Lara Kamhi

 
Style of Art : Artist / media artist, lighting designer, music video director
Branch of Art : Photography, video, sound, light art and site-specific installation
Art Profile :

Lara Kamhi was born in Istanbul in 1987. She graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University in 2011. She studied theater at University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle in 2005-2006; film and television at American University of Paris in 2006-2007. She obtained her Master′s degree in Media Arts at Slade School of Fine Art in 2013. Kamhi has participated in many group exhibitions with her media and installation art works in London, Berlin, New York, Istanbul, Geneva, Jerusalem, Tenerife and York. She has attended international art fairs such as Contemporary Istanbul (2015) and The Other Art Fair in London (2012 and 2014). Kamhi is co-founder and co-director of the gallery Prizmaspace. She also works as a production, lighting designer and music video director. Kamhi is a winner of the Julian Sullivan Award for her achievement in Fine Art and Media.

Solo exhibition:
2011, "Split. Inner / Outer," Atelier Çukurcuma, Istanbul

Duo exhibitions:
2015 and 2014, "Moving Images I & II," PRIZMASPACE, Istanbul (with Eli Kasavi)
2013,"Merging & Emerging," Gallery Heritage, Geneva (with Melda Kamhi Kosif)
2013, "Atelier by Absolut," Unter, Istanbul (with Erdem Dilbaz)

Group exhibitions:
2015, "Istanbul Light Festival," Zorlu Center, Istanbul
2015, "Wavelenghts - Europalia," International Arts Festival, Les Halles, Brussels
2015, "Light is there where we are not," Cultural Transit Foundation, Yekaterinburg
2015, "BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer)," Pera Museum, Istanbul
2015, "Galaxias Maculatus," Museum of Contemporary Art, Valdivia
2015, "Possibilities and Choices," Mixer Gallery, Istanbul
2014, "Where am I ?," Kare Art Gallery, Istanbul
2013, "Parallel Threads," Ekav Art Gallery, Istanbul
2013, "Creatives Rising," 26-19 Jackson Ave. Long Island, New York
2013, "Cinema as Object," Slade Research Center, London
2013, "The Story of the Creative," Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York
2012, "Interspace," Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem
2012, "Beyond the Material World," Bar Lane Studios, York
2012, "Ten Diez Movement," Magma, Tenerife
2012, "Untitled," Pilevneli Project, Istanbul
2012, "And You, What Do You Worship?," Crypt Gallery, London
2012, "Seeing in The City," Guildhall Art Gallery, London
2012, "MADE Mobility for Digital Arts in Europe," Istanbul
2011, "City Lights," DomAquaree, Berlin
2011, "Affective State," Tophane - i Amire, Istanbul
2011, "Update!," Hayaka Artı Art Cente, Istanbul
2011, "Life is Elsewhere," The Crypt Gallery, London
2011, "Up and Coming," Artium Modern Gallery, Istanbul

Reference: larakamhi.com, oldmag.net, larakamhi.tumblr.com

Web Site : www.larakamhi.com
Email : lolaisrunning@gmail.com
City : Istanbul
Country : Turkey
Preferred Lang. : Turkish / English
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