Uğur Gallenkuş (1990) is a Turkish graphic designer who aims to draw attention to various injustices happening all over the world. He creates dramatic collages by combining photographs from different parts of the world to show the extreme contrast between them and his art is truly eye-opening.
The artist says that an image can be more effective than a thousand words. “The solution to a crisis can be described by many complicated words, but you don’t need to know a language to read and understand a work of art. Art is the master of all languages,” says Uğur.
In 2015, the image of a drowned Syrian boy gripped the planet's attention, giving a human face to the conflict which drove away so many people towards an uncertain fate. Turkey felt the full weight of human suffering, giving shelter to more than three and a half million refugees. Uğur Gallenkuş, an ordinary citizen living in Istanbul felt the need to act, to help, to make a difference: and he did it the best way he could – through his unique blend of expression. Today, the world knows Uğur as the artist behind the stories told through his digital collages. In reality, he is a business-school graduate leading an ordinary life when tragedy struck in Syria. He knew nothing about digital art, but he started learning about design programs from online sources. A white-collar worker by day turned into a self-taught digital artist by night. In fact, after all the success that happened, he still leads a simple life, working his daily job. He cannot explain what brought his artistic side so suddenly to the spotlight – everything happened as if by divine design. He felt a purpose that could not be denied and saw how to start a unique conversation between two seemingly completely opposite scenes. © 2020. All content on this blog is protected by international copyright laws All images are copyrighted © by Uğur Gallenkuş. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only
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Mr. Uğur Gallenkuş
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Bullet Flower
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Iran – Iraq War
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Refugee
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A Rohingya Refugee Mother and Child
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Children are Children First - Seesaw
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Liberia
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Paper Bomber
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Smoky Luna City
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Syria
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Parallel Universe - Focus
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Liberia
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Children of war
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A wounded Syrian girl
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Young drug traffickers pose for photos holding their guns at a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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A child Liberian militia soldier
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Cup of science
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Animal right
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Bathing at War, Bathing at Peace
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Bullet'N Flowers
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child fighter with poses with a gun at a military training facility during the Liberian Civil War
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Creation of hygiene
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Global Warming
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Iraq, Fallujah
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Lady Atom
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Liberty of Guns
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Libya
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Myanmar
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Palestine
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Parallel Universe - Sweet Bomb
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Refugees
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Smoked Wine
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Tobacco kills
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Turkish-backed Syrian rebels gesture
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Yemen
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