About
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May Parlar is an Istanbul born, Berlin & NYC based visual artist whose work includes performance, installation, photography and time-based media. She creates performance-based images that playfully explore the human condition within constructed realities. Sense of self, loss, love, desire, grief, memory, and belonging are recurrent themes in her work, which has been published and exhibited internationally.
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Parlar has been awarded multiple fellowships and residencies, including those at McColl Center in Charlotte, NC, Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency in Joshua Tree, CA, and Hangar Arts & Research Center in Barcelona, Spain. She was shortlisted for 2019 Aesthetica Art Prize in the UK, and is selected as one of the 2024-25 'Hot Picks' by Smack Mellon Foundation in NYC.​​​ Apart from her art practice, Parlar is a writer, designer, documentary filmmaker, and lecturer of art & design at different institutions.
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