Güliz Mutlu​

Birthday Arrival Nylon#

Artist’s Statement#

She unwraps the package with trembling fingers: a nylon balloon copy of herself, gleamingly perfect, its surface reflecting perfection. She knows all too well that it’s both a gift and a question: who’s real, and who has a heart?

Sea Foam#

Artist’s Statement#

He glides past like sunlight on restless water, every glance a spark that disappears before it can burn. In an instant, he’s gone, leaving only the sea foam

About the Artist#

Güliz Mutlu is a visual artist, classicist, Hispanist, and museologist. She holds a Master’s in the Homeric Family and a Ph.D. in the Peloponnesian War and Euripides (University of Ankara, Turkey). Her post-doctorate focused on Romanticism and Tenebrismo (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain).

As a Francophone, she is the author of Les Paroles Saphiques (Les Éditions Apopsix, France, 2011). Including her calligrams, she has been awarded the Prix Renée Vivien (L’Académie Renée Vivien), the Grand Prix de L’Écriture Poétique Francophone (La Société des Poètes et Artistes de France), the Prix Jean Aicard (Les Amis de Jean Aicard), the Prix de la Flore (L’organisation Sauvons la Luzerne) and the UNESCO Nosside World Poetry Mention Prize.

Find her on YouTube at @GulizMutluFineArt.