User:Elifmet/Genco Gülan

Genco Gülan (b. İstanbul, 1969) is a multidisciplinary artist, teaches at Mimar Sinan Academy of Fine Arts and Bogazici University of Istanbul among others. He is known both at home and abroad as one of the innovative and versatile artists of contemporary art. Over the past 20 years, he has produced works as a performance artist, theatre maker, new-media and visual artist. Genco Gülan is known for expanding the boundaries of every different genre to which he applies his artistic touch. He made solo performances at AKM Istanbul, PAP, Tel Aviv and Wunderbar Festival, New Castle. Gülan got prizes from BP, | New School, Lions and European Media Arts Festival. He made solo exhibitions in Berlin, New York, Seoul and Zagreb. His works are presented/ or on exhibit in museums such as |Centre Pompidou, | ZKM, | MAM, Rio, |La Triennale di Milano and Cer Modern Ankara. He participated in festivals such as | Steirishes Herbst, |Ars Electronica, Mediaterra and Balkan Art. He staged the opening of Accente Festival, Duisburg, participated in the 17th and 18th | International Istanbul Theater festivals. His net-art pieces have been exhibited/ or on exhibit at | Irish museum of modern art, | rhizome.org at the New Museum and | kanonmedia.com. His works listed in required reading lists at City University, New York, Rice University and U.C. Santa Barbara among many others. Gülan gave conferences at Yale, School of Visual Arts, Köln University, New York Institute of Technology. Genco Gülan and his art has been referred to by Newsweek, Herald Tribune, Art in America, Art News, Das Kunst and Beaux Arts. Currently, he is in collections such as Marie-Laure Novak, Paris, Ozil Collection Berlin and | Istanbul Modern. The book on Genco Gülan edited by Dr. Marcus Graf is published with the title "Conceptual Colors". His book "De-Constructing the Digital Revolution" is published by | LAP and available at | amazon.com. Genco Gülan was in the Advisory Board of Balkan Biennial, Cosmopolis, Thessaloniki, International Programming Committee of | ISEA Singapore and at the editorial board of Second Nature Magazine, Melbourne. Gülan is currently the founder and director of the Web Biennial.