Fatma Bucak | |
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Born | 1984 Turkey |
Education | Royal College of Art, [1] Accademia Albertina |
Known for | Photography, Performance Art, Video Installations |
Fatma Bucak (born 1984) is an artist and photographer who lives and works in London and Istanbul. [2]
She was born in Iskenderun, Turkey, to a Kurdish family. [3] She works in a variety of media, including photography, performance, sound, and video installation, and focuses on themes of political identity, historical memory, and gender. [4] [5] [6] In 2019, she was named one of the Royal Photographic Society's ‘Hundred Heroines’, recognizing the achievements of women in photography. [7]
Bucak has exhibited at Venice Biennale, the Jewish Museum New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto. [8] [9] [10] Her work is held in the permanent collections of Fondazione Mario Merz, Arter, MAMbo, the Civic Gallery of Modena, and the Unicredit Art Collection. [11] [8] [12] [13] In 2024, she was a fellow at the American Academy in Rome. [14] Bucak has also been artist-in-resident at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University, and at ISCP in Brooklyn, New York. [15] [16] Bucak directed the 2011 documentary film Almost Married, which premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. [17]
Bucak won the illy Present Future Award at Artissima 2013, [34] and the Tosseti Value Prize for Photography in 2021. [35] [36]
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