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EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS


Oct.2000- Central Saint Martins College of Art&Design, London
Ph.D. (Research Degree) Fine Art, http://www.research.linst.ac.uk/csm-students

Name of supervisors:
Director of Studies: Prof. Malcom Le Grice (Head of Research)
Second Supervisor: Paul Eachus (Senior Lecturer)
Additional Supervisor: Joanna Greenhill (Principal Lecturer)
External Advisor: James Heartfield (Lecturer, writer)

Oct.1997- Sep.1999 Central Saint Martins College of Art&Design, London
MA Critical Fine Art, http://www.csm.linst.ac.uk
Qualification: Sep. 1999 - MA Fine Art Course, Masters Degree

Oct.1994- June 1997 London Guildhall University, London
BA(Hons) Fine Art degree course including sculpture, photography, and time-based media,
http://www.lgu.ac.uk
Qualification: June 1997 - BA(Hons) Fine Degree, 2.1

Oct.1993- July 1994 NCL (now City&Islington College), London
Access to Art
Qualification: July 1994 - Access Certificate


SELECTED REVIEWS



21.July.2002 Milliyet (Daily Turkish News Paper), Article with photographs heading: A Curator like Vialli by A. Sonmez, Istanbul


6.June.2002 Milliyet (Daily Turkish News Paper), Article with photographs heading: Cultural Differences by A. Sonmez, Istanbul


6 June.2002 Cumhuriyet (Daily Turkish News Paper),
Article with photographs heading: "Nomadic Reflections" in Bandirma, Istanbul

2.June.2002 Turkish Daily News, Article with photographs heading: "Nomadic Reflections" a contemporary Art Exhibit, Istanbul

6.5.2002 Radikal (Daily Turkish News Paper), 'A Splendid Cultural Environment!', by Beral Madra, Istanbul

May 2002 Skala (Monthly art magazine- Turkish), Article with photographs heading: "What If?" when a contemporary art exhibition being talked of ..., by Ferhat Ozgur, Istanbul

May 2002 Ardemento- Mimarlik Dergisi (Monthly art magazine- Turkish), Article with photographs heading: "What If?" ..., Istanbul

8.May.2002 Avrupa (Turkish/English), Article with photographs heading: Three Cities and One Exhibition: "What If", by Kemal Erdemol, London

9.April.2002 TV8, TV Channel, Exhibition review with Oznur Kirgiz, Ankara

5-11 Oct. 2001 Athinorama (Greek),
Article with the heading: "London Calling", Athens

1 Oct. 2001 Herald Tribune & Kathimerini,
Article with photographs heading: "Conflict of Private and Public Life" An artist-run group project in an old abandoned house put forward new ways of looking at art, cultural diversity, Athens

25 Sep. 2001 Epennitis (Greek),
Article with photographs heading: "What If?" Stories from a Deserted House in Kifisia, Athens

23 Sep.2001 ANT1 TV (Greek TV Channel),
News - exhibition reviews, Athens

15.Feb.2001 BBC World Service,
exhibition reviews "Turkish Artist Living in London", A.Duffrene, London

10.Agu.2000 Toplum Postasi (Turkish/English),
'A short Video piece by Bal at London Biennale', London

9.Sept.1999 Toplum Postasi (Turkish/English),
'Precession of Dislocated Inversion', London

Nov. 1998 Women's Art Library' Bulletin,
No.9, London

27.Nov.1998 Evening Standard,
Design News, London

19.Nov.1998 Hackney Gazzette,
'Pioneering Event', London

11.Nov.1997 Hurriyet Gazetesi (Turkish),
'New exhibition by Turkish artist', London

Spring 1995 Third Text,
Third World Perspectives on Contemporary Art & Culture, London


 



EXHIBITIONS

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS

- October 2003, Gallery X, 'Border Crossing', Istanbul
- Autumn 2003, 'Other Borders', New York
- May 2003, 'Different/ciation', MiArt Milan 2003 Art Festival, Milan
- April, November 2003 - ËœBalkan Wars", Skopje, Thessalonica, Belgrade, Berlin, Bucharest and Athens (traveling exhibition)


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2003
- "Short & Sharp", Gallery 291, London
http://212.18.227.90/291/dbpages/pastprogramme.asp?cat=1
2002
- "Parallel Lives", online,
http://uk.briefcase.yahoo.com/gulsenlive
http://www.paralllives.narod.ru/p_lives
- "Surveillance", London Biennale Live, Gallery 291, London Biennale 2002, London
http://www.londonbiennale2002.org
- "Nomadic Reflections", International Bandirma Arts Festival, Bandirma
http://www.bandirma-2uk.htmlplanet.com or http://www.bandirma-bld.gov.tr
- "What If", reflection on living across difference, Painting & Sculpture Museum, Ankara http://www.what-if2uk.htmlplanet.com
2001
- "What If?" in residence, in transit, London, http://www.what-if2uk.htmlplanet.com
- "In Image We Trust", AKM, Istanbul
- "What If?" reflection on choice, Athens, http://www.what-if2uk.htmlplanet.com
- "There", Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry, London
- "Bunker", La Biennale di Venezia, 49th International Art Exhibition, Plateau of Humankind, Venice
- "Mutation I-II", Channel4 - weblogic online gallery
2000
- "Londonesian", 291 Gallery, London Biennale 2000, London
- "Inverted Abstraction", Foundary, London
- 'Turkish Artist living in London', Crypt, London
1999
- "Time", Brighton Media Centre (BMC), Contact Gallery, Brighton
- "Junction V", Bruce Castle Museum, London
- "Precession of Dislocated Inversion", CSM, London
1998
- "In the Vicinity of the Invisible", The Whitechapel Open Studios, London
- "Hidden Art 1998", Mazorca Projects, London
- Contribution of visual material to Women's Art Library index, London
1997
- "Phase Encoding", Whitechapel&Art, Whitechapel Library, Solo exhibition, London
- "Not a Datum",Raum 39, Solo exhibition Dusseldorf
- 'Owen Rowley Competition', 2nd prize, interdisciplinary art award, London
- "Hackney at Broadway Market", Canal Studio, London
- Edwards Gallery ,Stoke Newington Arts Project, London
- Haringey Arts Council's Open Exhibition, London
- Turquoise Arts Group Studio exhibition, London
- Alternative Arts in Spitalfields, London
1996
- Gallery Z, Group exhibition, New York
- "Everything Must Go", GU gallery space, London
1995
- 'The Secret History of the Mondrian Fun Club' with 4thWAN, 55 Gee Street, London
- Edwards Gallery, Stoke Newington Arts Project, London


FORTHCOMING PROJECT MANAGEMENT & CURATORIAL

- Autumn 2003 - "Other Borders", New York
- October 2003 - Gallery X, "Border Crossing", Istanbul
- May 2003 - "Different/ciation", MiArt Milan 2003 Art Festival, Milan


PROJECT MANAGEMENT & CURATORIAL

2003
- "Short & Sharp", Gallery 291, London, http://212.18.227.90/291/dbpages/pastprogramme.asp?cat=1
2002
- "Nomadic Reflections", International Bandirma Arts Festival, Bandirma, http://www.bandirma-2uk.htmlplanet.com or http://www.bandirma-bld.gov.tr
- "What If", reflection on living across difference, Painting & Sculpture Museum, Ankara, http://www.what-if2uk.htmlplanet.com
2001
- "What If?" in residence, in transit, London
- "What If?" reflection on choice, Athens
1999
- "Junction V", Bruce Castle Museum, London
http://members.tripod.com/gulsen1/junctionV/exhbition/index.html