Doğum: Istanbul, 1992
Tayfun Gülnar graduated from the Avni Akyol Anatolian Fine Arts High School Painting Department in 2009 and afterwards did his undergraduate study at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Painting Department.
Tayfun Gülnar creates new world by bringing together open landscapes and figures in transformation. Building his paintings with an expressive and symbolic visual unity, the artist’s past works examine the issues of social violence, injustice, and domination with a monochrome palette while his recent works are more colorful in their examination of states of life and death through humankind’s relationship with nature. Mostly producing with oil painting, gouache, and charcoal pencil in series, Gülnar recently focuses on a series in which he plays with the dimensions of 15th- and 16th-century European painting. Bringing his own interpretation by embedding the ancient architecture and mythological images of Anatolia into the works of masters such as Giovanni Bellini, Tiziano Vecellio, Giorgione, and Goya, Gülnar creates a new balance between traditional and contemporary perspectives.
Solo Show
2022, ‘Açik Dünya’, x-ist, Istanbul, Türkiye
2019, Bir Anlik Sessizlik, x-ist, Istanbul, Türkiye
2017, ‘Chromophobia’, x-ist, Istanbul, Türkiye
Group Show
2022, ‘Kulis’, Eda Öztürk Küratörlügünde, Mixer, Istanbul, Türkiye
2021, ‘Büyücü ve Bahçe’, Can Akgümüs Küratörlügünde, Erimtan Arkeoloji ve Sanat Müzesi, Ankara, Türkiye
2021, ‘Apartman’, Tuba Kocakaya ve Lara Lakay küratörlügünde, apartman, Istanbul, Türkiye
2021, ‘Gece Yüzüsü’, Can Akgümüs küratörlügünde, Müze Evliyagil / artoda, Ankara, Türkiye
2020, ‘untitled’, x-ist, Istanbul, Türkiye
2019, ‘Kürklü Venüs’, Can Akgümüs Küratörlügünde, Martch Art Project isbirligiyle, Istanbul, Türkiye
2018,’Kesik ve Çukur’, Uniq galeri, Istanbul, Türkiye
2018, ‘açik sergi No.2’, Açik Alan, Istanbul, Türkiye
2018, ’99 Kare’, ArtOn, Istanbul, Türkiye
2018, “Uzak Hafiza”, Abud Efendi Konagi, Istanbul, Türkiye
2018, ‘Kimera’ sanatçi grubu; Ali Elmaci, Aylin Zaptçioglu, Elif Varol Ergen, Kemal Özen ve Merve Morkoç, x-ist, Istanbul, Türkiye
2018, ‘Kâgit’, Pilevneli Project, eski likör fabrikasi, Istanbul, Türkiye
2017, ‘açik sergi No.1’, Açik Alan, Istanbul, Türkiye
2016, ‘New Generation II’, Ekav-artist, Istanbul, Türkiye
2015, “Görgü Taniklari”, REM Art Space, Istanbul, Türkiye
2015, “Küreler”, Chottomatte Galeri, Istanbul, Türkiye
2015, “Genç Etki 15”, KAV Genç Sanat, Ankara, Türkiye
2014, “Genç Kusak 3”, KAV Genç Sanat, Ankara, Türkiye
Fair
2022, Art Dubai, x-ist, Dubai, BAE
2021, Contemporary Istanbul, x-ist, Istanbul, Türkiye
2021, Artweeks Akaretler, x-ist, Istanbul, Türkiye
2020, Contemporary Istanbul, x-ist, Istanbul, Türkiye
2020, Artweeks Akaretler, x-ist, Istanbul, Türkiye
2019, Contemporary Istanbul, x-ist, Istanbul, Türkiye
2018, Contemporary Istanbul, x-ist, Istanbul, Türkiye
2017, Contemporary Istanbul, x-ist, Istanbul, Türkiye
2016, Contemporary Istanbul, Rem Art Space, Istanbul, Türkiye