Berlin and Istanbul based Ozer Toraman (b.1989) creates figurative paintings that tell stories of urban life, the body, human identity and gender. New paintings that represent personal avatars, couplings, and everyday social exchanges inspired by urban life. Together, they articulate limitless capacity to represent imagined states, memories, aspirations, and emotions. Toraman is presenting oil paintings portraying people in nature in different cities: Berlin, Istanbul, Lisbon, Thailand City and New Mexico. All compositions are based on Toraman’s personal travel photographs. Toraman’s bold simplicity and heightened colours place the viewer between fantasy and reality.
Ozer Toraman, b. 1989, Van, Turkey, lives and works in Istanbul and Berlin. His work has been exhibited all major cities in Turkey, Germany, UK, Italy and Singapore.