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Selim Birsel was born in Brussels in 1963. He finished Ecole de Beaux-Arts Grenoble in France in 1991. Between 1990 and 1991 he went to Institut des Hautes Etudes en Art Plastique in Paris. He then went to Turkey and taught in the Faculty of Fine Art and Architects at Bilkent University between 1993 and 1999. Since 1999, he has served in the Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design at Sabancı University.
Solo exhibitions:
1991, “Blind, Invisible” BM Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
1994, “Bu Akşam Evde Yemek Yok Yarın da Yok” (There is no food at home for the evening, nor for tomorrow”, Gallery Zon, Ankara
1996, “Asya” Siyah. Beyaz Gallery, Ankara
2000, "Objects and Drawings" Nowa Oficyna, Gdansk, Poland
2002, "Bir Görme Mesafesinden..." Maçka Sanat Gallery, Istanbul
2002, "Nesneler Alemine ve Başka Diyarlara" Galen Apel, Istanbul
Group Exhibitions:
1990, "1 Eight Artists, Eight Works: B", Atatürk Cultural Center, Istanbul
1990, “Laboratory”, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
1991, “Histoire d’eau”, Jean Bron Swimming Pool, Grenoble
1991, “Unknown Europe”, Krakow
1992, “Megalopole”, The Third International Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul
1992, “De l’Intention...”, Espace 102, Grenoble
1992, “Sanat, Texnh”, Painting and Sculpture Museum, Istanbul
1992, "1 Ten Artists, Ten Works: C", Atatürk Cultural Center, Istanbul
1993, “Future Lies Ahead”, Teajon Expo ’93, Teajon, Korea
1993, “Then Artists, Ten Works: D”, Maçka, Istanbul
1994, “X”, MD Santiye Galeri, Izmir
1994, “Art Focus” New Bus Terminal Station, Tel Aviv
1994, "1 Iskele Turkische Kunst Heute”, IFA Galerie, Berlin
1995, “Orientation”, The Forth International Biennial of Istanbul, Antorepo 1, Istanbul
1995, “Gar”, Ankara Railway Station, Ankara
1996, “Art Focus 96” in David Ben Ari Museum, Bat Tam, Israel
1996, “Dialogues”, Atatürk Cultural Center, Istanbul (June), Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (September)
1996, Le Monde de l’Art Galerie, Paris
1997, “Gitgel”, M.E.T.U. Cultural & Congress Center, Ankara
1998, “3 Generation of Republic”, Darphane, Istanbul
1998, “Permanent Instability”, Arteva Galery, Tiran
1999, “Karma Resim Sergisi”, Galeri Galatea, Istanbul
1999, “The Picture in the Hills”, Galerie Dulcinea, Istanbul
1999, “Arguments”, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneve
1999, “Passage du Bosphore”, Museé de Picardie, Amiens
2000, “Ruh ve Beden İçin Çoaltmalar”, Borusan Cultural Center, Istanbul
2000, “Early Spring”, Nikolaj Art Centre, Copenhagen
2000, “Arguments”, Atatürk Cultural Center, Istanbul
2001, “Buy a Dream Store”, Apartment Project, Istanbul
2002, “Project Room”, RAM Gallery, Rotterdam
2002, “Between the Waterfront”, Las Palmas, Rotterdam
2002, “Istanbul Yaya Sergileri 1”, Nişantaşı, Istanbul
2002, “Arada Kalmak”, Palmiye Shopping and Play Center, Izmir
2003, “Idea-Non-Realization”, Pozega, Serbia-Montenegro
2003, “The First International Beijing Art Biennial”, China
2004, “The Ghost Line”, Akbank Cultural and Art Center, Istanbul
2004, “Saman Güncesi”, Bayburt BAKSI Museum, Proje 4L, Istanbul
2004, “Üstü Değil Kendisi”, K2 Art Center, Izmir
2004, “Du Bosphore a la Moine” Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Cholet
2005, “Türkiye’den Güncel Sanat”, Kazakistan
2005, “Bu Sizin İçin”, IMSG, Istanbul
2005, “The 7th ODTÜ Art Festival”, M.E.T.U. Cultural & Congress Center, Ankara
2005, “Alis Alis’e Karşı / Alice vs Alice”, K2 Art Center, Izmir
2005, “The First International Artistic Flags Festival”, The Golden Eye Center, Serbia-Montenegro
2005, “Bekleme Odası / Waiting Room”, Apartment Project, Istanbul
2005, “Serbest Vuruş /Free Kick”, The 9th Istanbul Biennial, Hospitality Zone, Antrepo 5, Istanbul
2006, “Kopyakatil / Copy Killer”, Akbank Culture and Art Center, Istanbul
Reference: selimbirsel.com; sanalmuze.org
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