Iskender Giray

Born in 1978 in Ankara, Iskender Giray was brought up in various parts of Turkey because of his father’s profession. His family finally moved to Istanbul where he spent most of his youth and settled as an artist. He was always eager to see the differences and common points of cultures.
Since early ages, his life was full of arts and crafts. However, he studied his second passion in the university as many artists in Turkey who found themselves in a socio-economic dilemma implemented by the conjuncture that force them to take another profession than art for a “safe” future life. Giray choose physics, the knowledge of the universe. He studied in Physics Engineering at the Istanbul Technical University and he believed that the knowledge of physics taught him different ways of observation and ways of putting different data to get a new solution.

In 2006, he decided to commit himself only to the arts and quit not only master degree in Physics but also his corporate job. Since then, he has been collecting data to create his artistic practice, storing every piece of information only to transform it into a new work.
Except for his works exhibited, the artist who is also known for his iron sculptures, named as "Guerrilla Sculptures",...

Group Exhibitions
March 2018
Human Touch - Ayn Galeri @ Nisantasi / Istanbul / Turkey January 2018
My Hiding Space - Galeri Bu @ Galata / Istanbul / Turkey September 2017
Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair - Halka Art Project Booth @ Lutfi Kırdar Convention Center / Istanbul / Turkey November 2016
Artist Tuyap International Art Fair - Halka Art Project Booth @ Tuyap Fair Center / Istanbul / Turkey November 2016
Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair - Halka Art Project Booth @ Lutfi Kırdar Convention Center / Istanbul / Turkey September 2016
ICAF Istanbul Comics & Art Festival @ Saint-Joseph Dernegi / Istanbul / Turkey
April 2016
Uykusuzlar Atlası @ Kabine Nadire / Istanbul / Turkey
November 2015
Artist Tuyap International Art Fair - Amarcord @ Tuyap Fair Center /Istanbul / Turkey
November 2015
Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair - Halka Art Project Booth @ Lutfi Kırdar Convention Center /Istanbul / Turkey November 2014
Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair Halka Art Project Booth @ Lutfi Kırdar Convention Center /Istanbul / Turkey December 2013
Karma Turk Tadında Design Fest Guest Artist @ Kucuk Ciftlik Park / Istanbul / Turkey
November 2012
Ikametgah Kadıkoy @ Kabine Nadire / Istanbul / Turkey
June 2012
Azami Yuk (Maximum Load) @ Kabi...