Ceren Erdem

Ceren Erdem was born in 1979. She graduated from the Department of Industrial Design in the Faculty of Architecture at Istanbul Technical University in 2002. She pursued her Master′s degree in Modern Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies at Columbia University. She also completed her second Master′s degree in Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design at Sabanci University in 2004. In 2003 she worked as an assistant of Lucia Koch in the 8th International Istanbul Biennial for the exhibition "Poetic Justice," curated by Dan Cameron. Erdem also worked as an exhibition manager in the 9th and 10th International Istanbul Biennials. She then worked as Arts and Creative Economy Manager at the British Council, where she developed an extensive program across all art forms and creative sectors of Turkey and South East Europe.

Erdem is co-founder and co-curator of Court Square Project Space in Long Island City, New York. She is also co-founder and co-editor of Interventions, a web-based journal and curatorial platform. Erdem is one of curators of the exhibition entitled "Istanbul: Passion, Joy, Fury," which will be held in December 11, 2015-April 30, 2016 at MAXXI- National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Rome. She currently continues her work in New York.

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