Ahmet ARSLAN
BIO
ORIGIN: TURKIYE 1992
RESIDES: Long Beach, California
EDUCATION:
MFA in Painting/Drawing from Sakarya University, Turkey
BA in Art Education from Selcuk University, Turkey.
DRAW EXHIBITIONS & ARTWORK
THE DOTS GALLERY - Belgrade, SERBIA
GALERIJA UMJETNINA - Split, CROATIA
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Ahmet’s work examines the intersection of indigenous cultural landscapes and state sponsored discourses of assimilation, militarism and racial supremacy. They engage in ongoing conversations regarding erasure of minority histories; economic pressure on the agrarian working class born from globalization; and the malleable but resistant heritage and traditions of indigenous cultural landscapes.