Genco Gülan

Born in 1969, in İstanbul, Genco Gulan is a multiple media contemporary conceptual artist, who defines his practices in painting, sculpture, performance and new media as idea art. Gulan got prizes from BP 1993, New School 2000, EMAF 2005, Sovereign European Art Prize 2011 and Ege Art in 2015. His works are presented in museums such as; Centre Pompidou Paris, Pera, ZKM, MAM Rio de Janeiro and La Triennale di Milano. He participated to festivals such as; Steirishes Herbst, Ars Electronica, Mediaterra, prog-me, Balkan Art Novi Sad, Roaming Tahran and Bonn Biennales. His performances are presented at Istanbul Theatre, PAP Tel Aviv, Wunderbar New Castle, Fringe New York, Moving Silence Athens and Accente Festival Duisbug. He is in collections such as Rhizome.org at the New Museum, Istanbul Modern, Elgiz, Baksı, Museum Oswald, Davis Museum, and State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki. His works listed in required reading lists at; City University, Rice University and U.C. Santa Barbara. Gulan gave conferences at Yale, School of Visual Arts, Köln, Bilgi, NYIT and Incheon University. Genco Gulan was in the Advisory Board of Balkan Biennial Cosmopolis and in the International Programming Committee of ISEA Singapore. He is the founder of the Web Biennial. Selected Exhibition: 2018 Geleceğe Çağrı, solo exhibition, BMKM - Istanbul 2018 Uçan Resimler, solo exhibition, Antonina Art Gallery - Istanbul 2018 Picasso’dan Sonra, solo exhibition, İzmir Resim Heykel Müzesi Kültür Park Sanat Galerisi 2018 Epifani, group exhibition, Curator: Ali Şimşek, Gallery Mod - Istanbul 2017 Antik Gelecek, solo exhibition, Kadir Has University Art Gallery - Istanbul 2017 10 Büyük Günah, solo exhibition, Art Galerim Bebek - Istanbul 2017 Imago Mundi - Mediterranean Routes, Biennale Arcipelago Mediterraneo - Italy 2016 Antik Plastik, solo exhibition, ENKA, Dr. Clinton Vickers Art Gallery - Istanbul 2016 Suncheon Enviormental Art Festival, Suncheon - South Korea