TRACING ACCULTURATIONS
LUX ART INSTITUTE
Encinitas
2020
I KNOW YOU REALLY DON"T CARE
Bread & Salt Gallery
San Diego
2018
OKU/READ is an installation of evocative new work by Turkish-American mixed media artist Beliz Iristay (born1979)She created OKU/READ in response to her award of the Solo Exhibition Prize from BIENNAL 2015 CIUDAD JUAREZ-EL PASO.Iristay received this singular honor from among forty-four Mexican and American artists selected by jury to appear in the border Biennal. OKU/READ develops Iristay’s exploration of the religious and social traditions and contemporary techniques. Meanin ‘read’ in Turkish oku is the first word and commandment of the Quran,the holy book of Islam. For OKU?READ Iristay,transformed the RAhle,a bookrest traditionally made from wood and used to support the open Quran.
OKU/READ is an installation of evocative new work by Turkish-American mixed media artist Beliz Iristay (born1979)She created OKU/READ in response to her award of the Solo Exhibition Prize from BIENNAL 2015 CIUDAD JUAREZ-EL PASO.Iristay received this singular honor from among forty-four Mexican and American artists selected by jury to appear in the border Biennal. OKU/READ develops Iristay’s exploration of the religious and social traditions and contemporary techniques. Meanin ‘read’ in Turkish oku is the first word and commandment of the Quran,the holy book of Islam. For OKU?READ Iristay,transformed the RAhle,a bookrest traditionally made from wood and used to support the open Quran.
OKU/READ is an installation of evocative new work by Turkish-American mixed media artist Beliz Iristay (born1979)She created OKU/READ in response to her award of the Solo Exhibition Prize from BIENNAL 2015 CIUDAD JUAREZ-EL PASO.Iristay received this singular honor from among forty-four Mexican and American artists selected by jury to appear in the border Biennal. OKU/READ develops Iristay’s exploration of the religious and social traditions and contemporary techniques. Meanin ‘read’ in Turkish oku is the first word and commandment of the Quran,the holy book of Islam. For OKU?READ Iristay,transformed the RAhle,a bookrest traditionally made from wood and used to support the open Quran.
OKU/READ
El Paso Museum of Art
Peter& Margaret De Wetter Gallery
El Paso,Texas
2017
ON VIEW
TRACING ACCULTURATIONS
Solo Exhibition @
Riverside Museum Of Art