Collage // Something of the Utmost Importance - 2023

BIOGRAPHY

Bengisu Bayrak (Herford, 1978), Bachelor's degree from Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts Painting Department (2001), Master's degree from Istanbul Bilgi University Social Sciences Institute Cinema and Television Program (2005), Marmara University Fine Arts Institute Painting Department He received his proficiency in arts (2008) and master's degree in business administration (2011) from the University of Wales. Questioning the credibility of grand narratives, historical facts and social orders in his works, the artist uses temporary things, ordinary documents and old or new books as a background to break conventional understandings and create alternative narratives. Bengisu Bayrak participated in many group exhibitions in Berlin, Ghent, Seoul, Hong Kong and Istanbul. Between 2012 and 2019, she opened 6 personal exhibitions in Istanbul and 1 in New York. She won various awards, including "Akbank Sanat Contemporary Artists Achievement Award" and "Moleskine 2.0 Design Competition 1st Prize". The artist has works in private collections in Turkey, the USA, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Italy and Germany. In addition to actively producing contemporary art, the artist gives lectures in the field of art-design and has a book titled "An Essay on the Problem of Meaning in Contemporary Art", written together with Nazan Alioğlu.

EXHIBITIONS

2020, "We actually", mixed exhibition, mixer, Istanbul, Turkey
2019, “Paper Cut”, Personal Exhibition, Büyükdere35, Istanbul, Turkey
2017, “Hide and Seek”, Personal Exhibition, The Highline Loft, New York.
2016, “Ekleria - Released”, Personal Exhibition, Space Debris Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2020, "We actually", mixed exhibition, mixer, Istanbul, Turkey
2018, "No Error in Tesbih", Mixed Exhibition, Mixer Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2015, “Things That Count Things That Don’t”, Mixed Exhibition, Clemente Soto Vélez Culture & Education Center, New York, NY, USA
2010, “Living and Working in Istanbul”, Mixed Exhibition, Art Port / Antrepo 5, Istanbul, Turkey
2008, "A murder does not pass with a kiss", Karma exhibition, gallerist, Istanbul, Turkey
2006, “25. Today's Artists Exhibition ”, Karma Exhibition, Akbank Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2001, “21. Today's Artists Exhibition ”, Karma Exhibition, Akbank Art, Istanbul, Turkey

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