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Elmas Deniz was born in Bergama in 1981. She graduated from the Painting Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dokuz Eylül University in 2003. In 2005, she participated in the AIWA artists international workshop, which was held in Beirut. In the following year, she attended IASPIS expert visitor program in Malmo-Stockholm, and FRAME expert visitor program in Helsinki. In the same year, she participated in the VASSL Artists international workshop in Karachi. In 2007, Deniz received an artist grant to attend a Berlin Goethe Institute Culture Program. In the same year, she participated in CPH Air residency program in Copenhagen. In 2008, she worked at Garanti Platform CAC for three months in Istanbul. Deniz attended the Danish International Artists exchange program (DIVA residency) for two months. In 2009, she participated in Sextant de Plus-La Friche Belle de Mai in Marseilles for two months. She received an artist grant for Pstoletto Foundation Cittadelarte Unidee residency in Biella in 2011. Deniz is interested in global power structures, state-control, urbanism, and globalization, as it is reflected in her organizational as well as artistic practice. Since 2002, she has had many solo exhibitions and projects, and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. In 2012, Deniz was selected as one of semi-finalists for Full Art Prize 2012, which was the first contemporary art prize of Turkey.
Beside her artistic practices, Deniz is a writer and initiator of various artist run initiatives and self-organized structures. In 2002, she founded Kutu (Box) Portable Art Gallery with other members. Between 2004 and 2007, she was one of the founders and project directors of K2 Artist Initiative. Deniz is a founding editor of Merkezkaç publications, which was established in 2011. She currently lives and works in Istanbul.
Solo projects and exhibitions:
2006, Solo Performance, "All About Lies", Apartment Project, Istanbul
2006, "Nothing Can Happen to Us" (Cernobyl) Alti Aylik Project Space, Initiated by Sylvia, Kouvali, Kristina Kramer and Oyku Ozsoy, Istanbul
2007, "On Volatility/ Despre Votalititate" (with Pilvi Takala) Curated by Oana Tanese, Galeria Nouva, Bucharest
2012, "Elmas" (35th years anniversary exhibitions) Curator: Nazlı Gurlek, Macka Sanat Gallery, Istanbul
2012, "Money issues / Para Mevzuu" (with Özgür Demirci) Curated by Nicoletta Daldenise, Pasajist independent art space, Istanbul
Selected group exhibitions:
2002, Under the Beach: The Pavement, Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art Proje 4L [2001-2004] Curated By Halil Altindere-Vasif Kortun, Istanbul
2003, B-Fact: Back Sea/ Baltic Sea/ Barents Sea, Initiated by Huseyin Alptekin, Bilgi Atelier 111, Istanbul
2004, The Tedium and The Rainbow, Aksanat, Istanbul
2004, The Visitor, Galerist, curated by Emre Baykal -Rob Perree, Istanbul
2005, Normalization 3/ that from a long way off look likes flies... Platform Garanti CAC, curated by November Paynter- Vasif Kortun, Istanbul
2005, Gemini: Muse Project, Amstelkring Museum, Curator Fulya Erdemci, Amsterdam
2006, Check in Europe, European Patent Office, Curated by Veronika Wiman, Munich
2006, Vassl International artist workshop exhibition, Karachi
2006, 5th Gyumri Biennale, The Seas, Dreams and Illusions, Curated by Arpine Tokmakjan, [part of Buy a Dream store] Yerevan
2007, Punctured Tyree, initiated by participant artists, K2 Gallery, Izmir
2007, Urban Pedestals, Norregade (Public space), Curated by Lotte Juul Petersen, Copenhagen
2007, Bound By, Basement Gallery, initiated by Claudia Weber, Vienna
2008, On produce-ability, initiated by Alti Aylik, 5533, Istanbul
2008, e-flux video rental, The Building, Berlin
2009, Creative Destruction, Outlet Gallery, Istanbul
2009, Contingent Identities, Initiated by Isidora Ficovic, Depo, Istanbul
2009, There is No Audience, Curated by Adnan Yildiz, Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz
2010, Floating Volumes, Frise Künstlerhaus, Hamburg
2010, Emploi Seasonniers, La Friche Belle de Mai, Marseilles
2010, Strade/ Routes, Centro Espositivo SMS, Viale delle Piagge, Cinema Arsenale, Pisa
2011, Becoming Istanbul, SALT, Istanbul, Turkey, initiated by Meriç Öner
Curated exhibitions:
2008, The Unmarked Categories, K2 Gallery, Izmir
2010, Overtime Work, Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center, Izmir
Reference: elmasdeniz.com, fullartprize.org |
