Nilbar Güreş

Born 1977 in Istanbul (TUR)
Lives and works in Istanbul (TUR) and Vienna (AT)

Nilbar Güreş uncovers dual social structures and exposes traditional patterns of thought and behaviour in her new works. Diverging from a modern Western world view, structured by oppositions — culture/nature, mind/body, self/other — she engages with new possible forms of representation for female, queer and cultural identity. Her artistic practice is based on subtle moments of resistance, whose staging on the fringes of everyday life seem prudently radical.

Nilbar Güreş, Amazons, 2024 — Nilbar Güreş, *Amazons*, 2024
Mixed media on fabric, 190 × 135 × 3 cm

Nilbar Güreş, Goodbye, 2023 — Nilbar Güreş, *Goodbye*, 2023
Mixed media on paper, 105 × 125 cm

Nilbar Güreş, Landscape in Landscape, 2022 — Nilbar Güreş, *Landscape in Landscape*, 2022
Mixed media on paper, 120 × 152 cm

Nilbar Güreş, Why Together?, 2022 — Nilbar Güreş, *Why Together?*, 2022
Mixed media on fabric, 220 × 115 cm

Nilbar Güreş, Mayzu, 2022 — Nilbar Güreş, *Mayzu*, 2022
Mixed media, 450 × 850 × 200 cm

Exhibition view, Yokohoma Triennale, 2020 — *Exhibition view*, Yokohoma Triennale, 2020
Photo: Otsuka Keita. Photo courtesy of Organizing Committee for Yokohama Triennale

Nilbar Güreş, On Four Hands, 2019 — Nilbar Güreş, *On Four Hands*, 2019
Mixed media on fabric, 145 × 110 × 1.5 cm

Nilbar Güreş, Coconut Cutters, 2018 — Nilbar Güreş, *Coconut Cutters*, 2018
C-print, edition of 3 + 1 A.P., 170 × 140 cm

Exhibition view, Lentos, Linz, 2018 — *Exhibition view*, Lentos, Linz, 2018
Photo: Anna Konrath

Nilbar Güreş, CEMİLE ARIYOR Açık Telefon Kulübesi serisinden / CEMİLE IS CALLING from the series Open Phone Booth, 2011 — Nilbar Güreş, *CEMİLE ARIYOR Açık Telefon Kulübesi serisinden / CEMİLE IS CALLING from the series Open Phone Booth*, 2011
C-print, edition of 5 + 1 A.P., 50 × 70 cm

Nilbar Güreş, Ayse Loves Fatma, 2011 — Nilbar Güreş, *Ayse Loves Fatma*, 2011
C-print, edition of 5 + 1 A.P., 120 × 180 cm

Galerie Martin Janda

Enquire