HALE TENGER
b. 1960, TurkiyeBorn in Izmir in 1960, Hale Tenger is an internationally established multimedia artist whose works cut across conventional boundaries. Her large scale environments, video installations, as well as objects and video works, explore the dichotomy between nature and culture, and consider power relations through the role of observation.
As well as having numerous solo exhibitions under her belt, including “Perspectives: Beirut”, Smithsonian Institute, Washington (2011), “Balloons on the Sea” at Green Art Gallery in 2011, “Strange Fruit” at Galeri Nev in 2009, and “Never Never Land” at the Mannheimer Kuntsverein in Mannheim in 2001, her work has also been featured in some of the most prominent international institutions. These include: Istanbul Modern, Istanbul (2011), Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna (2010), Istanbul Modern, Istanbul (2010), Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul (2009), Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, Lille (2009), Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem (2006), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2005) and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (1996).
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