GÜLEN RITA
TOPALOGLU

WORKS

BIO












Gülen Rita Topaloglu (Rita) (b. 1994) is a photographer based in Helsinki, Finland. She studies at the LAB Institute of Design & Fine Arts & works mostly combining staged & documentary photography. 

Her passion for exploration drives her to constantly seek inspiration, drawn from both the world around her and from within herself. 
People are often at the heart of her work - human connections, relationships, drawing inspiration from her personal experiences, social movements and memories. Her work largely revolves around these themes, often focusing on storytelling and discovery.

She drinks too much coffee and likes walking

topaloglu.rita@gmail.com


Selected group exhibitions
2021 PHOTOFUSS:  Our natures interpratations of national romanticism, Hippolyte Koraamo, Helsinki, Finland
2022 YKSI, Vesijärvenkatu 20, Lahti, Finland
2022 HUMU, Hämeentie 36, Helsinki, Finland
2022  PHOTOFUSS:A Nightly Sun, a Dawning Moon, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Kaapeliaukio 3, Helsinki, Finland
2023 UTOPIASLAHTI x PHOTOFUSS: Portal, Gallery Uusi Kipinä, kymintie 1, Lahti, Finland
2023 ÄÄRIVIIVOJA, Kauppakatu 10, Lahti, Finland
2023 PHOTOFUSS: Real, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Kaapeliaukio 3, Helsinki, Finland
2024 Täällä metsä lepää mussa, Galleria Kalleria, Kaarlenkatu 10, Helsinki
2024 St. George Artist Residency x PHOTOFUSS: Dream Laboratory, Hotel St. George, Yrjönkatu 13 C, Helsinki, Finland


Publications
2022 HUMU, Calendar/Photobook

Education
2021- BA Photography, LAB Institute of Design and Fine Arts