Oğulcan Sürmeli : P.O.V.
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’.
Artworks Part of this Exhibition

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.