Soliloquy International Group Show - Berlin'18

SOLILOQUY ZAAHIRAH ZABEEN MUTHY HAMED ALDEREI YULIANUS YAPS KRISTINA MARIC KATYA KAN KADRIYE GENCER PLUME PACOTILLEÂ EKATERINI KOLIAKOU HILAL BUKE TANIA BOHUSLAVSKA AVDI HAJDARI

Curated by Fatmagul Mutlu

11-17 June 2018

august 35 aquabit white concepts gallery berlin

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BIPOLAR PROJECTS

2018

SOLILOQUY THE INTERNATIONAL SHOW in order to exhibit international artists' works in the form of a monologue reflecting the ethnic nature from various geographies.

The correlation between artist identity and social relations will be produced in monologue., ” Soliloquy ” will be an international project which is open to all applications in every technique.

In his book Macbeth, Shakespeare presents a monologue: ‘’Tomorrow,and tomorrow,and tomorrow…….Signifying nothing.’’

What about yours?

FATMAGÜL MUTLU CURATOR OF SOLILOQUY

Dubai Based Artist

ZAAHIRAH ZABEEN MUTHY

Zaahirah is an artist activist and social entrepreneur hailing from the exotic island of Mauritius. She started at a very young age by volunteering with Red Crescent in Mauritius, simultaneous she entered the artistic arena, At school she was always talented and she represented her college for the Cambridge School Certificate.

In 2001, she was awarded “Oscar de la Jeunesse” in artistic Pursuit by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Mauritius. She was a proactive youth always engaged both in artistic initiative and community development. In 2009, Zaahirah presented her first solo exhibition “The Extraordinary Power of women” in Alliance Française. She painted strong empowering message for women, women that inspired her. A few months later she was awarded the Youth Excellence Award in Leadership category by the Government of Mauritius.

Zaahirah was awarded the Artist of the Year 2016- RAK Fine Arts Foundation. She exhibited in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. After so many accolades and achievement, Zaahirah has been nominated as the curator for World Art Dubai since 2017; this is an international art fair that bring over 13,000 visitors in Dubai World Trade Center. In 2017, she is the R gallery manager, in the Retreat Hotel in Palm Jumeirah.

In 2018, started with great news, Zaahirah was awarded the International Universal artist- Leonardo Da Vinci in the Borghese Palace in the heart of Florence- Italy on 20th January. I am very proud to have received such a prestigious award for recognizing my artwork and I dedicate this award to my parents, family and my people in Mauritius.

My Son

ZAAHIRAH ZABEEN MUTHY

MIXED MEDIA, 60 X 80

Dubai Based Artist

HAMED ALDEREI

Hamed is a confident, dedicated and passionate photographer. He holds over 17 years of photography experience with great variety and explore with mixed media in order to add value and bring innovation into the photography industry effectively. Hamed travel around the world to capture the beauty of natural scene with high quality digital photographs; he is also very well experience in selecting the right frame and lighting.

He is experience in all different kinds of photography with strong aesthetic sense and technical knowledge of using multiple camera technologies – He has Extensive communication skills, integrity, Critical thinking, analysis, and strong attention to small details.

North Nights Series

HAMED ALDEREI

Croatia Based Artist

KRISTINA MARIC

Kristina Marić is a multimedia artist, born in 1990 in Croatia. Graduated 2015 at the Art Academy in Osijek, at the sub - department of Multimedia (MA). Incorporating mainly photography, video and installation, she explores the relationship between the individual and collective, frequently referring to the different paradoxes and discrepancies in our social context.

She has won an Award for the best Multimedia work in the academic year 2013/2014 at the Art Academy in Osijek. In 2013 she stayed at the art residency Art Quarter Budapest in Hungary. She is a member of the Croatian Association of Artists in Osijek. Exhibiting works in solo and group shows in Croatia and abroad. Currently working as a teaching assistant at the Chair in Media Culture at the Department of Cultural Studies, J. J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Croatia.

No Man's Cubic Photo Series

KRISTINA MARIC

PHOTO DOCUMENTATION, INKJET PRINT ON FOREX, 15 X ( 18 X 26 ) CM

No Man's Cubic Photo Series

KRISTINA MARIC No Man’s Cubic art intervention, 2014

The work consists of fifteen photographs, which are documentation of the artistic intervention. Arranged in chronological order, the photographs show the author and the other participants of the action, more precisely their actions through the stages of labor. Historical and political context is important for the perception of this site - specific work.

The objective was to transfer a cubic meter of land from the Republic of Croatia into the Republic of Serbia and vice versa. A wooden box was made, and then a cubic of land was dug out in Baranja region. At the border crossing “Bezdan”, Croats after protracted negotiations allow their land to go to a neighboring country. On the Serbian border customs officials after exhaustive testing and a series of telephone calls, did not allow the entry of foreign lands on their territory. Due to bureaucratic and legal framings, the replacement is not performed in its full amount of approximately one ton. The cubic meter of land was returned to where it was dug up, but a few pounds still transported across the border and so it managed to enter the Republic of Serbia. In Vojvodina region a cubic of land was dug out, and a few pounds Croatian land was thrown in. The second part of the exchange was also carried out in small quantities. On both sides of the Croatian - Serbian border a “no man’s cubic” was embossed. Although in its totality the material has not been performed, the semantic level is satisfied by transferring a few pounds on both sides of the border crossing “Bezdan”.

The action of permutations reviews sovereignty over the land and absoluteness and sense of the border. Separated from its base, this piece of space gets a new meaning.

Kosovo Based Artist

AVDI HAJDARI

Avdi Hajdari / KAME was born in Kamenica / Kosovo, and he is based in Zurich / Switzerland from 2004.

Kame has started studies in branch of paintings in year 97/98, and has finished in year 2002 in Faculty of Art in University of Prishtina / Kosovo.

After a war situation that Kosovo had, he decide to live and work in Switzerland, exactly in Zurich from year 2004, who has been committed as independent artist in different networks of foreign or homeland artists.

He has been part of many exhibitions in homeland and abroad, like group or solo exhibitions, who has been presented in different mediums like paintings, video, installations etc., and a general description about his works can describe the works and activity in artistic performance like this: With his art he is always in research of concepts that have happened or are going to happen and provoke or pushed it to treat in philosophical way and to give them artistic forms through different mediums.

Vacuum by Kame

AVDI HAJDARI

NEW MEDIA BY KAME

Indonesia Based Artist

YULIANUS YAPS

‘’Abstract art gives me freedom to expression and freely explore nature inside me unlimited.’’ – Yulianus Yaps

J3

YULIANUS YAPS

J3 , 60 X 60, MIXED MEDIA

UK Based Artist

KATYA KAN

An idiosyncratic specimen of globalization, having caught a glimpse of the exUSSR, Katya Kan has a rather nostalgic and conflicting perception of Iron Curtain Socialism. Unable to fully assimilate into any one culture, she finds herself as an outsider with an eclectic artistic taste. She was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan; then moved to St. Louis, Missouri, US; and eventually to London, UK, where she completed the majority of her education.

She received her first BFA in English Literature with French at Edinburgh University and her second degree in Film whilst simultaneously studying painting, from the San Francisco Art Institute. She received a BFA Film Merit Award at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2012 and 2014 and won an award for Christopher Coppola’s PAHFest in 2013. Her films have been screened at theCannes Short Film Corner in 2014 in France; C the Film at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012 and 2013 in Scotland; at the Maison Initiatives Etudiantes in 2011 in Paris, France.

Her paintings have been presented at the Illustration Show at SF Art Attack and at theDivisadero Art Walk at the Big Umbrella Studios in San Francisco in 2014; at the Paint it Black and Red shows at Studio 110 in Sausalito, California in 2013 and 2014; at the Spring Awakening Group Show at Peace and Colour Gallery in London, England in 2012.

When Tears Roll Down and Silk On The Road Final

KATYA KAN

MICRO PEN ON PAPER, 476 X 200

MICRO PEN ON PAPER, 239 X 81

Turkey Based Artist

KADRIYE GENCER

''Child abuse is very important problem in our country and world. It is big secret for children. They can't say anything about this subject. Everyone knows them naughty, introvert or turbulent. But they are unhappy and they can't do anything. So I want to remark this subject.'' - Kadriye Gencer

Broken Cabinet

KADRIYE GENCER

NEW MEDIA STORY : KADRÄ°YE GENCER EDITING : ASYA SEVDALINOVA CANKOVA PRODUCTION : ARTNESS SYSTEM TIME : 5 MINUTES

France Based Artist

PLUME PACOTILLE

Already as a teenager she creates the association "from a star to a butterfly" which aim to talk about art and history of art in schools in an original and playfull way, to open the minds and stregthend the curiosity of the yougest. Following her meeting with Cent ALANTAR (french disney animator) she starts to publish her drawings and paintings, ilustrate some poetry...

In 2014 a bookshop in paris welcomes Plumes for a full mounth, and this will lead to tons of meetings, one more important than others is the one with Nicolas TABARY. For the International Fest of comic books following the events of Charlie Hebdo, a call to artist was made to pay respect to the families, and it was Plume's text and drawings that were chosen by the leaders of the event.

The same year she is invited to participate to the Contemporary Art Festival of Venice in Italy, and she will win the price of the jury. The price gives her the opportunity to go with her work at Buenos Aires during the International Contemporary art Festival, the organizers are so found of her work that the oppening ceremony will be dedicated to her and her work.

She doesn't stop and the next step is the International Art Gallery of mister Levy in the Swiss Village of Paris, and exhibition of 2 weeks will end in poetry the year 2017.

The exhibition leads, through mister LEVY's coworker, to a full year of presentation and exposition for 4 of Plumes artworks in Shanghai.

Petit Prince

PLUME PACOTILLE

PETIT PRINCE , 80 X60

Ukraine Based Artist

TANIA BOHUSLAVSKA

In my art work, I prefer photography and video. Photography for me is a way of expression and a research tool.

By creative work and photography I can express my feelings and states, and questions that interest me, such as fear, sexuality, identity, loneliness, imagination.. I have bachelor’s degree in psychology, and this together with photography allows me to expand the boundaries and explore the inner space using visual metaphors or forms.

How to Handle With Inner Pain When You Are Alone

TANIA BOHUSLAVSKA

PHOTOGRAHY, 50 X 70

Greece Based Artist

EKATERINI KOLIAKOU

Ekaterini Koliakou is from central Athens, Greece, and is based mostly in London. Her work has been exhibited since she was a student, and has been shown in both Europe and the USA. She has lived in various countries which has influenced her work dramatically. Her use of strong colours and powerful themes reflects the energetic dialogues she has with her encounters.

Ekaterini sees her paintings, drawings and video work as the process of a diary. Working both figuratively, abstraction and words she gives a sense of intimacy and yet they are never confessional. In various techniques from using brushes to using her hands, the painted surface shifts between articulated brush strokes to playfully primitive impulsive mark makings. Her subjects are often naked to allow a sense of honesty and equality. Her work is sensual and cynical, provocative but gentle.

Self Portrait

EKATERINI KOLIAKOU

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 30 X 40

Turkey Based Artist

HILAL BUKE

My town is famous for Irgandı Bridge which is historical place. Irgandı Bridge have a lot of art space as international that are 31 art studio on there. It is most important place in the European Countries.

That's why I created artwork' s as a soliloquy for amazing project in Berlin that include The Irgandı Bridge's history and structure in my authentic style.

Irgandı Bridge

HILAL BUKE

MIXED MEDIA, 60 X 52

A Soliloquy

by Plume Pacotille A inner dialogue Talk to mirror and cross the universe of artist Dive to your soul Watch the movie of memories Listen your heart Your emotions take alive and color your world Bubble of inspiration and inner dialogue Be a part of this world...

With a particular focus on performance art practice, the session will explore themes of plastic soul as soliloquy, creativity, artistic production, spectacle and, perhaps most crucially, the relationship between artist and life. The session will unpack these ideas through the exhibited works, and those of various seminal choreographers from Kadriye GĂźl through to FatmagĂźl Mutlu.

In exploring these topics, participants will look at the wide field of performance plastic art in description of body, as well as relevant ideas from artistic production.

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