The Most Famous
ARTISTS from Turkey
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Turkish Artists of all time. This list of famous Turkish Artists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Genco Gulan (1969 - )
With an HPI of 43.20, Genco Gulan is the most famous Turkish Artist. His biography has been translated into 31 different languages on wikipedia.
Genco Gülan (Turkish pronunciation: [dʒendʒo ˈɟylan], born 13 January 1969) is a contemporary conceptual artist and theorist, who lives and works in Istanbul. His transmedia contextual work involves painting, found objects, new media, drawings, sculpture, photography, performance and video. His work often carries political, social and/or cultural messages; mainly describing his work as idea art. Gülan studied Media at The New School, New York. His art has appeared at Pera Museum, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, ZKM Karlsruhe, Triennale di Milano, Biennial of Tehran and Pompidou Center Paris. Gulan has had solo shows at Gallery Artist in Berlin, Istanbul; State Painting and Sculpture Museums in Ankara, Izmir; Foto Gallery Lang, Zagreb and Artda Gallery, Seoul among other places.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as artists born between 1969 and 1969. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living artists include Genco Gulan.
