Melike Kara

Introduction

"THE ARCHIVE IS SOMETHING INHERENT AND PRESENT IN ALL MY WORK, SOMETHING THAT IS ALIVE AND EVER-CHANGING. I AM NOT AFRAID OF THESE CHANGES, IT IS AN ONGOING PROCESS AND SOME PART OF ME WILL ALWAYS BE SEARCHING FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MY KURDISHHERITAGE."

– MELIKE KARA IN CONVERSATION W/ SOHRAB MOHEBBI

Melike Kara’s (b. 1985 in Bensberg, Germany) practice explores a highly unique and personal approach to figuration that’s informed by diverse interests ranging from 20th century German figurative traditions, a deep interest in social hierarchies, as well as both her familial history of migration and the realities of straddling two cultures. Drawing from historically Ottoman mystical traditions, we often see her characters in dream like trances, in states of self-indulgent decadence, consumed by their own existence, their dreams and hopes.

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