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).
