Artists
Güreş, Nilbar

Artists

Nilbar Güreş

*1977 in Istanbul, Turkey. Lives and works in Naples, Istanbul and Vienna.

About Nilbar Güreş

Nilbar Güreş works with various media. This ranges from photographic series, video, film and performance. She also creates paintings on different fabrics and collages from various materials. In her installations, she also uses different materials and often patterned and colored fabrics.

Her work begins with her biographical experiences, which Nilbar Güreş expands into larger socially topical themes and issues. Social disadvantage and exclusion, the understanding of gender roles and the cultural codes that shape our identity play an important role.

In her research and works, she conveys a rather poetic and humorous view on these serious and burning issues.

  • Nilbar Güreş, Undressing, video-performance, 2006, stills
  • Nilbar Güreş, Unknown Sports (series), 2009
  • Nilbar Güreş, The Living Room, Çırçır series, 2010
  • Nilbar Güreş, Sour as a Lemon, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Bienne, 2021
  • Nilbar Güreş, MAYZU, the Trans Tree, 2022, MUMOK, Vienna

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