Natalie & Cody, 2018
Digital photograph print
44h x 66w in
Ates Isildak is a recipient of the 2019-20 South Florida Cultural Consortium, and received third place in the South Florida Cultural Council’s 2021 Biennial. He recently premiered an Art in Public Places documentary at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. In addition to the Norton, his work has been shown at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami; Spectrum Miami; and the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County. His video work has been featured by Medium, Troma, Spin, FLOOD Magazine, Office Magazine, Consequence of Sound, and VICE.
Gender fluidity, obsolete technology, religious fundamentalism, and a subversion of the male gaze are just a few of the themes rippling through the rich oeuvre of Ates (pronounced ah-tesh) Isildak, a West Palm Beach artist who has been on a roll since he won a South Florida Cultural Consortium grant in 2020.
In his solo show at mtn space, "Ates Isildak: Pantransitions," Ates Isildak juxtaposes the hefty weight of images shot with a Polaroid camera alongside digital prints that experiment with manipulations of color.
