Güler Ates

Born 1977, Mus, Turkey
Lives and works in London, UK

Education

2006 – 2008 MA Fine Art, Printmaking, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2001 – 2004 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting, Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK

2000 – 2001 BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Lewisham College, London, UK

1996 – 1998 Fine Art - Painting, University of Marmara, Istanbul, Turkey

Solo Exhibitions

2011 Marcelle Joseph Projects at Great Fosters Hotel, Egham, UK

2010 Leighton House Museum, London, UK
Gallery Point-1, Okinawa, Japan

2009 The LOFT at the Lower Parel, Mumbai, India

2005 Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011 Hoxton Art Gallery, London, UK

Marcelle Joseph Projects at Blackall Studios, London, UK

FICA Foundation, New Delhi, India

2010 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Free Museum of Dallas, USA
Prefectural Museum and Zspace, Okinawa, Japan
Galleria Progresso, London, UK

2009 Hastings Museum and Gallery, Hastings, UK
IAS, New Delhi, India
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Institut Français de Fès, Morocco
New Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, USA

2008 Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Royal College of Arts, London, UK
New Contemporaries, Touring: Liverpool and London, UK
Holster Project Space, London, UK
The House of Legacy, Belgrade, Serbia
Indian Art Summit, New Delhi, India
The SaLon Gallery, London, UK
Remont Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia

2007 Hockney Gallery, London, UK
Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Christ Church Spitalfields, London, UK
Sadler’s Wells, London, UK
Art Video Screening, Vasteras, Sweden
Museum of New Art (MONA), Michigan, USA

2006 The Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK
Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
The Nunnery Gallery, London, UK

2005 Crescent Arts, Scarborough, UK
Waterloo Gallery, London, UK
Candid Arts, London, UK
Prenelle Gallery, London

2004 Wimbledon School of Art, London, England
Merton Council, London, England
Wimbledon Library Gallery, London, England

2003 Guildford Arts, Guildford, England

Residency/Awards

2010 Leighton House Museum, London, UK
2009 The Loft at the Parel Mumbai and Arts Reverie, Ahmedabad, India
2008 The Foundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain
Matthew Wrightson Award
2007 The Cite Internationale Des Arts, Paris, France
Short-listed (1 of 6) for 20/21 Century Art Prize

Publications

2010 Bosphorus Art Newspaper, An Artist interview, National, September Issue
2009 Turkey HaberTürk, Turkish National Newspaper, 28 July 2009
2008 15er, National, UK, New Contemporaries 08, National, UK

Collections

Victoria and Albert Museum, Prink Collection, London, UK
The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Library, Portland, USA
Video Library, Crisp Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Royal College of Art, London, UK

Professional Engagements

Royal Academy Schools, Sept 2011 - Present, Digital Print Tutor
Royal Academy Schools, Oct 2008 - Sept 2011, Senior Print Fellow
Leighton House Museum, London, UK. Artist Talk
Bhavan Centre (Indian Art Institute for Art and Culture). Artist Talk

University of Hertfordshire, UK. Nov 2008, Visiting Lecture, Artist Talk