Oğulcan Sürmeli : P.O.V.

20.05 – 18.06.2023

Oğulcan Sürmeli’s first comprehensive solo gallery exhibition opens at Ambidexter on May 20, 2023. Born in Istanbul in 1995, the artist graduated from F.M.V., Faculty of Fine Art, in 2018. He worked in the workshops of Halil Akdeniz and Meriç Hızal. He also took part in domestic and international fairs and exhibitions.

“P.O.V.:” can be seen as the artist’s adventure in incorporating the meanings and meaning discharges that he visually subjects. The plastic language that is strong, comfortable, and sometimes provocative and disturbing in both the second and third dimensions constitutes Oğulcan Sürmeli’s art practice. In his own words, the artist describes the expression of the ever-changing contexts over time and the perceptual complexities in the cultural landscape around him with the following words: ‘This adaptation is also the rule of my painting materials’.

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Neyse Dişine Göre, 2022

Oil and oil stick on canvas

167 x 125 cm

Artwork ID: 1427

Oğulcan Sürmeli

İstisnalar Mı Vuracak Beni Yerden Yere, 2020

Oil and oil stick on canvas

170 x 135 cm

Artwork ID: 1424

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Fırça ve Boyalar, 2023

Acrylic and ink on canvas

100 x 70 cm

Artwork ID: 1423

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Gibi, 2022

Oil and stick on canvas

100 x 100 cm

Artwork ID: 1402

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Sarıp Sarmalandım, 2023

Wood and barbed wire

30 x 30 x 12 cm

Artwork ID: 1401

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Running, Moving, Stressing, Fussing cussing, Drinking, Smoking, Killing, 2023

Oil on canvas

30 x 30 cm

Artwork ID: 1420

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Starkiller, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

36 x 26 cm

Artwork ID: 1421

Oğulcan Sürmeli

ID Onaylandı-Çomağını Hazırla, 2021

Oil and oil stick on canvas

60 x 60 cm

Artwork ID: 1409

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Dün Gece Tavernada, 2023

Gouache, oil and oil stick on canvas

25 x 25 cm

Artwork ID: 1416

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Blue Cap, 2022

Oil on canvas

50 x 35 cm

Artwork ID: 1413

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Seninle Ben Hep Aynı Tonlardayız, 2022

Oil and oil stick on canvas

112 x 157 cm

Artwork ID: 1430

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Öğleden Sonraki Olay Örgüleri, 2022

Oil and oil stick on canvas

112 x 157 cm

Artwork ID: 1428

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Bana Özü Geliyor Sana Miktarı, 2023

Oil and oil stick on canvas

160 x 116 cm

Artwork ID: 1426

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Tuhaf Ortamlar, 2022

Oil, oil stick, pen and spray on canvas

168 x 125 cm

Artwork ID: 1425

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Çifte Mesai, 2023

Acrylic, oil and oil stick

35 x 25 x 5 cm

Artwork ID: 1400

Oğulcan Sürmeli

I’m Fucking Trying, 2023

Styrofoam, knife, oil and acrylic

25 x 30 cm

Artwork ID: 1408

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Tarihi Not, 2023

Dry pastel on paper and rock

20 x 30 x 10 cm

Artwork ID: 1404

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Yakıyorsun Yavrum, 2023

Spray, ink and oil on canvas

38 x 27 cm

Artwork ID: 1403

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Rota Oluşturuldu, 2022

Oil on canvas

31 x 51 cm

Artwork ID: 1418

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Young Pro, 2022

Krom, plastik diken, ahşap üzeri karışık teknik

142 x 150 x 80 cm

Artwork ID: 1399

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Jelibon Savaşları, 2023

Acrylic, gouache and oil stick on canvas

47,5 x 47,5 cm

Artwork ID: 1411

Oğulcan Sürmeli

İşine Gelmeyince, 2023

Acrylic, gouache and oil stick on canvas

63,5 x 52 cm

Artwork ID: 1410

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Galeyana Gelen Tedbir, 2022

Oil and oil stick on canvas

53 x 48 cm

Artwork ID: 1414

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Tombul, 2014

Pencil on paper

52 x 42,5 cm

Artwork ID: 1412

Oğulcan Sürmeli

İğne Deliğinin İçinden, 2023

Oil on canvas

25 x 25 cm

Artwork ID: 1407

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Her Zamankinden İyi, 2023

Oil and oil stick on canvas

25 x 25 cm

Artwork ID: 1406

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Yeryüzü Hakkında Bir Gökyüzü Resmi, 2023

Acrylic and oil stick on canvas

27 x 27 cm

Artwork ID: 1422

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Öz Benliğim Özsezimken, 2023

Leaden and spray on canvas

138 x 117 cm

Artwork ID: 1429

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Acımasızlar Locası, 2023

Oil and oil stick on canvas

47,5 x 63,75 cm

Artwork ID: 1419

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Love Pillow, 2023

Oil, gouache and oil stick on canvas

53,5 x 39,25 cm

Artwork ID: 1415

Oğulcan Sürmeli

-Owned, 2023

Dry pastel on paper

49 x 42 cm

Artwork ID: 1417

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Harbici, 2023

Oil and oil stick on canvas

45 x 61 cm

Artwork ID: 1405

Oğulcan Sürmeli

Oğulcan Sürmeli graduated with honors from Işık University’s Department of Plastic Arts in 2018. In the same year, he participated in the Akbank Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition and was featured in the Honor Graduates Exhibition of the Turkish Council of Fine Arts Faculties. As an artist who experiments with guerrilla art methods in public spaces, he aims to break thought patterns embedded in collective memory and the discourses that reinforce them through irony.

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