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2021, Istanbul, 130x200cm, Oil on canvas
2021, Istanbul, 130x200cm, Oil on canvas
Ozer Toraman is knows as with his portraitures, which were developed against imposed parochial identity and gender specific policies. While Toraman is questioning a singularity except dualism of male/female with his figures far from sex-oriented contours, he invites audience to a different point of view by leaving them to their emotions, thoughts and desires.

"Pain, suffer and loss, all  external reality can be removed by imagining.  Imagining is important! Imagining is to becoming self-sufficient. It is a satisfying tool which can remove all the crimes. Dreams, imagination are reflections of our emotional world."

 
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Ozer Toraman
 
 Berlin and Istanbul based Ozer Toraman (b.1989) creates figurative paintings that tell stories of urban life, the body, human identity and gender. New paintings that represent personal avatars, couplings, and everyday social exchanges inspired by urban life. Together, they articulate limitless capacity to represent imagined states, memories, aspirations, and emotions. Toraman is presenting oil paintings portraying people in nature in different cities: Berlin, Istanbul, Lisbon, Thailand City and New Mexico. All compositions are based on Toraman’s personal travel photographs. People in this series are his friends, family and colleagues that surrounds him. Toraman describes this series as landscapes of re-imagination. Toraman’s bold simplicity and heightened colours place the viewer between fantasy and reality. 
Ozer Toraman, b. 1989, Van, Turkey, lives and works in Istanbul and Berlin. Major exhibitions include; Friends and Family (group), Pi Artworks London, UK (2022); Meanwhile the World Goes On (solo), Pi Artworks Istanbul, Turkey (2021), The Ballery (group), The Ballery Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2019); Passengers of Kaleidoscopic Journey (group), Berlin, Germany, (2018); Anatomy of Passion(solo), Pg Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2018); The First Dream (solo), Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey (2017); Critical Thinking (group), Pg Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2017); Fear (group), Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey (2016); Borders Orbits 17 (group), Siemens Art, Istanbul, Turkey (2015); The Journey to Me (group), Artnivo, Istanbul, Turkey (2015); Celebration and Memories (group), Artnivo, Istanbul, Turkey (2015); You Lived Inside My World So Softly (solo), Artnivo, Istanbul, Turkey (2015); Download, Artnivo, Istanbul, Turkey (2014); Mamut Art Project (group), Istanbul, Turkey (2014); International Workshop (group), Art Suites Gallery, Bodrum, Turkey (2013); Connecting the Dots (group), Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts 6th International Student (2013); Triennial (group), Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (2013); Borders Orbist 14 (group), Siemens Art, Istanbul, Turkey (2013); Self Contained Steps (group), Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey (2013); Graduation project exhibition (group), Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey (2012); Division Unfolded (group), Tarlabaşı, Istanbul, Turkey (2012); Artist 2011 (group), 21th International Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey (2011); Spontaneously (group), Gallery 24 Art, Istanbul, Turkey (2011); The King is Naked (group), Asma Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2011); Nezaket Ekici “Form It Able” Performance, Fulya Congress Center, Istanbul, Turkey (2011).
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