Biography

Nilbar Güreş born in Istanbul, lives and works in NY, 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

 

Solo Shows

2011 Undressing, MQ, Vienna

2011 Nilbar Güreş solo exibithion at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart

2011 Nilbar Güreş solo exhibition at Gallery Rampa, Istanbul

2010-2011 Nilbar Güreş At Iniva, Insitute of International Visual Arts, London

2009 Unknown Sports; Indoor Exercises Soloshow  at Salzbuger Kunstverein, Salzburg


Shows and Festivals (selection)

 2012

Desiring the Real, Museum MUAC, Mexico City
Rapid Pulse Performance Festival, Defibrillator performance art gallery, Chicago
Life is Elsewhere, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin
Reflections on a Society, Steldelijk Museum, Schiedam
Desiring the Real, MOCAB Museum Of Contemporary Art Belgrad
Passage, Gallery Martin Janda, Vienna
Wie zusammen leben? Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
Der Mensch der Fluß Malerei der Donauländer, National Gallery Sofia, Sofia
Istanbul Modern – Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans
Zwölf im Zwölften – Tanas, Berlin

 2011

Dream and Reality - Modern and Contemporary Women Artists from Turkey curated by Levent Calikoglu, Museum Istanbul Modern
Tolerabilis, curated by Ilina Koralova, Toskanische Säulenhalle im Zeughaus Augsburg, Germany
Der Mensch der Fluss project curated by Silvia Eiblmayr, Donauschwäbisch Central Museum Ulm, Germany
The Daily Uprising Rotor Graz, Austria
Tactics of Invisibility ARTER, curated by Daniela Zyman, Emre Baykal, Istanbul, Turkey
Responding To The New Moon, curated by Övül Durmusoglu Gallery Tanja Wagner, Berlin

Austria Davaj! - Creative Forces of Austria Schusev State Museum of Architecture Moskow, Percept: Peter Noever, Curators: Martina Kandeler-Fritsch (MAK), Irina Korobina (Schusev Museum)

Tactics of Invisibility TBA 21, Vienna

2010

Ex Territory  curated By Maayan Amir& Ruti Sela, Tel Aviv
Tactics of Invisibility curators Daniela Zyman, Emre Baykal, Gudrun Ankele ,Tanas Berlin
Where do we go from here? curator Bettina Spör, Secession Vienna
6th Berlin Biennial curator Kathrin Rhomberg
Starter curator RenÈ Block, Arter Istanbul
Curated by Vienna curator Walter Seidl, Ernst Hilger Gallery, Vienna
Not a Lens but a Prism curator Marcus Graf, Eugenio de Almeida Foundation, Portugal
The Others Riso, Museo díArte Contemporanea della Sicilia
White Out Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany
On Paper Stalke Gallery, Denmark
DerriËre le rideau, une gÈnÈration hors díelleÖ curator Yekhan Pinarligil, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Tactics of Invisibility curators Daniela Zyman, Emre Baykal, Gudrun Ankele, Gallery TBA 21, Vienna

2009

Performance und Gender, Politik, soziale Fragen und Intercultural Studies Fotogalerie, Vienna
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 scËne 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
Red Thread curated by WHW, TANAS, Berlin
The Seen and The Hidden: Dis_covering The Veil Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
Video in progress 3 Gallery Photon Ljubljana
Photonic Moments IV ProArtOrg, Belgrade
Positionen Drei Drostei- Haus des Barock und der Moderne, Pinneberg
Unfair Provocation Hafriyat Karaköy Istanbul

2008

Emergency Exit Outlet Gallery, Istanbul
Bewegte Bilder Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt
Ansichten Wien Galerie Kroart, Vienna
Try, Live . Photonic Moments curator Gulsen Bal, Gallery Photon Ljubljana
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
Imagine there is an Art Work curated by Beral Madra, BMSuma Contemporary Arts Center, Istanbul
Participation in the FrauenFilmFestival, the first Turkish womenís film festival Topkino, Vienna

Participation in the 5th International Filmmor Womenís Film Festival, French Cultural Center Istanbul, Italian Cultural Center Istanbul, Agri, Diyarbakir, Van

2006

Art auction: human rights MAK Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
Arabesque Süperi Lothringer 13íer gallery, Munich
Wir machen das schon wieder (We`re doing it again), Andreas Huber gallery, Vienna

2005

Hot Spots – Emerging Artists collection Essl, Klosterneuburg

2003

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