About
Alea Pinar Du Pre
Alea Pinar Du Pre is an internationally established mid-career artist currently living and working in both Amsterdam and Istanbul. Her inquisitive mind finds inspiration mainly in areas such as science, science-fiction, history and anthropology.
| Medium | Mixed media |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1972 |
Du Pre's art, live in the netherworld between deep, spiritual perception and non-existence. It’s a world that can be represented but never fully defined. Likewise, across a diverse series of techniques she is always pursuing a glimpse into the layers of personal identity, while simultaneously confronting us with the reality that capturing their whole essence at any moment is impossible. When we look closely the tangible whole is nothing more that transient particles and waves.
Du Pre works to continually develop and refine innovative approaches to executing her art. Her paintings include digital inputs alongside multiple experiments in surface texture and material combinations. Her constantly evolving techniques always involve a fusion of materials and labour-intensive use of surface texture to give her works a tactile depth that is often not visible on photographs of her paintings.
Active since 2008, she has had multiple solo shows in the US, Europe and the Middle East. Her work has also been exhibited at prestigious group shows, as well as leading art-fairs throughout the US, UK, continental Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Commissioned for a new Belgian modern art museum, she is also due to have a large solo exhibition in one of the most prominent Northern European private mueums in early 2024. Her work also forms part of significant international private and corporate collections.
Curriculum vitae
2018 Singapore Artstage
2018 Palm Beach Art Fair
2017 Miami - Scope Miami
2017 Istanbul - Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair
2017 Dublin - Solo Show
2017 New York - AFF New York 2017 Hong Kong - AFF
2017 Dublin - Artsource Ireland
2016 Miami - Scope Miami
2016 Istanbul - Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair 2016 Singapore - AFF Singapore
2016 Dublin - Artsource Ireland
2016 Istanbul - Girls Girls Girls Exhibition
2016 Bristol - AFF Bristol
2016 Bodrum - Muse Art Festival Xuma Yalıkavak
2016 Heath - AFF Heath
2016 Southampton - Art Hamptons
2016 Hampstead - AFF Hampstead
2016 Honk Kong - AFF Hong Kong
2016 Honfleur - Group Exhibition
2016 Singapore - AFF Singapore
2016 New York - AFF New York
2016 Beirut - My Brother Beirut - Kardeşim Beirut Group Exhibition
2016 New York - Solo Exhibition ‘SNAPSHOTS’ 2015 Miami - Scope Miami
2015 Istanbul - Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair
2015 Dublin - Dublin Art Fair
2015 Seoul - AFF Seoul
2015 New York - AFF New York
2015 Southampton - Art Hamptons
2015 Qatar - International Mini Art Exhibition Katara (Vision Art Center Qatar)
2014 Istanbul - Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair
2014 Shanghai - Shanghai Art Fair (Gallery Steiner)
2014 Vienna - Solo Exhibition (AIC Gallery)
2013 Istanbul - Solo Exhibition ‘Snapshot’ (Gallery Linart)
2013 Istanbul - Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair (Gallery Linart)
2012 Istanbul - Solo Exhibition Austrian Consulate Istanbul
2012 Istanbul - Solo Exhibition ‘It was good while it lasted’ (Gallery Linart)
2011 Istanbul - Solo Exhibition ‘Misidentity’ (Gallery Espas)
2010 Istanbul - Solo Exhibition ‘Nothingness’ (Gallery Ilayda)
2008 Istanbul - Solo Exhibition ‘Reincarnation of Art’ (Lucca)
