BIOGRAPHY
1987, Born in Kirklareli, Turkey. Lives and works in Lisbon and Istanbul.
She graduated from Yildiz Technical University, Art and Design Faculty, Combined Arts Program with the highest honors in 2014. Afterwards, she attended master program at Marmara University, Fine Arts Institute, Painting Department and continued her education at Burg Giebchischenstein Kunsthochschule Halle Germany. In her works, her approach is based on the artificial fiction of the contemporary world system and how the absolute credibility of this fiction was influential on people. Thereupon, in order to question the credibility of the instruments of modernism, which is one of these systems, she felt the need to operate the concepts of family-individual-construction of national identity as well as Architectural propaganda in this new fiction by manipulating their contexts, spaces and places.
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In 2018, she was nominated for the The MAC Belfast, Ulster Bank International Artist Award. Recently she had a solo show in Ä°stanbul which calls Flat Earth\ W axis at Pilot Gallery. Currently she is artist in residence in AIR 351 by the Gulbenkian Grant in Lisbon. Major exhibitions she participated includes; ”MAC International Art Prize” 2018, “Art Night London” 2018, “RedBull Art Around” 2016, “Locality and Global Discourses” 2015, California University School of Art, San Francisco, USA, “Open City”, Pilot Gallery , 2016, “Alteration Depression” Solo Exhibition, Hush Gallery, 2015, “Fine Tuned and Multiple”, Kuad Gallery, 2015, ”Second Nature”, METU, 2015, “Borders Orbits 15 - 16", Siemens Art, 2014, “Rotary Art Award Exhibition”, Finalist, Proje 4L / Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, 2014.​
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CURRICULUM VITAE
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Education
2015 - 2016 Burg Giebichenstein School of Art; Image-Space-Object-Glass Halle, DE (MA,Exchange)
2010 - 2014 Yildiz Technical University, Faculty of Art and Design, Combined Art (BA) Istanbul,TR
2005 - 2009 Istanbul University, Faculty of Science, Science Teaching (BA) Istanbul,TR
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Mis-predictions, FBC London, UK
2022 Inside the Cistern, Hypercube Space, Lisbon, PT
2021 Skylight, Kilic Ali Pasa Hamam, Ä°stanbul, TR (Online)
2019 Flat Earth \ W Axis, Pilot Gallery, Istanbul, TR
2014 Alteration Depression, Hush Gallery, Istanbul, TR
Duo Exhibition
2016 Open City, Pilot Gallery, Istanbul, TR
Museum Collaborations
2023 Youth Productivity in Digital Art, Istanbul Modern (IMMA), Istanbul, TR - Mentor artist, nominator, speaker
2022 Power of the Word III, Women: Navigating Presence and Absence, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, PT - Participant for curatorial collaboration
2022 Alison Knowles (Fluxus), Newspaper Music, Palacio Nacional Belem, Lisbon, PT - re-enacting for the ‘Foreign Affairs’ programme, performance participant
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Founder Director
2023 - 2020 Hypercube Space, space for interdisciplinary art exhibitions, Lisbon, PT
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Duo Exhibition
2016, "Open City" , Pilot Gallery, Ä°stanbul/ Turkey
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Group Exhibitions
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2024 Fragments of the Mediterranean, Casa do Comum, Lisbon, PT
2024 Ocimum Minimum, Pera Lisboa, Lisbon, PT
2023 Metaknowledge, Contemporary Istanbul Foundation, Istanbul, TR
2021 Ars Electronica, New Digital Deal, Online Exhibition, Linz, Austria
2019 AIR 351 Open Studio, AIR 351, Lisbon, PT
2019, "The MAC Belfast Ulster Bank, International Artist Prize", Belfast/ Ireland
2018, “Art Night London 2018”, New Covent Garden Market, London/ United Kingdom
2018, “Undisciplined”, Kreuzberg Pavilion, Berlin/ Germany
2018, "House of Wisdom Amsterdam", Framer Framed , Amsterdam/ Netherland
2017, "15th Istanbul Biennial Public Programme", IKSV Building, Istanbul/ Turkey
2017, "Synchronicity", Mebusan 25, Istanbul/ Turkey
2017, "House of Wisdom", Dzialdov Berlin, Berlin/ Germany
2016, "Who Knows Where We Are", Apartment Project, Berlin/ Germany
2016, "Point Counter Point", Space Debris Art, Ä°stanbul/ Turkey
2016, "Surplus", Rem Artspace, Ä°stanbul/ Turkey
2016, "Redbull Art Around", Moda Neighborhood, Ä°stanbul/ Turkey
2016, “Borders Orbits 17”, Depo, Istanbul/ Turkey
2015, “Locality and Global Discourses 2015”, California University School of Art, San Fransisco/ USA
2015, “Ministry of Culture, Contemporary Art Project Awards”, CerModern, Ankara/ Turkey
2015, “Fine Tuned and Multiple”, Kuad Gallery, Ä°stanbul, Turkey
2015, “New Generation Contemporary Artist From Turkey”, Od'A-Ouvroir d'Art, Ä°stanbul/ Turkey
2015, “Second Nature” , ODTÜ, Ankara/ Turkey
2014, “Small is Beautiful”, Kuad Gallery, Ä°stanbul/ Turkey
2014, “Borders Orbits 15 - 16”, Depo, Istanbul/ Turkey
2014, “Topology”, Pg Art Gallery, Istanbul/ Turkey
2014, Rotary Art Prize Exhibition, Finalist, Proje 4L Contemporary Elgiz Museum, Istanbul/ Turkey
2014, UPSD “Young Activity 6” Exhibition, MKM Besiktas Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul/ Turkey
2014, Mamut Art Project Fairy, Kucukciftlik Park, Istanbul/ Turkey
Awards
2019, "The MAC Belfast, Ulster Bank International Artist Prize", nominee
2015, “Siemens Art Competition : Borders Orbits 17”, Istanbul, Turkey (Exhibit award)
2015, “Ministry of Culture, Contemporary Art Project Competition” , Turkey (Mansion award)
2015, “New Generation Contemporary Artist From Turkey”, Od'A-Ouvroir d'Art, Turkey (finalist)
2014, “Rotary Art Prize Competition” , Istanbul, Turkey (Second place)
2014, “Siemens Art Competition : Borders Orbits 15 - 16”, Istanbul, Turkey (Exhibit award)
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Art Grant
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2019, Gulbenkian Foundation Grant for AIR 351 Cascais, Lisbon
2018, Faruk Sade Art Foundation Grant for Agora Project for Art Night London
2018, SAHA Association Artist Grant for Agora Project
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Artist Residencies
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2019, BullsEye Artist in Residence, Almada, Lisbon
2019, AIR 351 Cascais, Lisbon
2016, Apartment Project, Berlin
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Academic Achievement
2010-2014 Highest Ranked Student of the Yildiz Technical University, Art and Design Faculty
2010-2014 Highest Ranked Student of the Yildiz Technical University, Art and Design Faculty, Combined Art Department