The Most Famous

ARTISTS from Türkiye

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This page contains a list of the greatest Turkish Artists. The pantheon dataset contains 125 Artists, 1 of which were born in Türkiye. This makes Türkiye the birth place of the 25th most number of Artists behind Switzerland, and Brazil.

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.

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1. Genco Gulan (b. 1969)

With an HPI of 52.03, 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 and contextual work involves painting, found objects, new media, drawings, sculpture, photography, performance ,and video. Gülan studied Media at The New School, New York. His art has appeared in 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 In the Gallery Arts in Berlin, Istanbul; State Painting and Sculpture Museums in Ankara, Izmir; Foto Gallery Lang, Zagreb and Artda Gallery, Seoul among other places.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Turkish artists born between 1969 and 1969. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Turkish artists include Genco Gulan.

Living Turkish Artists

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