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Güler Ates

B. Mus-Turkey

 

2006-08 Royal College of Art, MA Fine Art; Printmaking, London
2001-04 Wimbledon School of Art, BA {HONS} degree in Fine Art; Painting, London
2000-01 Lewisham College, BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies in Art and Design, London
1996-98 University of Marmara, Fine Art; Painting, Istanbul

 

Solo Exhibitions
Fragments, Eton College, Windsor, 3rd Feb – 19th March 2018
Unfold, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, 2017
Unseen Photo Festival, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, 2016
Sea of Colour, Salvation Army International HQ, London
Unseen Memories, House of St Barnabas, London, 2015
Fantasma Nel Silenzio, Spazio Nea, Napoli, Italy
Stilled, Art First, London
Dwelling: Rio de Janeiro, Marcelle Joseph Projects, London, 2014
Sound and Silence, Marian Cramer Projects, Warmond, The Netherlands
Open Studio, Instituto Inclusartiz, Rio de Janeiro
Whispers of Colour, Kubikgallery, Porto, Portugal
Zenana, Marian Cramer Projects, Amsterdam, 2013
Books of Dust, Royal Academy of Arts, Cafe Gallery, London
Trace of the Traceless, The LOFT at the Lower Parel, Mumbai, 2012
Threshold, Art First, London
Unveiling the Veil, Marian Cramer Projects, Amsterdam
Present and Absent, Great Fosters, Egham, 2011
No past is mine, no future; look at me!, Leighton House Museum, London, 2010
Fusion, Gallery Point-1, Okinawa, Japan
Veiled Mozaic, The LOFT at the Lower Parel, Mumbai, 2009
Projects at Christ Church Spitalfields, London, 2005

 

Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
ArtRio, Luciana Caravello Arte Contemporanea, Rio de Janeiro
SP-Arte, Luciana Caravello Arte Contemporanea, Sao Paulo
RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts
Force, Strength, Power, Kubikgallery and Gallery Baginski, Lisbon

 

2016
Liberty at The Exchange, Penzance, until 7 January 2017
Out of Chaos, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, until 27 February 2017
Unexpected: continuing narratives of identity and migration, Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
Figure, Art First, London

 

2015
Liberties, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
Journey, Jewish Museum, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Embassy of Brazil Visual Arts Award 2015, London
SP-Arte, Luciana Caravello Arte Contemporanea, Sao Paulo

 

2014
Froward, The Drawing Schools Gallery, Eton College, Windsor
Some Schools are Cages and Some Schools are Wings – Musue de Arte do Rio, 26 August – 11 Jan 2015
RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
ArtRio with Luciana Caravello Arte Contemporanea, Rio de Janeiro
What Should Remained Secret, Has Come to Light, Fotogalleriet Format, Malmø, Sweden
Dwelling ‘ Live Performance’, Casa França-Brasil and Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), Rio de Janeiro
START with the LOFT at Lower Parel, Saatchi Gallery
Kunstrai, Marian Cramer Projects, Amsterdam
A Desk of One’s Own, Galeri Miz, Istanbul, Turkey

 

2013
Outpost Open Film, Outpost, Norwich
Women Collectors, Women Artists, Lloyds Club, London
Art Barter, 5533@IMC, Istanbul

 

2012
3rd International Canakkale Biennial, Turkey
Margins, Art Suites Gallery, Istanbul
Wunderkammer, Hoxton Art Gallery, London
Woman in Art, Brook Gallery, Devon
HomeSalon, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Ascot
Re;Rotterdam Art Fair, Marian Cramer Projects, Rotterdam, NL

 

2011
Orientations, Hoxton Art Gallery, London
Correos, Galleria Progresso, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Photography’s New “it” Girls, Marcelle Joseph Projects, London
Draw Togeher, Jeannie Avent Gallery (Associated with Dulwich Picture Gallery), London
Samwaad, FICA Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art, New Delhi, India

 

2010
New Contemporaries Archive Films, ICA, London
Prints of the City, Free Musuem of Dallas, USA
Home, Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Zspace, Okinawa, Japan

 

2009
Group Show, Galleria Progresso, London
Indian Summer, Hastings Museum and Gallery, Hastings
IAS, New Delhi, India
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Rencontres Internationales de la Photo, Institut Français de Fès, Morocco
TBA, New Portland Instuite for Contemporary Art, Portland, USA

 

2008
New Prints from Royal College of Arts, Royal Academy of Arts, London
10: The Chris Orr Years, Royal College of Arts, London
New Comtempoararies, Touring exhibition: Liverpool and London
Beyond Borders, Holster Project Space, London
Real Presence, The House of Legacy, Belgrade
Indian Art Summit 08, New Delhi, India
Real Presence, Remont Gallery, Belgrade
Salon Summer Show, The SaLon Gallery, London

 

2007
There and Back Again, Hockney Gallery, London
Ensemble (s) ll, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
Re-Formation, Christ Church Spitalfields, London
Art Video Screening, Vasteras, Sweden
Over and Over Again, Sadler’s Wells, London
Detroit 10th International Film/Video Festival, Museums of New Art, (MONA), Michigan, USA

 

2006
Peace Camp, The Brick Lane Gallery, London
Secrets, Gulbenkian Gallery, RCA, London
The Vision of the Nunnery, The Nunnery Gallery, London

 

2005
I.D, Group Show, Crescent Arts, Scarborough
Looking Glass, Group show, Waterloo Gallery, London
Three Sixteen, Group Show, Candid Arts, London
Island Art Film & Video Festival ’05, Prenelle Gallery, London

 

2004
TAKE 04, Group Show, Wimbledon School of Art, London
The Launch of Creative Cultures, Merton Council, London
If u want my body, Wimbledon Library Gallery, London
Identity, Guildford Arts, Guildford, 2003

 

Residency/Awards
Embassy of Brazil (London) Visual Arts Award, Finalist, 2015
Le Fonds Belval Residency and Award – Short Listed
Eton College Residency, Eton College, Windsor (Jan – March 2015)
Instituto Inclusartiz, Rio da Janeiro, 2013-2014
Space 118 Residency, Mumbai, 2012
The Arts Foundation, Nominated for Photography Fellowship, UK
Film and Video Umbrella, Nominated for Tomorrow Never Knows Moving image award, 2011
Leighton House Museum, April – September 2010
The Loft at the Lower Parel, Mumbai and Arts Reverie, Ahmedabad, India, July 2009
The Foundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain, Oct-Nov 2008
Matthew Wrightson Award, 2008
The Cite Internationale Des Arts, Paris, Apr – June 2007
20/21 Century Art prize, Short-listed

 

Publications
II Mattino, Napoli Cultura&Societa (Review), Italy, 17th May 2015
Art & Religion in the 21st Century by Dr Aaron Rosen (Thames and Hudson 2015)
O Globe (Article), Brazil, 7th April 2014 – view
Aksam (Article), Turkey, January
O Globe (Article), Brazil, July 2013
Yurt (Interview), Turkey, March
The Times of India (Review), India, 18th January
The Sunday Express, (Review), Mumbai, December, 2012
Daily News & Analytical – DNA, (Review), Mumbai, December
Mid-Day, (Review), Mumbai, December
Time Out Istanbul, (Review), Turkey, May
Het Parool Newspaper (Article), The Netherlands, 29th February 2012
HaberTurk, (An Interview), Turkey, September 2011
Basphorus Art Newspaper (An Interview in September issue), Turkey, September 2010
HaberTurk (Review), September, Turkey
15er, National, 2008
New Comtemporaries 08, National

 

Collection
Museum Van Loon, NL
Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, NL
Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, UK
Teylers Museum, Harleem, NL
Goverment Collection, UK
Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), Brazil
Huis Marseille, Photography Collection, NL
Royal Academy of Arts, Photography Collection, UK
The House of St Barnabas, UK
Achmea Kunstcollectie, NL
The LUMC, Leiden, NL
Great Fosters, Egham, UK
Victoria & Albert Museum, Print Collection, London, UK
The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) Library, Portland, USA
Royal College of Art, London, UK

 

Courtesy of the artist’s website.