After graduating in computer science, 3D animation and post production, Ümit almost naturally went on to filmmaking and acting. Following his predominant interest in the artistic dimension of these activities, the step to video-art, painting and sculpture was as predictable as natural.
Born in Istanbul in 1984, Ümit today lives and works in Barcelona and Paris. Several solo and group exhibitions showed his work since 2021.
Influenced by the struggles and difficulties of his native culture, liberty and freedom of speech became a determinating centerpiece of Ümit’s artistic expression. Human rights, the fight against racism, religious indoctrination and intolerance of any kind are permanent issues in his creative process.
In the « Protect Me » project, a series of acrylic paintings on canvas, « covered » by hand-sculptures & spray-painted aluminium meshes, Ümit Sural navigates between painting and sculpture. The inventive, transgressif and interdisciplinary style of this series, plays with symbols of cover and protection and their contadictionary possibilities of use and interpretation.
The « Space » works, a very graphic series of duo-chromatic paintings on paper, illustrate the need of balance and equality in order to achieve harmonie. The composition strikes by its geometric power and basic colours, with a central void balancing between light and darkness.
In his « woman power project », a series of b&w photographies, Ümit opposes argentique and digital photography, again to express unbalanced power and the constant struggle of women for equality.
Through the latest digital NFT series, Ümit continues his reflection and work on balance and opposition. Such as the impressionist mouvement was regarded to be in opposition to the academic art of it’s predecessors, nft interrogates the established ways of producing and distributing art. Opposition and balance not only relates to the contents, but also to the media and means of articstic expression. It therefore is no coincidence, that some of Ümit’s digital creations find inspiration in impressionist masterpieces.
From charcoal drawings to acrylic painting, from three-dimensional canvasas to sculpture, from photo- and videography to NFT animation, Ümit explores various scales of artistic expression. Clearly influenced by the modern movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, his art-projets are declined in series, each of which refers to a particular influence, reference or event. Guided by a sincere taste for artistic research and invention, each art-project becomes decisive, personal and unique.
2021 / Solo Exhibition, Galeria Baeskoa - Barcelona.
2021 / Group Exhibition, Soho House - Barcelona.
2021 / Group Exhibition, MiSonny Art Festival - Barcelona.
2022 / Group Exhibition, Palau Dalmases & Paam Project - Barcelona.
2022 / Solo Exhibition. Mrs. Toolip Gallery - Barcelona.
2022 / Group Exhibition. Mrs. Toolip Gallery - Barcelona.
2022 / Group Exhibition. MiSonny Art Festival - Barcelona.
2023 / Group Exhibition. Mrs. Toolip Gallery - Barcelona.
2024 / Group Exhibition. Blame me - Barcelona.
2024 / Group Exhibition. BF4 Gallery - Barcelona.
2024 / Group Exhibition. American Cup - Barcelona.
2024 / Solo Exhibition. ME Hotel - Barcelona.
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