Mustafa Hulusi (born in 1971,

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) is a British artist. His work is diverse and includes fields such as paintings, videos, installation and photography.

Biography

Hulusi was born in

to a

Turkish Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( tr, Kıbrıs Türkleri or ''Kıbrıslı Türkler''; el, Τουρκοκύπριοι, Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,00 ...

family. After graduating from Fine Art and Critical Studies at

Goldsmiths College Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Wor ...

, Hulusi continued towards his master's degree at the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...

. He had his first group exhibition in 2004 called "New Contemporaries 04" and his first solo exhibition in 2005, called "The end of the West" at the Max Wigram Gallery. In 2007, Hulusi represented

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at the 52nd International Exhibition of Contemporary Art of

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and had solo exhibitions at A-Foundation, Liverpool, and Max Wigram Gallery. More recently, in 2009, he has also exhibited his solo shows at

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and THE PAGE GALLERY in Seoul in 2015.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hulusi, Mustafa Living people 1971 births British people of Turkish Cypriot descent British artists Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London Alumni of the Royal College of Art