Ali Kursun

Ali Kursun is a Geneva-based visual artist whose practice spans fifteen years of intuitive exploration through painting and photography. Self-taught and deliberately experimental, his work began with dry pastel paintings on canvases uniformly covered in earth tones, and has since evolved through unorthodox methods that prioritize instinct over convention.

Drawing from immersion in diverse cultures and human experiences, Ali's work centers on sensory perception and the conditions of existence. He approaches art as both storyteller and thoughtful inquirer, driven by fundamental questions about human knowledge and experience.
"In essence, art is the unspoken language of feeling," he explains. "It is about perceptual worlds and senses. You either feel a piece of artwork or you don't. Art is intuitive. It is a universal system of communication."

Ali Kursun lives and creates in Geneva, Switzerland.

1991 MA Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland
1990 BA Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland

Past exhibitions:

"YOU" - 5-23 March 2025 - Centre Culturel du Manoir de Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland

"StART Art Fair London", 11-15 October 2023 - Saatchi Gallery

Solo exhibition "Irresistible", 23-26 September 2019 - Geneva, Switzerland

Solo exhibition "Unbelievable Truths", 21 April 2016 - Geneva, Switzerland

"The Other Art Fair", 23-26 April 2015 - London, UK

Solo exhibition "Timeless Moments", 26 March 2015 - Geneva, Switzerland

Solo exhibition "Unspoken", 6 March 2014 - Geneva, Switzerland

Solo exhibition "Soulmates", 7 March 2013 - Geneva, Switzerland

"PA(F) NYC", 3-5 August 2012, New York, USA

Solo exhibition "Heartbeats", 26-28 April 2012 - Geneva, Switzerland

"Parallax", 16-18 February 2012 - London, UK

Solo exhibition "Stubborn", 3 November 2011 - Geneva, Switzerland