Renin Bilginer

Renin Bilginer is a multidisciplinary artist from London, with dual British and Turkish heritage. Renin graduated from the University of Brighton in 2019 and completed an MA in painting at the Royal College of Art in 2023. In 2022 she was shortlisted for the StART Martin Miller's Gin Emerging Art Prize at Saatchi Gallery and has recently completed a month-long residency at the Art'otel Battersea (London). She is now embarking on a year-long residency project: Hinterlands with the Canal & River Trust.

Working closely with textiles, painting, installation and film, Renin's practice is rooted in her experiences as a woman with mixed British and Turkish heritage. Creating multiple pieces in tandem, the work often resolves as a narrative-driven series informed by a specific memory or reflection, relating to her mixed cultural heritage, social class and surroundings; sometimes personal and other times politically charged, the work draws from her experiences of womanhood, investigating the idea of non-conformity and the embodiment of multiple identities.