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Barbara and Zafer Baran
Barbara Baran Born 1956 UK. Studied University College London (1974-78) and Goldsmiths College, London (1981-82). Zafer Baran Born 1955 Turkey. Studied State Academy of Fine Arts, Istanbul (1973-77) and Goldsmiths College, London (1979-81). Barbara and Zafer Baran live and work in London. Solo exhibitions Moon and Star Drawings, Galeri Mana, Istanbul 2014 Observatory: A Retrospective (Rasathane: Retrospektif), Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul 2013-14 Turner's View / Star Drawings, England & Co, London 2011 Mediterranean Voices: Eight Portraits, London Metropolitan University, 2008 onwards The Garden of Earthly Delights, Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul 2005 (Beyond: Simultaneous Projects, 9th International Istanbul Biennial) The Flower Cabinet, The Blue Gallery, London 2004 Ephemera, The Blue Gallery, London 2003 Atlas (as part of Roundtrip Istanbul III), Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul 2000 Zafer Baran: Blue, Eklisia Arts Centre, Bodrum 1996 Barbara Baran, Eklisia Arts Centre, Bodrum 1996 Turkish Portraits, The Photographers’ Gallery, London 1988 One Plus One, Upper Street Gallery, London 1985 Barbara Baran: Photographs, Impressions Gallery of Photography, York 1983 Correspondences, Goldsmiths College, London 1982 Selected group exhibitions Photo London (with England & Co.), 2020 (forthcoming) Collection exhibition, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul 2020-21 Earth 1970-2020, AND eventSpace, London 2020 Photography in Days of Pandemic, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul 2020 Paris Photo (with England & Co.), 2019 Lens ’19: Things Seen, Mixer Arts, Istanbul 2019 Photo London (with England & Co.), 2018 & 2019 Artists in Their Time, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul 2015-18 Ludlow Open, Ludlow, England 2013 Istanbul INN London, Victoria House, London 2013 Ludlow Open, Ludlow, England 2012 Oriel Davies Open 2012, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales 2012 Wandering Lines II: From Automatic Drawing to Abstraction, England & Co, London 2012 Fields of Vision: Landscapes Past and Present, Orleans House Gallery, London 2012 Flux, Flow, Flight: Art in Motion, Orleans House Gallery, London 2011-12 Wandering Lines: From Automatic Drawing to Abstraction, England & Co, London 2011 Picturing Plants: Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2011 A History of Camera-less Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2010-11 (in conjunction with Shadow Catchers) Is There Anybody Out There?, England & Co, London 2008 Camera-less Photography: Recent Gifts to the V&A Collection, Members’ Room, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2005-08 Rose c’est la vie: On Flowers in Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 2004 Paris Photo (with Eric Franck Fine Art), Paris 2003 Art Garden Fantasy, ART+ Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida 2003 Forgotten Places, Arcola Gallery, London 2002 Act One, Arcola Gallery, London 2001 Post Impressions, British Library, London 1999 Signs of the Times, AOP Gallery, London 1995 Special Photographers’ Company Gallery, London 1995 A Positive View, Saatchi Gallery, London 1994 Urart Gallery, Ankara 1994 Icons, Idols and Heroes, AOP Gallery, London 1992 Special Photographers’ Company Gallery, London 1988 The Roving Eye, Islington Arts Factory, London 1985 New Horizons, Royal Festival Hall, London 1985 Goldsmiths College, London 1981 Public collections Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul Lindley Library, Royal Horticultural Society, London London Metropolitan University National Media Museum, Bradford Tate Library (Special Collections), Tate Britain, London Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv Victoria and Albert Museum, London Exhibition catalogues Lens ’19: Things Seen, Mixer Arts, Istanbul 2019 Artists in Their Time, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul 2015 Observatory: Barbara & Zafer Baran, A Retrospective, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul 2013 (text: Sena Cakirkaya) Ludlow Open 2013, Ludlow, England 2013 Oriel Davies Open 2012, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales 2012 Ludlow Open 2012, Ludlow, England 2012 Barbara and Zafer Baran: The Garden of Earthly Delights, Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul 2005 (essay: Anne-Marie Eze, Victoria and Albert Museum) Rose c’est la vie: On Flowers in Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 2004 (essay: Edna Moshenson) Barbara and Zafer Baran: The Flower Cabinet, The Blue Gallery, London 2004 (essays: Dr Brent Elliott and Ian Jeffrey) Barbara and Zafer Baran: Ephemera, The Blue Gallery, London 2003 (essay: Ian Jeffrey) Roundtrip Istanbul III, Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul 2000 (essay: Beral Madra) Barbara Baran / Zafer Baran, Eklisia Arts Centre, Bodrum 1996 A Positive View, Saatchi Gallery, London 1994 ‘Zafer & Barbara Baran: Turkish Portraits’, The Photographers’ Gallery (programme), London 1988 (text: Martin Caiger-Smith) New Horizons, Royal Festival Hall, London 1985 Selected bibliography Cameraless Photography, Martin Barnes, Thames & Hudson / Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2018 The V&A: A Souvenir, V&A Publishing, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2015 'Catching the Light', Asli Seven, L’Officiel Hommes (Turkey), spring/summer 2014 'Essential Elegance', Ali Taptik, artfulliving.com, 16 Apr 2014 'Small Things Big: The Photography of Barbara and Zafer Baran', Victoria Khroundina, Cornucopia Blog, cornucopia.net, 3 Apr 2014 'Star and Moon Drawings', Naz Cuguoglu, artfulliving.com, 6 Mar 2014 'Gallery walkabout: Karakoy / Tophane', Cornucopia Blog, cornucopia.net, 21 Feb 2014 'Watchers of the Observatory of Life', interview with Murat Germen, ArtUnlimited, issue 24, Dec 2013 'Beauty Can Turn into Something Very Cheap’, interview with Gülnaz Can, Radikal, 18 Dec 2013 'Two Artists, A Single Vision', Ezgi Atabilen, Hürriyet Keyif, 15 Dec 2013 'The Pleasure of Photography in its Purest Form', interview with Orhan Cem Cetin, Istanbul Art News, 1 Nov 2013 Oriel Davies Open 2012, Liz Buckley, Interface, a-n The Artists Information Company, May 2012 ‘Istanbul goes art mad!', Michael Hornsby, Arts Diary, cornucopia.net, 10 Oct 2011 ‘Light Paintings in the Sky', Evrim Altug, Cumhuriyet, 3 Mar 2011 ‘Turner's View and Star Drawings, an exhibition by Zafer and Barbara Baran', Michael Hornsby, Arts Diary, cornucopia.net, 6 Feb 2011 ‘Art by Zafer and Barbara Baran on show in London', Michael Hornsby, Arts Diary, cornucopia.net, 14 Oct 2010 Barbara and Zafer Baran: Turner's View (limited edition), A4 Ofset, Istanbul 2009 Picturing Plants: An Analytical History of Botanical Illustration (2nd edition), Gill Saunders, KWS Publishers / Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2009 'An Image for the Next Century', Nevsal Hughes, The Middle East in London, London Middle East Institute, SOAS, University of London, vol. 5, no. 1, Jun 2008 ‘From Specimens to Sex Symbols: Flowers in Photography’, Gill Saunders, EXIT Image & Culture, no. 28, Nov/Dec 2007 Fragments from the Past, London Metropolitan University, London 2006 ‘For Visual Delight…’, Ahu Antmen, Radikal, 26 Oct 2005 ‘Bouquets of Light from the Cosmic Garden’, Evrim Altug, gazetem.net, 14 Sep 2005 ‘Barbara & Zafer Baran, The Garden of Earthly Delights: A Provocative Invitation’, Refik Akyuz / Serdar Darendeliler, Genis Açi, Sep/Oct 2005 'Photographing the Spirit of Flowers', Zaman, 25 Sep 2005 'Turkish Artists Come in from the Cold’, Maureen Freely, timesonline.co.uk, 21 Mar 2005 Royal Mail Special Stamps 21, Fay Sweet, Royal Mail, London 2004 Interview, Milliyet, 5 Jun 2004 ‘When Photography, Flowers and Philately Collide’, Katie Scott, British Journal of Photography, 26 May 2004 British Philatelic Bulletin, vol. 41, no. 8, Apr 2004 ‘All the Photographs in Paris’, Paris Photo report, Yesim Wesper, Radikal, 20 Nov 2003 'Three Turkish Artists in London', Tülin Serpen, TAS Review, autumn 2003 ‘Bold Types’, Richard Pinsent, pluk, no. 11, Mar/Apr 2003 ‘Barbara and Zafer Baran: Ephemera’, Richard Pinsent, The Art Newspaper, no. 134, Mar 2003 ‘The Deaf and Mute Harmony of Chaos and Confusion’, Evrim Altug, gazetem.net, 19 Mar 2003 'Connoisseur', Cornucopia, issue 27, 2003 artnet magazine, 17 Jan 2003 ‘The Abstract Heart’, Elizabeth Meath Baker, Cornucopia, issue 25, 2002 ‘Act One’, Arredamento, Jun 2001 'Zafer and Barbara Baran: The Quiet Voice of Photographs', XXI International Journal of Architectural Culture, May/Jun 2001 ‘Roundtrip Istanbul 3: The Barans’ Journey’, Arredamento, Nov 2000 'Third Roundtrip Istabul Show', Cumhuriyet, 3 Oct 2000 ‘Zafer Baran: Photographic Work’, XXI International Journal of Architectural Culture, May/Jun 2000 ‘Barbara Baran: To Horus, One-Time God of Light’, XXI International Journal of Architectural Culture, May/Jun 2000 Polaroid International Photography magazine (cover photograph), issue 19, 2000 ‘Barbara & Zafer Baran: Portraits from the Fault Zone’, Maureen Freely, A Concert for Turkey, Artists’ Relief Trust, Barbican Centre, London 2000 A Thousand Years A Thousand Words, Camberwell Press, London 1999 Royal Mail Millennium Stamps 1999, Jim Davies, Royal Mail, London 1999 ‘Barbara and Zafer Baran’, Cüneyt Budak, Arredamento, Apr 1999 'New Millennium Stamps', Milliyet Sanat, 15 Feb 1999 'Designed by Zafer and Barbara Baran', Cumhuriyet, 12 Feb 1999 'British Inventors', British Philatelic Bulletin, Jan 1999 'First Class Post', Fay Sweet, Design Week, 18 Dec 1998 'The Inventors' Tale', British Philatelic Bulletin, Dec 1998 The Independent, 13 Nov 1998 ‘A History of Britain in 48 Stamps’, Mark Henderson, The Times, 13 Nov 1998 'The Frame is an Interpretation', Sevil Ozkan, Radikal, 15 Apr 1997 ‘Masters of Light Who Transform Everything’, Memet Baydur, Cumhuriyet, 11 Aug 1996 'Reinterpreting the Classics', Eye magazine, summer 1996 'Design in Repertory', Liz Farrelly, Blueprint, Feb 1993 ‘The Equivocal Image’, Michael Evamy, Design magazine, Dec 1992 Graphis Photo 92, Graphis Press Corporation, Zurich 1992 'Zafer Baran: The Functionality of Posters', Cumhuriyet Dergi, 28 Jun 1992 'The Designer's Opera', Lewis Blackwell, Creative Review, Jun 1992 'Orfeo on the Underground', Design magazine, May 1992 'Red Book - Black Book', Laurie Evans, Image magazine, Sep 1991 'Portfolio', Photo/Design magazine, Jan/Feb 1991 Photographs by Zafer Baran, London 1990 'New Talent: Into the 1990s', Image magazine, Jul 1989 The Photographers' Gallery Calendar, 1989 '‘Turkish Portraits’, London Magazine, Oct 1986 '‘New Horizons', Nigel Pollitt, City Limits, 25-31 Jan 1985 Grants & awards Prix Pictet nomination, 2010 London Metropolitan University / EU, 2004 D&AD Silver Award, 2000 British Council, 1997 Yunus Nadi Poster Award, 1992 London Boroughs Grants Scheme, 1988 Selected commissions Royal Mail: bicentenary stamps, Royal Horticultural Society, 2004 XXI International Journal of Architectural Culture: covers and photo-essays, 2000-01 Royal Mail: millennium stamp (Fox Talbot and invention of photography), 1999 BBC Films: filmwork for title sequence, The Designated Mourner, dir. David Hare, 1997 Phaidon Press: cover photography,The Photo Book, 1997 English National Opera, 1992-99 Artist talks & interviews Artist talk, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Nov 2013 Artist talk, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Nov 2010 (in conjunction with Shadow Catchers: Camera-less Photography) Audio Arts (interview with Jean Wainwright), London, Jan 2010 CNBC-e, Istanbul, Sep 2005 Technology Channel (Deklansör), Istanbul, Sep 2005 BBC World Service, London, May 2005 NTV, Istanbul, Oct 2000 Artist talk, Grafist '97, Istanbul, Apr 1997 |