Nur Gürel, born in Istanbul in 1980. She completed her undergraduate studies in the Department of Painting at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2004, where she was admitted with first place and graduated with honors. She then pursued her master’s degree at the same institution, graduating in 2007.
Having held three solo exhibitions, Gürel’s works have been showcased in numerous prestigious group exhibitions and she has participated in symposiums across Turkey, the USA, Germany, Moldova, and Bulgaria.
Gürel has won several awards, including the `Sakıp Sabancı Art Award. Her works have been featured in books like “Feminist Art in Resistance, Aesthetics, Methods and Politics of Art in Turkey,”and “Ekphrasis Trilogy”. Her series titled “Toy with Proportions,” has been featured in publications and digital platforms such as People, CBC, Frizzifrizzi, HuffPost, El Mundo, Buzzfeed, Refinery29, and Milliyet Sanat.
Between 2009 and 2012, she worked with “216 Thinking And Production Zone,” She continued her collaborations with the “KRE Collective” and “Online 40 Minutes” initiatives. With the K.R.E. Collective, she curated the exhibition “Women, Dreams, Dragons,” which was shown simultaneously with the Guerrilla Girls’ “It’s Even Worse in Europe” exhibition at Gaia Gallery.
She is a founding member and Visual Arts Director of the non-profit Turkish American Visual and Performing Arts Association. Nur Gürel is also an art educator, currently residing in Dallas, where she continues to create.