ECE GAUER

Influenced by the ornamental style of art, Ece Gauer makes use of every space on canvas. Living in between Istanbul and Munich, her style culminated of these cultural influences. Gauer’s work creates a fusion between the pattern-oriented art of the Turkish-Islamic world and the Western approaches of figurative art. Ece Gauer utilises ‘the opposites’ by exploring the ‘’in between spaces’’ : the real and the unreal, the solid and the void, the ancient and the modern. For Gauer, painting provides a bridge that allows the imagination to move freely between these different worlds. 

Born in 1984 in İstanbul, Ece Gauer received University of Mimar Sinan First Prize for best student of the year in Painting, where she studied painting and mosaic-fresco under the supervision of Prof Mehmet Mahir. Having also studied fashion design, cinema and photography in various institutions, Gauer recently graduated from Fine Arts Academy (ADBK) Munich, Department of Painting.

Ece Gauer’s work was recognised by numerous national and international exhibitions such as: Alt 2017 Altercities (Paris-2017), Bellevilloise Exhibition (Paris- 2017), NisArt Gallery (Istanbul-2015), Totort Art Exhibition (Munich, 2015), Solo Exhibition (Munich- 2017).