Mustafa Horasan

1965

Turkey

Mustafa Horasan is a Turkish artist, born in 1965.

Education

1986 Graphics Department of Fine Arts Faculty of Marmara University

According to the self-presentation theory, the claim that the individual has an identity through self-presentation is an essential element of social life. It can be defined as the behavioral features that the individual designed to influence the impressions that he / she will make on others. The figures in Horasan’s series called “Rabbit Run, Hold the Hound” try to define their bodies and create a character for themselves in a large space.

While the figures in the void do this with all their pain, anger, and funny states, they are actually exactly in life, because they play their role in acquiring an identity and a kind of stage, even if they are not aware that they do not exist. In a way, it looks like the mood of the actor, who faces the viewer who is aware that they are acting. On the other hand, they communicate in a real way, but it is not known how this communication was established. Here he invites his audience to solve this through the way Horasan suggested and asks: We do not know what will appear and when, as in real life, we just try to predict and predict. Why not do this now through this exhibition?

The paintings in the exhibition are not the pictures of the present moment, so in order to understand the figures on the surface and the framing, it is necessary to look at the previous or next picture and create a track. It is necessary to remember that these pictures are part of the previous series, based on these drawings and the proposition “The piece is equal to the whole”. Now, they point to a completely different whole, and they now have their colors and colors. Understanding the words of the figures in speech bubbles is impossible at first glance. They say something, but these will sound like meaningless strings to the audience. However, they have meanings, but the answers to the questions of what they say and whether they talk to someone or themselves are expected from the audience. “Run, Run, Hold the Hound”, which contains a breakdown of the last three years of Horasan, like a diary, at Ferda Art Platform between 4 December 2019 – 2 January 2020.

Selected Events

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019-20 “Tavşan kaç tazı tut” – Ferda Art Platform, Istanbul, Turkey
2019 “00000PS!” – Contemporary Art Centre, Eskisehir, Turkey
2018 “Tramp spider” – Black and White, Ankara, Turkey
2016 “Face is everything” – Arton, Istanbul, Turkey
2014 Istanbul Art Space: Horasan, Yallay Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2014 “When The Time Comes” – Pi Artworks, London, UK
2012 “Labyrinth” – Pi Artworks, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 “Collision” – Pi Artworks, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 “If You Kill The Devil Inside Me You Will Kill The Angel” – Pi Artworks, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 “Owning” – Mac Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 “Control Room” – Milli Reasürans Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 “Invasion” – Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 “Night Garden” – Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2002 “Ordinary Things” – PG Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2000 “Nothing” – PG Art, Istanbul, Turkey
1999 Arda Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
1998 Image Art Gallery, Adana, Turkey
1998 “Twilight” – Teşvikiye Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
1997 “Faces and Things” – Reform Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
1992 “Kare Art Gallery” – Istanbul, Turkey

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015 “If not, we run away” – Mercur, Istanbul, Turkey
2014 “HOWL” – 44A, Istanbul, Turkey
2014 “The Armory Show” – Pi Artworks, New York, USA
2013 “Art International Istanbul”, Pi Artworks, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 “Istanbul Modern” – Bahrain, A Selection of collection of Istanbul Modern, Bahrain National Museum, Bahrain
2012 “Contemporary İstanbul’12” – Pi Artworks, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 “Pi @Q” – Q Contemporary, Beyrut, Lebanon
2012 “Art Dubai” – Pi Artworks, Dubai, UAE
2011 “Contemporary Istanbul’11” – Pi Artworks, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 “Marrakech Art Fair” – Pi Artworks, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 “Contemporary Istanbul’10” – Pi Artworks, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 “Contemporary Art From Istanbul” – Museo Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Polignano a Mare, Italy
2010 “Food” – Karşı Art Works, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 “Contemporary Istanbul ’09” – Pi Artworks, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 “Istanbul Modern Berlin” – Works from 1928 to 2008 from the collection of Istanbul Modern, Martin- Gropius- Bau, Berlin, Germany
2009 “Where is My Privacy ?” – Casa Dell’Arte, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 “New Works, New Horizons” – Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 “Scope Basel” – Pi Artworks, Basel, Switzerland
2006 “Intersecting times” – Istanbul Modern Art Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 “Still Life” – Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 International Contemporary Painting Biennale of the Islamic World, Saba Culture and Art Center, Tehran, Iran
2006 International Contemporary Painting Biennale of the Islamic World, Saba Culture and Art Center, Tehran, Iran
2005 “Border Experiences” – Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 “Thief City” – Aksanat, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 “Observation” – Interpretation, Diversity, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 “Naked” – Milli Reasürans Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 “13th Art Fair” – Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2002 “Dangerous Things” – Karşı Art Works, Istanbul, Turkey
2002 “Harem” – UPSD Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2002 “Turmoil” – Kargaart, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 “Turmoil” – Kargaart, Istanbul, Turkey
2001 “Modern Turkish Exhibition” – Hasahırlar, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
2001 “Death = Death” – Karşı Art Works, Istanbul, Turkey
2001 “Outlier Works” – Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey
2000 “Four Walls = Studio” – Axa Oyak Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
1999 “Doors” – PG Art, Istanbul, Turkey
1999 “Apokalyps” – Emlak Bank Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
1999 Sharjah Biennial, B.A.E
1997 “Yeşilçam” – Reform Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
1996 “Self-Portrait in Turkish Painting” – Yapı Kredi Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey
1995 Turkish American Associations Federation, Turkish Painters Exhibition, NewYork, USA
1990 “Paristanbul” – Turkish Artists in Paris, France
1986-1987-1991-1993-1994 Painting and Sculpture Exhibitions in state galleries, Istanbul, Turkey