Gülsün Karamustafa

Gülsün Karamustafa (born 1946, Ankara) is a visual artist and filmmaker recognised as "one of Turkey’s most outspoken and celebrated artists." Using personal and historical narratives, Karamustafa explores socio-political issues in modern Turkey and addresses themes including sexuality-gender, exile-ethnicity, and displacement-migration. "Hailed as one of Turkey’s most influential contemporary artists," her work reflects on the traumatic effects of nation building, as it responds to the processes of modernization, political turbulence, and civil rights in a period that includes the military coups of 1960, 1971, and 1980. Karamustafa was one of the laureates of the 2014 Prince Claus Award, a prestigious award presented to "individuals for their outstanding achievements in the field of culture and development and the positive effect of their work on their direct environment and the wider cultural or social field." She lives and works in Istanbul.

Karamustafa's works are held in many public and private institutions, such as; EMST National Contemporary Art Museum Athens/Atina, GR; Istanbul Modern, TR; Ludwig Museum Cologne, DE; MCA Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, US; MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Viyana, AT; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, FR; Warsaw Museum of Modern Art (Museum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie), Varşova, PL; Neues Museum Nürnberg, DE, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US; Tate Modern, Londra, GB, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL, Wien Museum, Viyana, AT.