Genco Gulan

Genco Gulan
Self-portrait with 4 eyes. Oil on Canvas. Pekin Collection.
Born	01/13/1969 Istanbul
Nationality	Turkish
Education	The New School,
Known for	Contemporary Art, Painting, Sculpture,
Movement	idea art, Post Dada

Genco Gulan (Turkish pronunciation: [ʤænʤoʊ ˈɟylun] (born 1969 in Turkey) is a contemporary conceptual artist and theorist, who lives and works in Istanbul. His transmedia contextual work involves painting, found objects, new media, drawings, sculpture, photography, performance and video. His work often carries political, social and/or cultural messages. He describes his work as idea art.

Genco Gulan studied Media at The New School, New York. His art has appeared at Pera Museum, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, ZKM Karlsruhe, Triennale di Milano, Biennial of Tehran and Pompidou Center Paris. Gulan has had solo shows at Gallery Artist in Berlin, Istanbul; State Painting and Sculpture Museums in Ankara, Izmir; Foto Gallery Lang, Zagreb and Artda Gallery, Seoul among other places.

Genco uses text, codes and even his own DNA in his art. He is a conceptual, contextual new media artist, developing theory as well as practice. He specializes in not knowing what everybody else knows. Genco Gulan believes in the artistic future of bio-technology, artificial intelligence, and digital communication. In a video piece called "Grundig", he filmed a female swim team playing rugby underwater with a TV monitor.