Burçak Bingöl

She completed her practice based PhD on art at Hacettepe University, Ankara in 2008. She also has completed programs on music at Ankara State Conservatory between 1985-91 and photography New School, NY in 2009. She realized six solo exhibitions in New York, Ankara and recently in İstanbul titled Mythos and Utopia (2017). Her works showcased in many international group exhibitions and international art fairs. Also being a curator of three exhibitions in Ankara and İstanbul, she has given several talks and made workshops on her own practice in New York, Argentina, Philadelphia and in different parts of Europe as well as in Turkey. She has participated in artist residency programs at Cité Des Artes, Paris and Hunter College, New York. She also participated Nesin Art Village, Şirince, İzmir as a founder lecturer. Her works are in many public and private collections in the US, Europe, the Middle and Far East including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 21C Museum, Kentucky and Salsali Private Museum, Dubai. She uses various materials such as photography, installation and drawings along with her major material ceramics. Exploring notions of culture, belonging and identity, the works are constant re-working of materials, situations and objects to converge to the repetitive act where fiction and failure merge.She lives and works in İstanbul and is represented by Zilberman Gallery İstanbul – Berlin.

She completed her practice based PhD on art at Hacettepe University, Ankara in 2008. She also has completed programs on music at Ankara State Conservatory between 1985-91 and photography New School, NY in 2009. She realized six solo exhibitions in New York, Ankara and recently in İstanbul titled Mythos and Utopia (2017). Her works showcased in many international group exhibitions and international art fairs. Also being a curator of three exhibitions in Ankara and İstanbul, she has given several talks and made workshops on her own practice in New York, Argentina, Philadelphia and in different parts of Europe as well as in Turkey. She has participated in artist residency programs at Cité Des Artes, Paris and Hunter College, New York. She also participated Nesin Art Village, Şirince, İzmir as a founder lecturer. Her works are in many public and private collections in the US, Europe, the Middle and Far East including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 21C Museum, Kentucky and Salsali Private Museum, Dubai. She uses various materials such as photography, installation and drawings along with her major material ceramics. Exploring notions of culture, belonging and identity, the works are constant re-working of materials, situations and objects to converge to the repetitive act where fiction and failure merge.She lives and works in İstanbul and is represented by Zilberman Gallery İstanbul – Berlin.

Burçak Bignöl’s works challenge the accepted canons of contemporary art by adopting a medium, ceramics, and typical floral patterns which are often avoided. Presenting four works of two different periods of her production allows us to appreciate her reflection on these and her personal research into the essence of the material. Her own interest and research into a past, lost, identity is combined with an acute awareness that making it surface might just be the only way to discuss its flaws.