ABOUT
Born in Istanbul in 1975. Lives and works in Istanbul.
Received B.A. (1999) and M.F.A. (2003) from Painting Department, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul. Currently working on the P.H.D. thesis at the same university.
Being an artist who have always worked with human issues, she continues to deal with urban life and effects on the citizen; who has now great access to all the facilities to live a good life, yet insufficient to communicate with each other. The identity, social roles, awareness and being a woman in this society are the subject matters to appear in her works.
Her production includes painting, printmaking, photography and mixed media.
In her words: "Quotidian tragedies, roles that have been put on, and masks to hide behind. Bizarre complications of daily life, and their effects.. Through my works, I try to visualize the path of today’s individual as he/she becomes reactionless, emotionless, solitary and almost devoid of memory while trying to perform the role of the “ideal metropolitan subject” in a city life with constantly changing agendas. While criticizing how fast-food news and soap opera lives leave more traces in the mind of the individual than real tragedies, I seek to present the audience with the state of this individual -living a life of visual and emotional trash-, who investigates “the other” under a mask of indifference, without looking them in the eye. I seek to point at the masks of status and power oriented apathetic crowds, of those who, according to Bauman, experience “false encounters”.My work, which explores the reality and sincerity of the metropolitan subject -who despite all kinds of disasters, manages to stay indifferently happy but also lives in deep depression brought on by the tiniest of troubles, will be continued to be seen in the upcoming series as well."
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Selected Exhibitions:
2020
Printed Revisited w/ Mixer Gallery - Istanbul
Kusurlu Bakış / Imperfect Glance w/ Labirent Sanat - Istanbul
2019
Dangerous Tendencies w/ Gama Gallery - Istanbul c: Orhan çelik
Yine Beni Karşıladı Gülünen w/ Gravurist - Tüyap Art Fair - Istanbul
Esin Keçisi w/ Galeri Mod - Tüyap Art Fair - Istanbul
Gece Vardiyası / Night Shift w/ Cer Modern- Ankara c: Belma Ersu
7 Kıtada Yelkenli Döngü w/ Hamam Arts Hub - Istanbul -parallel to Ist Biennial
Otonom / Autonomous w/ Maslak Oto Sanayi- Istanbul
Intergalactic w/ Anna Laudel Contemporary - Istanbul c: İpek Yeğinsu
All in One w/ Galeribu Galata - Istanbul
Symposium Exhibition w/ Ankara University - Ankara c: Kıymet Giray
Step Istanbul w/ Mixer Gallery - Tomtom Kırmızı - Istanbul
Bilge Collection Exhibition w/ Gallery Feriye -Istanbul c: Derya Yücel
Köksap / w/ Root Art Project - Eskişehir
Printed '19 - Multiple Choice w/ Mixer Gallery - Istanbul c: Marcus Graf
Printemps des Artistes w/ Galerie Od'a - Lycee St. Pulcherie - Istanbul
"Paper" A Selection of Turkish Contemporary Art w/ Pilevneli Project- Istanbul
Kadınlar Yaşasın Diye w/ Kargart - Istanbul c: Beyza Boynudelik
2018
Derin Çizgi / Deep Line w/ Rating Academy - 2nd Int. Awareness Congress Çanakkale
Metamorphosis w/ Adahan - Istanbul c: Tima Jam
Story Teller w/ Tüyap Art Fair - Istanbul c: Taner Güven
Anlatim/Vurgu/Deney/Bulgu w/ Gravurist - Tüyap Art Fair - Istanbul c:Umut Germeç
Multiple Expression w/ CKM Gallery- Istanbul
Dinamo 3 w/ Büyük Efes Sanat - Izmir
Ful Karisik - A w/ KümeArt - Istanbul
Gang by Sanayi Project w/ Artist Studio - Maslak Oto Sanayi - Istanbul
Labyrinth the Unknown Island w/ Labirent Sanat - Istanbul c: Hande Ozdilim
Open Museum Project, Symposium Exh. w/ Ankara University - Ankara
One Day w/ Artist Studio - Maslak Oto Sanayi - Istanbul
Karşının Taksisi w/ Three-Day World Initiative- Artist Studio Istanbul
Bir Kelime Bin Mesele w/ Galeribu Galata- Istanbul c: Burçe Saraçoğlu
Women Dreams Dragons - Respect w/ KRE Collective - Nazim Hikmet Cultural Center - Bursa
X w/ Endless Art Taksim - Istanbul c: Hande Ozdilim - Dolunay May
Urban Tales from Yeldegirmeni w/ CKM - Istanbul
Bugün / Today w/ Kültür University - Istanbul
2017
All under the Same Sun w/ Fulya Sanat BKS -İstanbul (for TEGV)
Pillow w/ Istanbul Concept - Istanbul (for OGAD) c: Isik Gencoglu
Baskı Sahası / Print Field w/ Arte Sanat - Ankara c: Ozan Bilginer
450 KM w/ Design Bay - Erimtan Museum Ankara
Sun, Don't Deceive Us w/ Gravurist - Tüyap Art Fair Istanbul c:Umut Germeç
Three-Day World - Tekke Yokuşu no:2 - Istanbul
Cluster - Set Up Kabataş - Istanbul project: Burcu Aldinç
Beautiful w/ Old House New Art Int. Fine Arts Symp. - Izmir
New Stories w/ Istanbul Concept - Istanbul
Connection w/ Parallel Event to Istanbul Biennial - Şişhane Metro Line - Istanbul c:Denizhan Ozer
Mini Moderns from Turkey w/ Hittite Gallery - Toronto, CA c: Aykut Gürçağlar
Schwabmünchen Symposium - Schwabmünchen, GERMANY
Women Dreams Dragons / Blind Spot w/ Gaia Gallery - Istanbul KRE Collective
Sosyomanya w/ Bozlu Art Project - Istanbul c: Ozlem Inay Erten
The Board Meeting w/ Set Up Kabataş - Istanbul project: Burcu Aldinç
Gravür-E w/ Atelye Gallery -Istanbul
The Umbilical Cord w/ Büyükdere 35 - Istanbul c: Gul Turgut
Woman at the Corner w/ Kare Gallery- Istanbul c: Denizhan Ozer
Odtu Sanat 18 w/ ODTU -Ankara
A Selection from Bilge Collection w/ State Museum of Oriental Art - Moscow
Istanbul's Cabinet of Curiosities w/ Cagla Cabaoglu Gallery - Scope New York USA
İki Soluk Arası Dayanışma for Mor Çatı - Istanbul
Istanbul Codex w/ Biennale Arcipelago Mediterraneo- Zisa Zona Arti Contemporanee Palermo, ITALY
Yaşa(t)mak Aşktır w/Ortaköy Orphanage- Istanbul
Kapıları Aralamak w/ Gallery Vis for Düşler Akademisi, Istanbul c:Beyza Boynudelik
2016
TersYüz w/ Mine Gallery -Bodrum
Çok Uzak / Çok Yakın w/ Korart Galeri - Adana
Artist Room w/ Design Bay - Istanbul
25/25 w/ EKAVART Gallery - Istanbul c: Marcus Graf
Istanbul's Cabinet of Curiosities w/ Cagla Cabaoglu Gallery - Scope Miami USA
As We Stood By the Water w/ Gravurist - Tüyap Art Fair Istanbul
Partes Extra Partes w/ Unexpected Territories - Tüyap Art Fair - Istanbul c: Ezgi Bakcay
Contemporary Istanbul w/ Design Bay - Istanbul
Art on a Card w/Circuit Istanbul - Istanbul
Life N Style w/ Int. Print Fest - Batumi, Tbilisi GEORGIA c:Denizhan Ozer
Contemporary Stories II w/ 42 Maslak - Cagla Cabaoglu Gallery - Istanbul
Tell Me the Truth, Please w/ Vis Gallery - Istanbul c:I.Gencoglu
Glory Hole w/ Gaia Gallery - Istanbul c:Hande Oynar
Fear w/ Bozlu Art Project - Istanbul c: Ozlem Inay Erten
Self - Portrait w/ 44A Gallery - Istanbul c:Argun Okumusoglu
Beyond Time w/ National Museum of Tanzania - Dar es Salaam c:Beste Gursu
Reverse w/ Hudson Art - Istanbul
Contemporary Stories w/ Point Bornova - Izmir c:Firat Arapoglu
Nilufer Symposium Exhibition w/ Nazim Hikmet Kulturevi - Bursa
Multiples w/ Kuad Gallery - Istanbul c:Beral Madra
Towards Equinox w/ Akademililer Art Center - Izmir
Coming From the Heart w/ Uniq Gallery - Istanbul
2015
Editions w/ Kuad Gallery - Istanbul
Turkey's Printmaking w/ Gravurist, CKM - Istanbul
Come And Say Hello w/ Berlin Istanbul Quartier - Contemporary Istanbul
Women, Dreams, Dragons Project w/ ARTIST 2015 Tüyap Art Fair, - Istanbul
Journey to Hope w/ Old House New Art, Intl. Arts Symposium - Urla, Izmir
FABLE Current Teaching w/ ARTE Sanat Mekan - Ankara c:Şevket Arık, A.Sibel Kedik
2014
Hello Kassel! w/ İstanbul Street Art Fest. - Kassel, GERMANY
Contemporary Istanbul w/ Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery - Istanbul
Tio Ilar 7 w/ Conduit - Athens, GREECE c:Panos Malamis
Tio Ilar 7 w/ Greek Consulate - Istanbul c:Panos Malamis
Gift for Nazım w/ Nazim Hikmet Cultural Center - Istanbul
25 Years / 25 Artists w/ Almelek Gallery - Istanbul
2013
Black, White and Multicolour w/ Akbank Art Center -Istanbul c:H.B.Kahraman
Red Exhibition w/ Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery - Istanbul
Is There Any Interference? w/ ARTIST 2014 Tüyap Art Fair - Istanbul c:Ali Simsek
Contemporary Istanbul w/ Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery - Istanbul
Privacy w/ Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery - Istanbul c:Seda Yavuz & Fırat Arapoğlu
18.OASIS w/ Osaka Business Park, JAPAN, w/ Tophane_i Amire - Istanbul
Dynamic Principles w/ Muzeul de Arta Constanta, ROMANIA
Untitled w/ Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery - Istanbul
Friendship w/ Artis Causa Gallery & Technohoros - Athens, GREECE
2012
Residence:Kadıköy w/ Asfalt Gallery - Istanbul
Latest Works w/ Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery - Istanbul
About Woman w/ Mine Gallery - Istanbul
Self Portrait w/ AlanIstanbul - Istanbul
2011
Contemporary Istanbul w/ Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery - Istanbul
Attention! Woman w/ Ekavart Gallery - Istanbul c:Denizhan Ozer
ArtBeat Istanbul w/ Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery - Istanbul
Which Way is the Diyarbakır Prison, Sir? w/ Karsi Gallery - Istanbul
EGOBALON w/ 216 Artist Initiative - Istanbul
ArtBosphorus Art Fair w/ Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery - Istanbul
2010
Figurative w/ AlanIstanbul - Istanbul
Facing Istanbul: GRAVUR-IST w/ Galateaart - Istanbul
Manikatak w/ 216 Artist Initiative, Tüyap - Istanbul
Exhn. of the Century, Ziraat Bank Coll. w/ CER MODERN - Ankara c:K.Giray
The Zone of False Encounters (Solo Show) w/ 44A Gallery - Istanbul
Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair w/ Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery - CHINA
Encounters w/ 44A Gallery - Istanbul
New Generation in Turkish Contemporary Art w/ MKM - Istanbul c:D.Ozer
2009
Wet Days w/ Tesvikiye Art Gallery - Istanbul
4x4 w/ Gallery G-Art - Istanbul
System Failure w/ Alternatif Platform, Karsi Gallery, Tüyap Art Fair- Istanbul
The Mind Book - Gazhane w/ 216 Artist Initiative, Gazhane - Istanbul
My Name is Casper w/ Karsi Gallery; Sumerbank Building - Istanbul
Summer Exhibition w/ 44A Gallery - Istanbul
Mixed-1 w/ 44A Gallery - Istanbul
Engraving Exhibition w/ Galateaart - Istanbul
20th Year Exhibition w/ Almelek Gallery - Istanbul
2008
Contemporary Istanbul w/ Gallery Art&Life - Istanbul
Borderless w/ Tüyap Art Fair - Istanbul c:Denizhan Ozer
Litography&Silkscreen Workshop w/ Akbank Sanat - Istanbul
Break Project, Moda w/ Lokomotif Association Culturelle - Istanbul
Transparent Illusions - Canakkale Biennial - Canakkale c:D.Ozer, S.Boztepe
Summer at Utopia w/ Ütopya Platform - Istanbul
Painting&Sculpture Symposium w/ Ankara University - Ankara c:K.Giray
Young Artists' Workshop w/ Mi-Ge Gallery - Ankara
Metropol w/ Selçuk Yaşar Gallery - Izmir
4 Generations 44 Colours w/ Ütopya Platform - Istanbul
Artshow 08 w/ Mine Gallery, MKM - Istanbul
Fresh Paper Works w/ UPSD Gallery- Istanbul
2007
Prophecies, Foresights w/ MKM - Istanbul c:Gülseli Inal
Solo Show w/ Terakki Foundation Art Gallery, Artshow07 - Istanbul
Meeting w/ Ütopya Platform - Istanbul
Duo "Nuit Blance a Istanbul" w/Art&Life, in conjunction w Istanbul Biennial - Istanbul
Turkish Contemporary Art w/ Gallery of Latvian Artists Union - Riga LATVIA
Summer at Utopia w/ Ütopya Platform - Istanbul
Int'l Symposium of Visual Arts Education w/ Marmara Uni. - Istanbul
UPSD Exhibition w/ Tüyap Art Fair - Istanbul
2006
From Şeb-i Aruz to Republic w/ Gallery X - Istanbul
Peace Exhibition/3 w/Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center - Istanbul
Blue w/ Historic Monestery Cloister of Muro - Mallorca SPAIN
35- w/ Terakki Foundation Art Gallery - Istanbul
2005
5 w/ Artisan Gallery - Istanbul
Joint Exhibition w/ AHK Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery - Antalya
October Parade-IV w/ Gallery X - Istanbul
II. Aspat Symposium Exhibition w/ Toyan Gallery - Ankara
Peace Exhibition/2 w/Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center - Istanbul
Summart USA Painter's Campus Pennsylvania USA
Workshop & Exhibition for Ayder w/ Beyoğlu Municipality - Istanbul
TRANSART Joint Exhibition w/ Galerija Bresan - Split CROATIA
200 Painters' and Sculptors' Exh. w/ State Museums - Izmir, Ankara
2004
TRANSART (Solo Show) w/ Galerija Konservatorskog - Split CROATIA
16th Juried Exhibition w/ Tekel - Istanbul
October Parade-III w/ Gallery X - Istanbul
II. Aspat Painting&Sculture Symposium w/ Aspat - Bodrum
2 Persons Show w/ Pera Art Gallery - Istanbul
Artist Fair 2004 w/ Terakki Foundation Art Gallery - Istanbul
Chisinau Painter's Campus w/ Summart - Chisinau MOLDOVA
31. Juried Exhibition w/ DYO - Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara
8. Juried Exhibition w/ Naval Museum - Istanbul
Young Masters w/ Kosuyolu Art Gallery - Istanbul
2003
From Where It's Left (Solo Show) w/ Bir Art Center - Istanbul
An-Anı-Anımsa, Photography w/ UPSD - Istanbul
New Generation( Solo Show) w/ Eczacibasi Virtual Museum - sanalmuze.org
Solo Show w/ Gallery Gora - Montreal CANADA
2002
First (Solo Show) w/ Akademililer Art Center - Istanbul
Portfolios w/ UPSD - Istanbul
Painting, Sculpture, Performance w/ Tripudio Studio - Istanbul
30. Juried Exhibition w/ DYO - Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara
7. Juried Exhibition w/ Naval Museum - Istanbul
Convergence w/ Bir Art Center, 12. Istanbul Art Fair - Istanbul
2001
Karma w/ Nazim Hikmet Cultural Center - Istanbul
13. Juried Exhibition w/ Tekel - Istanbul
13. Juried Exhibition w/ Heart Foundation - Istanbul
6. Juried Exhibition w/ Naval Museum - Istanbul
5. Juried Exhibition w/ T.J.K. - Istanbul
2000
Young Artists 3 w/ Almelek Art Gallery - Istanbul
5. Juried Exhibition w/ Naval Museum - Istanbul
1999
29. Juried Exhibition w/ DYO - Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara
5 w/ Akademililer Art Center - Istanbul
Young Artists Towards 2000 w/ AKM - Istanbul
Graduates of '99 w/ Mimar Sinan University Fine Arts Academy - Istanbul
Background image: exhibition view- merhaba yabancı!
hello stranger! 2020