ÖZLEM TEKDEMİR
ABOUT ME
SHE WAS BORN IN ISTANBUL IN 1980. SHE COMPLETED HER MASTER'S DEGREE AT HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF FINE ARTS, DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING IN 2005 AND HER PROFICIENCY IN ART IN 2013. IN 2019, SHE PARTICIPATED IN ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI MACERATA IN ITALY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF ERASMUS LECTURING MOBILITY. SHE COMPLETED HER SECOND DOCTORATE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN AT GAZI UNIVERSITY IN 2020. THE ARTIST, WHO HAS HELD TWELVE SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PARTICIPATED IN MANY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, HAS WORKS IN PRIVATE AND INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS. THE ARTIST, WHO HAS ART WRITINGS, BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS AND CURATORIAL WORKS, FOCUSES ON THE CONCEPTS OF FRAGILITY, INTROVERSION, ISOLATION, INNOCENCE, UNCANNY AND ANTHROPOCENE. THE ARTIST, WHO WORKS ON NARRATIVE PRACTICES WITH DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES AND MEANS OF PRODUCTION, CONTINUES HER LIFE AND PRODUCTION IN ANKARA. HE ALSO WORKS AS A FACULTY MEMBER (ASSOC. PROF. DR.) AT KTO KARATAY UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN, DEPARTMENT OF GRAPHIC DESIGN.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DREAM,
GOETHE INSTITUT, GALLERY VİTRİN, ANKARA, TR
2021 NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND,
İKLİM ART PROJECT, ANKARA, TR
2019 MONO NO AWARE,
TOSCAART & DESIGN, ANKARA, TR
2018 INEMURI II,
TOSCAART & DESIGN, ANKARA, TR
2017 INEMURI,
FINART STUDIO, YELDEĞİRMENİ, İSTANBUL, TR
2016 THE NOTEBOOK OF DARK STORIES,
FINART STUDIO, YELDEĞİRMENİ, İSTANBUL, TR
2015 ESSAYS ON SEEING STORY,
HAYYAM ART, ISTANBUL, TR
2013 THE IRONY OF A POETIC NIGHTMARE,
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY, G.S.F. ART GALLERY, ANKARA, TR
2012 EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED,
TURKISH - BRITISH CULTURAL ASSOCIATON, ANKARA, TR
2011 BUILDING SHORT STORIES,
ODTU DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC AND FINE ARTS, ANKARA, TR
2009 LITTLE THINGS ON MY MIND,
ZİRAAT BANK CULTURAL CENTRE, MITHAT PASHA ART GALLERY, ANKARA, TR
2004 CITY AND CHAOS PAINTINGS,
STATE FINE ART GALLERY, ANTALYA, TR
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 SUMMER MIX,
ISTANBUL CONCEPT STUDIO, NUR-U ZIYA SUITS, ISTANBUL, TR
2023 LA LIBERTE,
15TH 360 LOVE FEST, ISTANBUL CONCEPT STUDIO, ISTANBUL, TR
2022 C6H10O5, PROJECT EXHIBITION ON PAPER,
KA ATÖLYE, MAY 13-JUNE 11, 2022, ANKARA (CURATOR AND PARTICIPANT)
2021 CROSSROADS OF CULTURE AND TRADITIONS,
UNESCO, PARIS, FR
2021 PANDEMIC SKETCHES,
ÇANKAYA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTRE, ANKARA, TR
2019 ILLUSTRATIF,
TOSCAART DESIGN, ANKARA, TR
2018 6TH INTERNATIONAL PRINT TECHNOLOGIES INFINITY THEMED GROUP EXHIBITION,
İSTANBUL UNIVERSTY, İSTANBUL, TR
2018 PAPER WORKS EXHIBITION,
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, TOKYO, JP
2018 INTERNATIONAL PAPER WORKS EXHIBITION,
PINELO ART GALLERY, TOKYO, JP
2018 10TH 360 LOVE FEST,
ISTANBUL CONCEPT GALLERY, ISTANBUL, TR
2018 PAPER WORKS EXHIBITION,
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, TOKYO-JP
2018 UNTIL İLHAN KOMAN IS REPLACED,
COLLECTIVE PERFORMANCE EXHIBITION, KOVA ART SPACE, ANKARA, TR
2017 INTERNATIONAL PAPER WORKS EXHIBITION,
PINELO ART GALLERY, LESVOS, GR
2017 10 X 10 NEW STORIES,
İSTANBUL CONCEPT GALLERY, İSTANBUL, TR
2017 KEEPING BODY ALIVE IS LOVE,
9TH 360 LOVE FEST, ISTANBUL, CONCEPT GALLERY, ISTNBUL, TR
2016 CITY AS HOME,
BAT ART LAB, BERLIN, DE
2015 BREATHE,
RED INITIATIVE, FOYART PROJECT, ANKARA, TR
2014 CUMHURİYET,
NEWSPAPER ART GALLERY, YOUNG GROUP, MAYA ART PROJECT, ANKARA, TR
2014 GRAVITY,
RED INITIATIVE, CER MODERN, ANKARA, TR
2014 GAGA MANJERO,
MAYA ART PROJECT, ANKARA, TR
2013 HACETTEPE UNV. A SELECTION OF NEW GENERATION TURKISH PAINTING,
PRIZREN, XK
2013 ..THEREFORE I'M
RED INITIATIVE, ÇANKAYA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER. ANKARA, TR
2004 65TH STATE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE COMPETITION EXHIBITION,
ANKARA, TR