Hale Tenger is a multimedia artist whose works engage a variety of cultural, political, environmental and psychosocial issues. Often referencing Turkish history and global events, she creates large-scale immersive installations which incorporate video, photography, sound and sculpture to examine the tangible and intangible traces of such events. By exploring the tension between sensory and intellectual perception, Tenger’s affective environments invite greater consideration of the power relations between people and place, the State and the individual, and their construction along lines of class, race and gender.
Tenger graduated from the Ceramics Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University after a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Programming at Boğaziçi University. In 1988, she completed her Master in Fine Arts at the South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education. Tenger has presented solo projects at Alserkal Avenue, Dubai (2018); Rizzuto Gallery, Palermo (2018); Protocinema, New York (2015), Green Art Gallery, Dubai (2011), the Smithsonian Institute, Washington (2011); and Galeri Nev Istanbul (1990-2020). She has also participated in significant biennials including the 6th Ural Industrial Biennial (2021); 3rd (1992), 4th (1995), and 16th Istanbul Biennial (2019); 57th Venice Biennale (2017); 8th Havana Biennial (2003); 3rd Gwangju Biennial (2000); 2nd Johannesburg Biennial (1997); Manifesta 1, Rotterdam (1996); and the 22nd São Paulo Biennial (1994).
