Özer Toraman

Özer Toraman

About

Gender politics is one of the foremost theories and practices contemporary artists engage in. Relying on Queer theory and politics, Özer Toraman’s work ventures outside of the entrenched and the constructed. They can be defined as portraits developed in order to counter imposed and narrow-minded politics of identity and gender. Specifically formulated through the expressive capacities of painting, these works are quite significant in that they make visible physical differences that the system denies and ignores. Devoid of sexist contours, Özer Toraman’s figures

explore a singularity that falls outside of the duality of masculine/feminine. So much that in some of his paintings, figures placed inside a counteracting composition draw notice due to their sameness. Özer Toraman ponders the limits of sexist categorization and reconsiders them in order to create hybrid figures that belong to neither gender. While some portraits are noticeably sharp, others are indistinct and allude to the different genders of our collective consciousness, whispering into our ear.

Istanbul – Berlin

 

*1989 Van, Turkey

 

Education

(2012-2018)    Marmara University, Institute of Fine Arts, Division of Painting (MA)

(2008-2012)     Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting (BA)

 

Solo Exhibition

2018    Anatomy of Passion, Pg Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2017    The First Dream, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

2015    You Lived Inside My World So Softly, artnivo, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019    The Ballery, Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2018    Passengers of a Kaleidoscopic Journey, Berlin, Germany

2018    Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Pg Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2017    Critical Thinking, Pg Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2017    Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Pg Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2016    Fear, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

2016    Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

2015    Borders Orbits 17, Siemens Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey

2015    The Journey to Me, artnivo.com, Istanbul, Turkey

2015    Celebration and Memories, artnivo.com, Istanbul, Turkey

2014    Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, artnivo.com, Istanbul, Turkey

2014    Download, artnivo.com, Istanbul, Turkey

2014    Mamut Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

2013    International Workshop, Art Suites Gallery, Bodrum, Turkey

2013    Connecting the Dots, Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts 6th International

Student Triennial, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

2013    Borders Orbits 14, Siemens Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey

2013    Water Work, Siemens Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey

2013    Self-Contained Steps, Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey

2012    Graduation project exhibition, Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey

2012    Division Unfolded, Tarlabaşı, Istanbul, Turkey

2011    Artist 2011, 21. International Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey

2011    Spontaneously, Gallery 24 Art, Istanbul, Turkey

2011    The King is Naked, Asma Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2011    Nezaket Ekici “Form It Able” Performance, Fulya Congress Center, Istanbul, Turkey

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