Güneş Terkol

 
Style of Art : Artist / textile artist
Branch of Art : fabric collages
Art Profile :

Güneş Terkol was born in Ankara in 1981. She graduated from the Painting Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Mimar Sinan University. She continues her Master′s degree at the Department of Art and Design of Yıldız Technical University. Terkol takes inspiration from her immediate surroundings, collecting materials and stories, which she weaves into her sewing pieces, videos, sketches and musical compositions. Terkol has attended some residency programs including the program at ISCP New York (2013), OrganHaus, Chongping (2011) and Gasworks in London (2010). She is a member of Ha Za Vu Zu artist group. Terkol currently lives and works in Istanbul.

Selected solo exhibitions:
2012, Frieze Frame, Frieze Art Fair, London
2012, The Main Forces That Stir Up Action, NON, Istanbul
2011, Dreams on the River, OrganHaus, Chongqing, China
2010, They Were Trying To Climb Against the Current, NON, Istanbul
2008, No Ceremony for Transition, Apartment Project, Istanbul

Selected group exhibitions:
2014, 10th Gwangju Biennale, Korea
2013, Better Homes, Sculpture Center, curated by Ruba Katrib, New York
2013, Whitechapel Gallery, London (with Ha Za Vu Zu),
2012, Who told you so?! #4 Truth vs. Family, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2012, Signs Taken in Wonder, MAK, curated by Simon Rees and Bärbel Vischer, Vienna
2012, What a Loop, performance with Ha Za Vu Zu, Berlin
2011, Dream and Reality, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul
2011, Destroy Istanbul, Galerie Neurotitan, Berlin
2011, If the Nature Is Heaven, The City Is Hell, organized by YAYGARA Contemporary Art Initiative, CerModern, Ankara
2010, The 2nd International Antakya Biennial, curators Arzu Yayıntaş, Dessislava
2010, Dimova, Antakya
2010, White Out, curators: Eva Liedtjens, Cassandra Mehlhorn, Kunsthaus Erfurt
2010, SILENCE_STORM, curator: Necmi Sönmez, Izmir Port, Izmir
2010, Etats d’ames, une generation horse d’elle, curator: Yekhan Pınarlıgil, ENSBA, Paris
2009, For Whom Is It Too Late Today? – Between Stamp and Mars, (with Ha Za Vu Zu), Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou
2009, 10e BIENNALE DE LYON, (with Ha Za Vu Zu), curator : Hou Hanru, Lyon
2009, BREADWAY, Urban stories: The X Baltic Triennial of International Art, (with Ha Za Vu Zu), Vilnius
2009, Different Similarity / End Game, (with Ha Za Vu Zu), Curator: Pelin Uran, Loop Gallery, Seoul
2009, Turkish Delights, video selection by Melis Tezkan, Paris
2009, Unfair Provacation, Curator: Canan Senol, Hafriyat Karaköy, Istanbul
2009, S.TARGEM., with Burak Delier and Eylem Akçay, PİST, Istanbul
2008, Interchange, Organized by Tomas Harold- Mercy Events, (with Ha Za Vu Zu), Car, Park Gallery, Liverpool
2008, Save As… Contemporary art from Turkey, (with Ha Za Vu Zu), Triennial Bovisa, Project coordination: Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Art Management Curator: Derya Yucel, Bovisa
2008, ZigZag, Curator: Koray Kantarcıoğlu, Hafriyat Karaköy, Istanbul
2008, Connect the Dots 1/2, curator: Koray Kanatırcıoğlu, Stockholm
2008, Die Letzten Dinge / Son Şeyler, (with Ha Za Vu Zu), Westfalischer Kunstverein, Garanti Platform, Munster
2008, Connect the Dots, curator: Koray Kanatırcıoğlu, Hafriyat Karakoy, Istanbul
2007, 10th International Istanbul Biennial, (with Ha Za Vu Zu), Curator: Hou Hanru, Istanbul
2007, sobe!, Bilsar Building, Curator: Leyla Gediz, Istanbul
2007, Working Space, installation: ‘Is it possible to make a collaboration’, Yıldız Technical University Faculty of Art and Design 2006 – 2007 Student Projects Exhibition, Istanbul
2007, We Are Getting Vocalized, (with Ha Za Vu Zu), Galerist, Istanbul
2006, Collaborations on Site, Workshop and exhibition part of ARS 2006, Kiasma, Helsinki

Reference: galerinon.com, gunesterkoldesigns.blogspot.com.tr, hamide.co, galerinon.com, themovingmuseum.com, kameraarkasi.org

Web Site : http://gunesterkoldesigns.blogspot.com.tr/
Email : gunesterkol@yahoo.com
City : Istanbul
Country : Turkey
Preferred Lang. : Turkish / English
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