GÜÇLÜ ÖZTEKİN

Güçlü Öztekin (b. 1978, Eskişehir) graduated from Mimar Sinan University Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting in 2003. His selected solo exhibitions include I, a New Brave World, Dirimart Pera, Istanbul (2023); What’s On Your Mind River, İstinye Park, Izmir (2022); Topsy Turvy! Selpakla Gorili Bitirdim!, Dirimart Dolapdere, Istanbul (2017); Şe Şe Pa Pa… Sometimes You Need to Cry to Fish, Rampa, Istanbul (2015); Everything’s Tickling Each Other, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna (2012); and kAPLANKADİLAk – He Was a Nasty Man but He Washed His Hands Obsessively, Rampa, Istanbul (2010). Among the group exhibitions and biennials he has participated in are Secret, Mystery and The Hidden, Kasa Gallery, Istanbul (2025); Further Away, 6th Mardin Biennial, Mardin (2024); İstikrarlı Hayaller, Nilüfer Municipality, Bursa (2023); Would You Still Love Me If I Painted Parrots All Day?, Dirimart Dolapdere, Istanbul (2022); Sky is Attached / Say Sound, We Meet (with Sinan Logie), Barın Han, Istanbul (2021); All Else Is Far, Dirimart Dolapdere, Istanbul (2021); WORLBMON (with Güneş Terkol), 16th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul (2019); Memory and Continuity: A Selection from Huma Kabakcı Collection, Pera Museum, Istanbul (2016); and Jahresgaben 2008, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster (2008). His performances with HA ZA VU ZU and GuGuOu include Fez Gez, Bilsart, Istanbul (2022); For Whom Is It Too Late Today? – Between Stamp and Mars, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou (2009); 10th International Baltic Art Triennale, Vilnius (2009); 10th Lyon Biennale, Lyon (2009); Kaserne, Basel (2008); Mercy, Liverpool (2008); Rotterdamse Schouwburg (2008); Bovisa Triennale, Milan (2008); Lokaal01, Antwerp (2008); and 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul (2007). Güçlü Öztekin lives and works in Istanbul.