Mustafa Hulusi mines his hybrid identity – he was born in London to Turkish-Cypriot parents – to create evocative paintings, installations, films, and photographs. By combining diverse artistic styles and both Middle Eastern and Western art historical references, with a nod to pop culture and mass media, Hulusi investigates how different visual ‘languages’ shape our perception. His work often investigates the traditional conflation of abstraction and representation in Islamic art and questions how this combination of styles affects viewer perception. In the 1990s, he established his reputation with ‘guerilla’ poster campaigns, in which he plastered London neighbourhoods with leaflets, posters and original large-scale works.
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Oleander 3, 2019
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Oleander 3 (detail), 2019
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Oleander 1, 2019
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Verigo Grape 4, 2019
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Grape 5, 2019
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Oleander 1 , 2016
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Ambient (5), 2013 - 2019
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Nightclubs in Nature, 2019
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Nightclubs in Nature(Detail), 2019
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Nightclubs in Nature(Detail), 2019
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Nightclubs in Nature(Detail), 2019
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Nightclubs in Nature(DETAIL), 2019
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Nightclubs in Nature(Detail), 2009
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Nightclubs in Nature(Detail), 2019
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Nightclubs in Nature(DETAIL), 2009
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Nightclubs in Nature(Detail), 2019
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Everywhere was nowhere, and nowhere everywhere
curated by Mustafa Hulusi 1 - 17 Sep 2022 London‘Everywhere was nowhere, and nowhere everywhere’ is a group exhibition that sits within a territory where we are faced with the human need to connect with a sense of the...Read more -
An Ode to Orlando
Curated by Marcelle Joseph 4 - 26 Feb 2022 London'I'm sick to death of this particular self. I want another.' 'For she had a great variety of selves to call upon, far more than we have been able to...Read more -
Mustafa Hulusi
Cyprus Realism (As part of the London Collective on Vortic Platform) 15 - 31 Dec 2020December 15 - December 31 2020 Mustafa Hulusi mines his hybrid identity - he was born in London to Turkish-Cypriot parents - to create evocative paintings, installations, films, and...Read more -
Mustafa Hulusi
Cyprus Realism 12 Apr - 17 May 2019 LondonPi Artworks London presents Cyprus Realism, its first solo exhibition by the British-Cypriot-Turkish artist Mustafa Hulusi. The show opens Thursday 11th April and runs until Saturday 11th May 2019. Encompassing his persistent enquiry into the topic of ethics and aesthetics, the exhibition will feature new paintings created specifically for the exhibition, alongside a multi-channel video work and a large-scale ceramic tile installation.Read more