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Sinem Dişli was born in Şanlıurfa in 1982. She finished at Anadolu Fine Art High School in Urfa. After graduating from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dokuz Eylül University in 2004, she completed her master’s degree in photography at the Department of Photography at Marmara University in 2007. She worked as an assistant curator for photography at the Istanbul Modern Museum between 2005 and 2008. In 2008, she was selected for the summer residency program in OCTET: School of Visual Arts, New York. Dişli has participated in many group exhibitions and workshops in the USA, Cyprus and several places in Turkey including Bursa and Izmir. She joined the First International ULIS fotoFEST Photography Festival and the First International IFSAK Photography Biennial in Istanbul. Since 2003, she has received many awards for her works. Currently, Dişli continues her works in Istanbul.
Awards:
2003, “Kaygi-Kaygisizlik” (Care-carelessness), İletrisim Kitabevi Gallery, Izmir
2004, “Bursa Photo Festival Slide Show”, Uludağ University, Bursa
2004, Young Talents in Turkish Photography, Geniş Açi Photography Magazine
2004, Turgut Pura Sculpture Award, 2nd Place, Izmir, Turkey
2004, Sculpture Originality Award, 1st Place, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir
2003, Sculpture Originality Award 2nd Place, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir
2003, Print Making Originality Award, 1st Place, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir
2003, Personal Exhibitions/Presentations
2006, “Collage and Montage”, Marmara University, Istanbul
2007, “Özdirenç” (Resistance), Yakin Kitabevi Gallery, Izmir
2007, “The Relationship of Avant-garde Theories on the Usage of Contemporary
2007, Photography”, Master Thesis, Marmara University, Istanbul
2007, “Museum and Modernity”, Marmara University, Istanbul
2008, Summer Residency program, School of Visual Arts, New York
Group Exhibitions:
2002, “Doğu I” Near East University, Cyprus
2002, “Genclik”, Ataturk Culture Center, Izmir
2003, “Fifteen Photographers and Their Photographs”, Rectorate Building, Izmir
2004, “Young Talents in Turkish Photography, Istanbul Centre of Photography Gallery, Istanbul, (Travelling Exhibition)
2004, “Doğu II”, Ufat Photography Festival, Bursa
2004, “Doğu II”, Ataturk Culture Center, Izmir
2004, “Young Talents in Turkish Photography, Istanbul Centre of Photography Gallery, Istanbul, (Travelling Exhibition)
2004, “Doğu II”, Ufat Photography Festival, Bursa
2005, “Self-Portrait Show”, Architecture Building, Bursa
2006, “Fanus”, Public Space, 1st International IFSAK Photography Biennale, Istanbul
2007, “Yersiz”, Abandoned Building, ULISfotoFEST, Istanbul
2008, “Residency Show”, SVA Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York
2010, “Connection”, Online Exhibition, Bite Magazine
2010, "Kesişme IV / Intersection IV", Gallery X-ist, with Gözde Türkkan, Istanbul
Workshops:
2004, “Thoughts on Photography, Sociology and Photography”, Gamze Toksoy, Aksanat, Istanbul
2005, “Creativity, Expression and getting to know oneself in Photography”, Orhan Cem Cetin, Istanbul
2005, “The Ways of Seeing” Omer Orhun, Aksanat, Istanbul
2005, “Chorographical Strategy Problems in Performance Arts”, Aksanat: Safak Uysal, Cağdaş, Istanbul
2007, “Visuals of the 20th century in 6 works”, Hasan Bulent Kahraman, Aksanat, Istanbul
2009, “Art and Photography”, Anne Gorrissen, International Center, New York
2010, “Regarding Intimacy”, Saul Robbins, International Centre of Photography, New York
Reference: artxist.com, gencsoluklar.com, artslant.com |
