Nilbar Güres
born in Istanbul, lives and works in Vienna and Istanbul

Education
2000-02 Masters degree in Painting & Graphics from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna,
1996-00 Bachelors degree in Painting from the Faculty of Arts, Marmara University, Istanbul

Shows and festivals (selection)

2010
«Where do we go from here?» curated by Bettina Spör, Secession Vienna (upcoming, catalog)
«White Out» curated by Cassandra Mehlhorn and Eva Liedtjens Kunsthaus Erfurt (Upcoming)
«6th Berlin Biennial» curated by Kathrin Rhomberg (upcoming, catalog)
«Curated by Vienna» curated by Walter Seidl, Vienna
«Starter» curated by René Block, Arter Istanbul (catalog)
«On Paper» Stalke Gallery, Denmark
«Not a Lens But a Prisma» curated by Marcus Graf, Eugenio de Almeida Foundation, Portugal (catalog)
«Derrière le rideau, une génération hors d’elle…», curated by Yekhan Pinarligil, École des Beaux-Arts, Paris (catalog)
«Tactics of Invisibility», curated by Daniela Zyman, Emre Baykal, Gudrun Ankele, Gallery TBA 21, Vienna (catalog)
«Ankara - Vienna», Gallery NEV, Ankara (catalog)
«Starter» curator René Block, Arter Istanbul

2009
«Performance und Gender, Politik, soziale Fragen und Intercultural Studies» Fotogalerie, Vienna (catalog)
«13 Lessons in Performance Art» screening at Cinema TOP, Vienna
«The Feauture Is Analogue –- Lomography» MAK, Vienna
«Video in Progress 3: Performans za video» Center urbane kulture Kino Siska, Ljubljana
«quelques images de la scène turque contemporaine» Musum of Modern and Contemporary Art Strasbourg - France
«Unknown Sports, Indoor Exercises», Soloshow at Salzbuger Kunstverein, Salzburg - Austria
«Performance// Frame», Gallery Anita Beckers, Frankfurt Am Main - Germany
«What Keeps Mankind Alive?»,«11th International Istanbul Biennial», curated by WHW (catalog)
«Red Thread», curated by WHW, TANAS, Berlin
«The Seen and The Hidden: Dis_covering The Veil», Austrian Cultural Forum, New York (catalog)
«Video in progress 3», Gallery Photon Ljubljana (catalog)
«Photonic Moments IV», ProArtOrg, Belgrade
«Positionen», Drei Drostei- Haus des Barock und der Moderne, Pinneberg
«Unfair Provocation», Hafriyat Karaköy Istanbul (catalog)

2008
«Emergency Exit», Outlet Gallery, Istanbul
«Bewegte Bilder», Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt (catalog)
«Ansichten Wien», Galerie Kroart, Vienna (catalog)
«Try, Live»/ «Photonic Moments», Curator Gulsen Bal, Gallery Photon Ljubljana (catalog)
«Urban Jealousy» the 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran
«World One Minutes», Today Art Museum, Beijing
«Permanent waiting room», Bologna, Ljubljana, Vienna, London
«Seems to be», Tiroler Künstlerschaft, Innsbruck
«Abwesend», Soho in Ottakring, Vienna

2007
«Open Artist Studios», BMSuma Contemporary Arts Center, Istanbul
«Be realistic, aim for the impossible!», Karsi Sanat gallery, Istanbul (catalog)
«Imagine there is an Art Work», curated by Beral Madra, BMSuma Contemporary Arts Center, Istanbul
Participation in the FrauenFilmFestival, the first Turkish women’s film festival Topkino, Vienna
Participation in the 5th International Filmmor Women’s Film Festival, French Cultural Center Istanbul, Italian Cultural Center Istanbul, Agri, Diyarbakir, Van 

2006
«Art auction: human rights», MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (catalog)
«Arabesque Süperiör», Lothringer 13’er gallery, Munich
«Wir machen das schon wieder» (We’re doing it again), Andreas Huber gallery, Vienna

2005
«Hot Spots - Emerging Artists», collection Essl, Klosterneuburg (catalog)

2003
«Installation for Marcus Omofuma», Afrikadorf, Stadtpark Vienna
«New Suggestions/New Proposals», Borusan gallery, Istanbul