Sumer Erek (Cypriot)

Born in 1959 in Limasol, Cyprus. Sumer Erek graduated from St. Martin's School of Art in London in 1985 and completed his MA in Theory and Practice of Transnational Art from Camberwell-University of the Arts, London in 2008.

Sumer Erek is a London-based conceptual artist with extensive experience in public art installation, creating large-scale works and participatory projects in the UK and abroad. He works in a variety of different art fields such as painting, sculpture, photography, installation, video and performance. Erek’s most recent projects include: The Newspaper House - Work in progress, installation at Gillett Square, Hackney, London, 2008; Ledra's Portrait, has been performed at the British Museum, London, the Pergamon Museum, Berlin and the Swedish parliament, Stockholm, 2007; Ben Toprak, was performed at the Venice Biennale, 2007.