Esra
Gülmen (1986, Istanbul) is a visual artist and designer working as a head of
design at Heimat, Berlin.
After
studying interior design, she worked as an assistant professor, taught basic
design at Marmara Fine Arts Faculty. After 2 years of working as an academic,
she moved to Germany and started her new career as an art director and designer
at Ogilvy Frankfurt. Later on she switched over to Ogilvy Amsterdam. She has
won many international awards including Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show,
Eurobest, Epica, LIA, ADC Germany.
Esra
is a member of ADC Germany and four times in a row she was selected to 200 Best
Illustrators Worldwide from Lürzer's Archive Magazine.
Her
artworks evolve around human psychology and the tiny struggles of everyday
life. For Esra, practicing art is a form of self therapy.
She
has exhibited her art in many group shows and opened three solo shows so far in
Amsterdam, Hamburg and Berlin.
Press
Best
35 Creatives under 35 in Germany
Creative
of the week by W&V
https://www.wuv.de/agenturen/esra_guelmen_die_frau_hinter_der_adc_kampagne
About
‘‘Don’t I look Turkish?’’ solo show in Zeit
https://www.jetzt.de/kultur/esra-guelmen-und-ihr-projekt-don-t-i-look-turkish
Awards
Cannes
Lions 2019 (Design) 1x Silver 2x Shortlist
D&AD
2019 (Design) 1x Silver 1x Bronze
ADC
GLOBAL 2019 (Design) 1x Gold 1x Shortlist
ADC
Germany 2019 (Design)1x Gold 1x Silver 1x Bronze 5x Shortlist
Cannes
Lions 2018 (Design) 2x Shortlist
London
International Awards (Design) 1x Bronze
D&AD
2017 (Press) 1x Wood Pencil
Cannes
Lions 2017 (OOH) 2x Shortlist
ADC
Germany 2017 (OOH) 1x Gold 2x Silver 1x Bronze
ADC
Germany 2017 (Print) 2x Silver
Epica
2017 (OOH) 1x Gold
One
Show 2017 (OOH) 1x Merit
NY
Festival 2017 (OOH) Third Price Award
London
International Awards 2017 (OOH) 1x Silver
London
International Awards 2015 (Design, Outdoor) 1x
Gold 1x Bronze
Eurobest
2015(Outdoor) 1x Silver
ADC
Germany 2015 (Outdoor, Design) 2x Silver
London
International Awards 2015 (Design) 1x Gold
London
International Awards 2015 (Print) 1x Bronze
Eurobest
2015 (OOH) 1x Silver
ADC
Germany 2015 (Design) 1x Silver
ADC
Germany2015 (OOH) 1x Silver
One
Show 2015 (Design) 1x Merit
Best
of Ogilvy 2015 - InBook
OneShow
2014 (Interactive) 1x Gold 3x Merit
ADC
Germany 2014 (Design and Promotion) 2x Silver
ADC
Germany 2014 (Dialog Mobile) 1x Bronze
ADC
Germany 2014 (Design) 1x Silver
ADC
Germany 2014 (Film) 1x Silver
ADC
Germany 2014 (Print) 1x Bronze
Clio
Award 2014 (Direct) 1x Silver
Clio
Award 2014 (Design, Engagement) 2x Bronze
Clio
Award 2014 (Direct) 1x Shortlist
D&AD
2014 - InBook
POS
Marketing Awards 2014 2x Gold
New
Media Award 2014 (Dialog Mobile) 1x Bronze
AME
Award 2014 (Design) 1x Bronze
AME
Award 2014 (Direct, Mobile, Interactive) 3x Shortlist
Eurobest
2013 (Design) 1x Silver
Eurobest
2013 (Mailing and Media) 2x Bronze
London
International Awards 2013 (Design and Direct) 2x Silver
London
International Awards 2013 (BtoB) 2x Bronze
EPICA
2013 (BtoB and Mobile) 2xSilver
Cannes
Lions 2013 (Media, Design) 2x Gold
Cannes
Lions 2013 (Direct, Promo, Design) 5x Shortlist
Nominations
Selected
to 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide Lürzer's Archive 2015/2016
Selected
to 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide Lürzer's Archive 2013/2014
Selected
to 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide Lürzer's Archive 2011/2012
David
Ogilvy Award, 2014
Exhibitions
Solo
Show, ''Don't I look Turkish?'', X BOLD, Berlin 2019
Solo
Show, 'it’s just OK’, XH Cube x Markenfilm Crossing, Hamburg 2018
Solo
Show, 'Thirteen', Cafe Struik, Amsterdam 2017
Group
Show, 'Design Talks Politics', Designxport Hamburg, 2017
Group
Show, 'Poptales', Gallery Fata Morgana Berlin, 2017
Group
Show, 'All-Stars' Pictoplasma Festival, Urban Spree Berlin 2016
Group
Show, Mediterranean Design Exhibition, Design HUB Barcelona, 2009
Group
Show, Women’s Day Poster Exhibition, KKM Istanbul, 2008
Juries
One
Show/ADC Global 2018 - Illustration
ADC
Germany 2018 - Design
Crystal
Apple Creativity Festival, Turkey 2018 - Digital
ADC
Germany 2017 - Design
ADC
Germany 2017 - Design
REFERENCE-ABOUT: Başka Bir Ülke, Yeni Bir Hayat: Esra Gülmen •
Bigumigu (bigumigu.com, 12 Temmuz 2018), Esra Gülmen | Xoxo Digital
(xoxodigital.com, 27 Haziran 2019), Türk göçmenlerin değişen yüzü; Don't I look
Turkish! (t24.com.tr, 25 Eylül 2019), Esra Gülmen (eksisozluk.com, 25 Eylül 2019), Kreatifin
Masası: Esra Gülmen (mediacat.com, 22 Nisan 2020), Dünya Esra Gülmen’i
konuşuyor (kocaelinabiz.com, 1-7 Mayıs 2020), Esra
Gülmen (esragulmen.com, 17.05.2020).
