"An
exploration into the bewildering experience of displacement lies at the heart
of my work. I engage with the potential of pattern and motif within Islamic
art: layers held within lavish architectural spaces, offering cover or
exposure, alluding to the theatrical. My work begins with film and photography,
yet with a subsequent layering of imagery – resulting in a disruptive blur of
cultural perceptions. The idea of ‘the veil’, which sits at the core of my art
practice, is thus compounded. Manifestations of this are realised through
performance and site-responsive activities that merge Eastern and Western
sensibilities."
Ates
Guler was born in Turkey in 1977. She gained her Fine Art BA at
the University of Marmara, Istanbul, 1998 she then studied Fine Art;
Painting at Wimbledon School of Art, 2004. She has an MA Fine Art
Printmaking, Royal College of Art. Following her education she was a visiting
lecturer at University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield in 2007
Her exhibitions
include Landslide, Café Gallery, London, 2008; 15er, Publication, 2008;
Ensemble(s) II, The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, 2007; Detroit
10th International Film/Video Festival, Museums of New Art (MONA), Michigan,
USA, 2007
Awards she
has been presented are 'The Cité Internationale des Arts Residency Award'
in 2007; and she was also shortlisted for the 20/21 Art Prize
in 2007.
She
is a Royal Academy Print Fellow and lives and works in London.