At our 538th Art Gathering, we are visiting the studio of artist Sinem Dişli.
Sinem Dişli was born in Urfa. She graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dokuz Eylül University in 2004. She completed her master's degree in Photography at Marmara University with her thesis titled "The Use of Photography in 20th Century Art Movements and its Relationship with Avant-Garde Theory." Between 2005 and 2008, she worked in the photography department of the Istanbul Modern Art Museum. In 2008, she won a scholarship to the School of Visual Arts New York with her project "Özdirenç," which combines photography and visual art elements. She received art education at the ICP International Center of Photography and Cooper Union schools in the USA.
The artist's practice, driven by environmental concerns around Mesopotamia and the Euphrates River, questions the colonial framework of dominant archaeological and geological approaches. From highlighting biodiversity to linking geological time to environmental crises, her work reflects the materiality of nature and its relationship to diverse cultural practices. Her artistic practice encompasses photography, video, and sculpture, as well as experimental printmaking processes and scientific image-building methodologies.
Dişli has held solo exhibitions including Anxiety (2004), Remembrance (2010), Impression (2011), Exile (2014), Current (2015), Humidity (2017), Hollows & Mounds (2019), and Deep Time (2022), which feature her interdisciplinary work. She has participated in numerous international group exhibitions in many countries, including A Pillar of Smoke at the 2018 Arles Photography Festival in France, and was listed by The New York Times as one of seven artists to watch. Living in Istanbul and New York since 2008, the artist participated in programs such as Triangle Arts Residency (2015), ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York), Marble House Project, Vermont (2020), LMCC New York (2022), and Residency On The Road (2023).
Wednesday, January 7
12:00-13:00
Address: Arap Cami Mahallesi Perşembe Pazarı Caddesi No:15 D:8/9, Beyoğlu
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