Art on a Postcard Mini Auction Curated by Jack Trodd

About 

Renin Bilginer (b.1993) is a contemporary artist from London, with dual British and Turkish heritage. Renin graduated from The University of Brighton in 2019 and is currently studying MA Painting at the Royal College of Art. In 2019, she exhibited at Hove Museum and Art Gallery, The Truman Brewery and was selected for Hastings Art Forum's Rising Talent show. In 2020 she was selected for the Zabludowicz Collection exhibition Women’s Lockdown Art. Renin has recently exhibited with Soho Revue, Otherlandz, Omer Tiroche, Saatchi Gallery and Pictorum Gallery in London, and internationally with Prior Art Space, Barcelona, Plain Gallery, Milan and Galeri Bosfor in Istanbul. 

Education 

BA (Hons) Painting, University of Brighton, 2019 
MA Painting, Royal College of Art, 2023 

Select Exhibitions/Awards 

Exhibitions:  
 
2023 
The Songs of Hecate, Pictorum Gallery, London 
Present Life, Plain Gallery, Milan 
Otherlandz: Reclamation, London Art Fair 
 
2022  
MMG x StART Emerging Art Prize, Saatchi Gallery, London 
Fragments, Subtitle Labs x Omer Tiroche, London 
On the Nature of Daylight, Galeri Bosfor, Istanbul 
Athens Open, Art Number 23, Athens  
Breaking Bread, On The Rag, Manchester 
Voices for Love, Prior Art Space, Barcelona  
Otherlandz, Devonshire Square, London  
RAW, Soho Revue, London 
 
Residencies: 
2023 
Art'otel Battersea, London 
2021 
Hive Curates, London 

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork 

Rooted within the context of her mixed British and Turkish heritage, Renin’s practice interrogates what it means to exist as a woman between Eastern and Western cultures, confronting the issues surrounding womanhood, non-conformity and the embodiment of multiple identities. Inspired by her research on 19th century pleasure gardens, the work explores the transformative power of masking, masquerade and environment, in relation to identity; through the reclamation of the ‘exotic’ female body, the work explores themes of rebellion, hedonism and femininity, within a fantasy world free from patriarchal systems. 

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