Gülsün Karamustafa (b. 1946, Ankara, Turkey) is an artist who lives and works in Istanbul. Enriched by the use of paintings, videos, installations and sculptures, her practice displays and analyses the entanglement of gender, migration and globalisation. Her recent solo exhibitions include Mystic Transport, Centrale for Contemporary Art & Argos Centre for Art and Media, Brussels, Belgium (2015); Swaddling the Baby, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria (2016); Chronographia, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany (2016); Gülsün Karamustafa, IVAM Institut d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain (2020); Parallel Lives, Parallel Aesthetics: León Ferrari & Gülsün Karamustafa, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands (2021) and Gülsün Karamustafa – After the Cosmopolis, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden (2022). Karamustafa’s selected group exhibitions include Istanbul Biennials, Istanbul, Turkey (1987, 1992, 1995); 8th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba (2003); 5th Cetinje Biennale, Cetinje, Croatia (2004); Seville Biennial, Seville, Spain (2004); 3rd Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China (2008); 11th Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt (2008); 3rd Singapore Biennial, Singapore (2011), 1st Kiev Biennale, Kyiv, Ukraine (2012); 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece (2013); 31st São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil (2014) and 10th Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju, South Korea (2014).
