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Biography

Gülsün Karamustafa is a Turkish visual artist and filmmaker born in in Ankara, who lives and works in Istanbul and Berlin. Through her art practice, spanning the course of over fifty years, she focuses on such topics as the modernisation of Turkey, uprooting and memory, migration, locality, identity, cultural difference and gender from an array of perspectives.

Within her works, which stem from both personal and historic narratives, she champions the use of disparate materials and methods. Through media as diverse as painting, installation, photography, video and performance, she calls into question historical injustices in the social and political fields.

Karamustafa has participated in numerous international biennials, including Istanbul (TR); São Paulo (BR); Gwangju (KR); Kyiv (UA); Singapore, SG; Havana (CU); Thessaloniki (GR); Sevilla (ES).

She has presented solo exhibitions at major institutions and galleries worldwide, including Salt Beyoğlu and Salt Galata, Istan