Bio

Genco Gülan is a contemporary conceptual artist with a specialisation in new media and performance art. He studied Political Science and Art at Bogazici University then he pursued an MA degree on Media Studies at New School, New York. He got prizes from BP, New School, Lions and E.M.A.F and selected as a finalist for European Art Prize in 2011. Gülan made solo shows in galleries, museums, public spaces at Ankara, Bodrum, Istanbul, Izmir, Graz, Berlin, New York, Seoul and Zagreb. His works are presented in museums such as; Centre Pompidou, Pera, ZKM, MAM, Rio and La Triennale di Milano. He participated to grand exhibitions such as; Steirishes Herbst, Ars Electronica, Mediaterra, prog-me, Accente, Balkan Art, Biennial Tehran and Istanbul Festival. His works listed in required reading lists at; City University, New York, Rice University and U.C. Santa Barbara. Gülan gave conferences at Yale, School of Visual Arts, Köln University and New York Institute of Technology. He is in art collections such as Istanbul Modern, State Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki, Davis Museum Barcelona and Museum Ostwall Dortmund. Genco Gülan was in the Advisory Board of Balkan Biennial, Cosmopolis, Thessaloniki, International Programming Committee of ISEA Singapore and founder of the Web Biennial. Currently he teaches at Mimar Sinan Academy and Bogazici University.