Kubilay Mert Ural 1986
Lives in Amsterdam. Works in Amsterdam.
Represented by:
Ellen de Bruijne Projects
In Kubilay Mert Ural’s work, uncanniness is a muscle exercised in an obsession with blurring the lines between the familiar and the unfamiliar, the ordinary and the extraordinary, the absurd with the reasonable. His practice threads painting, sculpture, video, and performance around a highly imaginative stream of consciousness that populates dreamworlds with an array of fascinating characters. The hybridity and elusiveness of his work is a result of a continuous experimentation with media that not only seeks to access different realms of his imagination, but also to address sociopolitical issues in a visceral and thought-provoking manner.
Central concerns of his work are consumerism, power structures, and societal inequality. Being a keen and empathetic observer, he strives to address injustice and decadence through a bizarre and off-the-wall language which, far from the impression of an apparent sarcasm in its outlandish aesthetics, it seeks to ultimately arise an emotional response.
Kubilay Mert Ural was born and raised in Istanbul and currently lives and works in Amsterdam. He holds a BA in Management of Performing Arts and an MA in Applied Arts from Sandberg Institute. He completed a residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten between 2017 and 2018. Recent exhibitions include Pigs and Sheep and Beasts, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam (2023); Scattered - Hidden Narratives Through Archives, Framer Framed, Amsterdam (2023); Pink Prison (with Afra Eisma), Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn (2022); On the Threshold of a Dream, 38CC, Delft (2022); Cheapskate, Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Amsterdam (2019); Earthlings and the Space Problems, PILOT, Istanbul (2018); Meeting the Universe Halfway, KIT Düsseldorf (2018).
Central concerns of his work are consumerism, power structures, and societal inequality. Being a keen and empathetic observer, he strives to address injustice and decadence through a bizarre and off-the-wall language which, far from the impression of an apparent sarcasm in its outlandish aesthetics, it seeks to ultimately arise an emotional response.
Kubilay Mert Ural was born and raised in Istanbul and currently lives and works in Amsterdam. He holds a BA in Management of Performing Arts and an MA in Applied Arts from Sandberg Institute. He completed a residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten between 2017 and 2018. Recent exhibitions include Pigs and Sheep and Beasts, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam (2023); Scattered - Hidden Narratives Through Archives, Framer Framed, Amsterdam (2023); Pink Prison (with Afra Eisma), Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn (2022); On the Threshold of a Dream, 38CC, Delft (2022); Cheapskate, Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Amsterdam (2019); Earthlings and the Space Problems, PILOT, Istanbul (2018); Meeting the Universe Halfway, KIT Düsseldorf (2018).
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KUBILAY MERT URAL
Istanbul, 1986.
Lives and works in Amsterdam (Netherlands).
SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITONS
2019 Kubilay Mert Ural, Cheapskate, Ellen de Bruijne Projects (solo), NL
2019 David and Goliath Kunstplatform De Apotheek, NL
2018 Earthlings and the Space Problems, PILOT Galeri (solo), TR
2018 Meeting The Universe Halfway, Kunst Im Tunnel, DE
2018 No name, Ellen De Bruijne Projects, (solo-Dolores-space), NL
2018 Missing Persons And the Other supernatural Phenomena, Ellen De Bruijne Projecs, NL
2015 Bring Your Own Beamer, Pera Museum,TR
2015 Jeunes Artistes Comtemporains De Turquie’’ at Od’a Ouvroir d’ Art, TR
2014 Primate Anal, Karakoy Kulah, (solo), TR
2011 Home, Gallery Kent, (solo), TR
2010 Anatomy of a Generation. Sumer Bank, TR
SCREENINGS AND FESTIVALS
2019 Participant ‘The One Minutes’ video art series called ‘Old Images’ NL
2019 Participant ‘Full Moon’ video art series, FC Hyena,NL
2018 Video screening ‘Studio Omstand’, NL
2018 Curator ‘The One Minutes’ video art series, NL
2018 Participant artist talk and video screening Lost&Found Organization, NL
2017 Participant ‘dissident Island Radio 10th year anniversary event with a video work, UK
2017 Participant ‘Ammehoela Film Festival’, NL
2017 Participant ‘Açık Radyo’ broadcast ‘Günclleme’ with a sound installation, TR
EDUCATION
2012-13 Sandberg Institute – applied arts, Amsterdam, NL
2005-10 Performing Arts Management, Istanbul Bilgi University
RESIDENCIES
2017-18 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten , residency, NL
PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 Directing and producing music video of Gaye Su Akyol ‘’Biliyorum’’
2013 Assistant of Hermann Nitsch, Contemporary Istanbul,TR
2012 Project Founder (lecture ‘MED 526’ - experiental music video production), Bilgi University
2011-2016 Performed a solo Audio-Video project ‘waiting for spring’
Istanbul, 1986.
Lives and works in Amsterdam (Netherlands).
SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITONS
2019 Kubilay Mert Ural, Cheapskate, Ellen de Bruijne Projects (solo), NL
2019 David and Goliath Kunstplatform De Apotheek, NL
2018 Earthlings and the Space Problems, PILOT Galeri (solo), TR
2018 Meeting The Universe Halfway, Kunst Im Tunnel, DE
2018 No name, Ellen De Bruijne Projects, (solo-Dolores-space), NL
2018 Missing Persons And the Other supernatural Phenomena, Ellen De Bruijne Projecs, NL
2015 Bring Your Own Beamer, Pera Museum,TR
2015 Jeunes Artistes Comtemporains De Turquie’’ at Od’a Ouvroir d’ Art, TR
2014 Primate Anal, Karakoy Kulah, (solo), TR
2011 Home, Gallery Kent, (solo), TR
2010 Anatomy of a Generation. Sumer Bank, TR
SCREENINGS AND FESTIVALS
2019 Participant ‘The One Minutes’ video art series called ‘Old Images’ NL
2019 Participant ‘Full Moon’ video art series, FC Hyena,NL
2018 Video screening ‘Studio Omstand’, NL
2018 Curator ‘The One Minutes’ video art series, NL
2018 Participant artist talk and video screening Lost&Found Organization, NL
2017 Participant ‘dissident Island Radio 10th year anniversary event with a video work, UK
2017 Participant ‘Ammehoela Film Festival’, NL
2017 Participant ‘Açık Radyo’ broadcast ‘Günclleme’ with a sound installation, TR
EDUCATION
2012-13 Sandberg Institute – applied arts, Amsterdam, NL
2005-10 Performing Arts Management, Istanbul Bilgi University
RESIDENCIES
2017-18 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten , residency, NL
PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 Directing and producing music video of Gaye Su Akyol ‘’Biliyorum’’
2013 Assistant of Hermann Nitsch, Contemporary Istanbul,TR
2012 Project Founder (lecture ‘MED 526’ - experiental music video production), Bilgi University
2011-2016 Performed a solo Audio-Video project ‘waiting for spring’
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