About the artist
Born in Terme, Turkey, Şükran Moral graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Education, Fine Arts Education Dept. and Fine Arts Academy, Rome. Since 1994, she has held many solo exhibitions with her performances/videos and installations and has been invited to many important group shows. In 2005, the Italian publisher Gangemi, published a book about her work, titled Apocalypse, (curated by Simonetta Lux, Patrizia Mania).
Articles about her work have been published in international publications such as Dictionary Enciclopedico Treccani, Drome, Flash Art, Critical Film, Espoarte, Exibart, Gomorra, Kult, Today, Opening, Virus, Ziqqurat, Politiken,, Trust, Interviù, New York Arts Review, The Manifest, the Republic, the Unit and in newspapers. She has been invited to programs broadcast at MTV, RAI MTV, RAI 3, Radio2, RAI News 24 hours, Popular Radio, RAI Sat, TV Kult and TRT2.
She lives and works in Istanbul and Rome.
Solo Exhibitions:
2009:“Aşk ve Şiddet” / “Love and Violence”, Yapı Kredi Kâzım Taşkent Art Gallery
2007: Peace…Fucking fairytale!, B&D Studio contemporanea, Milan
Şükran Moral, Underground Istanbul, The Lab Gallery, New York
Jesus&Muhammad, Placentia Arte, Piacenza
2006: Leyla ile Mecnun & Bordello, Proje4L Elgiz Çağdaş Sanat Müzesi, İstanbul
2005: Çaresizler - Despair Maçka Sanat Galerisi, İstanbul
Leyla and Mecnun, Francesco Pantaleone Arte Contemporanea, Palermo
2004: Apocalypse, Sapienza–Università di Roma, Mlac – Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Roma
2001: Şükran Moral, videoproiezioni (Hamam, Brothel, Transistanbul), Momart Gallery of Contemporary Art, Matera
Hayat – nomadi dell’arte (Hamam, Brothel, Mental hospital), Le Grenoble-Istituto francese, Napoli
1997: Speculum (Diffidate della storia dell’arte), Sapienza–Università di Roma, Mlac-Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Roma
1996: Cut and cover – il corpo, Galleria Studio Oggetto, Caserta
1995: Diffidate della storia dell’arte – Mistrust the History of Art, Milano, Studio Oggetto, Milan
1994 : Artista espulsa & Arte Espulsa, Galleria Studio Leonardi, Genova,
1993: Roma, Studio Aperto, Associazione per la Promozione dell’Arte in Europa, Ultimo verdetesto critico a cura di Vittorio Rubiu
1992: La valigia di Pandora, Art Hotel Museo, Prato
Selected works
