
2011 3rd Singapore Biennial Republic of Singapore
Location of Culture, Pulchri, The Hague, Netherlands
Modern Essays, Modernity Unveiled /Interweaving Histories SALT
Seven New Works, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
Double Crescent C24 Gallery
Dream and Reality, Istanbul Modern
2010 Live Cinema/In the Round: Contemporary Art from the East Mediterranean[29] Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sharing Waters Depo, Istanbul / Turkey
Istanbul Next Wave Walter Gropius –Bau, Berlin / Germany
CORRECT ME IF I’M CRITICAL FELLESHUS der Nordischen Botschaften + NEST, Berlin / Germany
When Ideas Become Crime, Tütün Deposu, Istanbul / Turkey
Tarjama/Translation Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York / USA
Bridges to Istanbul, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon / Portugal
2009 Strange and Close Play Van Abbe, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
The View From Elsewhere Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia
2008 11th Cairo Biennial Cairo, Egypt
Who Killed the Painting Neues Museum, Nürnberg
Sensitive Timelines 26 cc, Rome, Italy
2007 Passion For Art Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Modern and Beyond Santralistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
cross-border Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany
2006 Peace Tower Whitney Biennale, New York, USA
People, Land, State Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel
Exorcising Exotism Jhongsiao Dunhua Square, Taipei, People’s Republic of China
Grand Promenade National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
2005 IstanbulEindhoven VanAbbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Some Stories Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
NowHere Europe, Polo Muzeale Veneziano 51. Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
How Latitudes Become Forms – Arte en la era global Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey MARCO, Monterrey, Mexico
2004 When Latitudes Become Forms Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA
Moderna by Night Moderna Museet
Videoletters World Social Forum, Bombay, India
Ethnic Marketing Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
2003 When Latitudes Become Forms Walker Art Center
El arte con la vida 8th Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba
Blood&Honey Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria
Nerede/Burada Modern Art Museum, Saitama, Japan
2002 Routes Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
Do-It e-flux.com
Fuori Uso Ferrotel, Pescara, Italy
2001 Im Zeichen der Stadt Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
MUTATIONS “Rumor City” TN Probe, Tokyo, Japan
As you see me but I am not Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany
Witchcraft Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
2000 EKBATANA? Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen
Négociations CRAC, Centre Regional d’art Contemporain, Séte, France
3rd Gwangju Biennale Gwangju, Korea
1999 Stills, Cuts and Fragments Ifa Gallery, Stuttgart
The Picture in the Hills Dulcinea, Istanbul
Passage du Bosphore Musée de Picardie, Amiens

Collections

Karamustafa's work has been collected internationally by public and private institutions.

Awards

Year Award Country
2014 Prince Claus Award[37] Netherlands
2002 Simavi Visual Arts Award Istanbul, Turkey
2001 Onufri 2001 International Exhibition, Special Award Tirana, Albania
1991 9th Fajr International Film Festival, Special Jury Award for the film “My Cinemas” Tehran, Iran
1987 New Trends in Art Award Istanbul, Turkey
1985 Contemporary Artists Award Istanbul, Turkey

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