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Yeşim Akdeniz was born in Izmir in 1978. She studied painting with Prof. Krieg at the Kustakademie Düsseldorf between 1997 and 2002. She then pursued her postgraduate at De Ateliers in Amsterdam between 2002 and 2004. In 2010, she worked as a studio residency at the Platform in Istanbul. Akdeniz often creates an installation of related paintings, both figurative and abstract. Since 2003, she has had many solo exhibitions and has participated in lots of group exhibitions in Europe. In 2006, Akdeniz was awarded the Peter Mertes scholarship by the Bonner Kunstverein. Currently, she lives and works in Istanbul.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2016, Club Dystopia, Pi Artworks, Istanbul
2015, The Secret Life of My Coffee Table, Pi Artworks, London
2014, Those Opposing and Those Sympathizing, Dirimart, Istanbul
2011, A Dream Within a Dream, PAK Kunstverein, Hamburg
2011, The Tell-Tale Heart, Dirimart, Istanbul
2011, Ulalume, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
2009, A World Full of Lies, Galerist, Istanbul
2008, In the light of casual culture, Galerist, Istanbul
2008, The New Professionals, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
2007, Sterblichkeit hat ihren Preis, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
2007, Trying to Grow, Peter Mertes Stipendium
2006, BonnerKunstverein, Bonn
2006, Education, Elisabeth Kaufmann, Zürich
2006, The Man, West London Projects, United Kingdom
2005, Art Cologne - Open Space 2005, Cologne
2005, Visiona Teorema, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
2005, Atlas Shrugged, Galerist, Istanbul
Reference: Pi Artworks, dirimart.org, artnet.com, lebriz.com, beyazart.com, schauort.com, westlondonprojects.org |
