Gulsen Bal (was born in Izmir, Turkey) is based in London and Vienna where she works and lives.

Bal is a visual artist, theoretician and works as an intellectual worker discussing the differential structures within the ethico-aesthetic paradigm conceived in representational boundaries. Her practice/research hence has focused upon exploring the notions of the “difference of identity” and “difference,” minority and exilic discourse and border phenomena in trans-local and/or trans-national location within cultural geography.

She has exhibited, curated, published articles and participated in talks in various places and venues in the U.K. as well as in Europe and Turkey. Along with this she has initiated and running an art project centre Open Space - Zentrum für Kunst Projekte in Vienna concerned with contributing a model strategy for cross-border and interregional projects on the basis of improving new approach with its visual arts and educational programme towards cultural specific conditions underpinning the current developments of the enlargement of Europe to the fore. She has also recently developed a new program Critical and Curatorial Investigations for Masters Degree at TU Wien.

For more info: http://www.openspace-zkp.org