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Meliha Sözeri

Group Exhibiton

Crossroads 6, 08.06 - 20.07.2023

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Biography

b. 1982 / Antalya, Turkey

She continues her work in Istanbul.

 

Education

2000-2004

  • Graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the Sculpture Department of Marmara University’s Faculty of Fine Arts.

2004-2007

  • Completed her Master's degree in Sculpture at Marmara University’s Institute of Fine Arts.

2012-2016

  • Completed her Proficiency in Art at Marmara University.

Since 2020

  • Serving as an Associate Professor at Istanbul Technical University’s Department of Fine Arts, teaching Drawing, Basic Design, Perspective on Sculpture, Contemporary Art, Performance-Dance, and Music.

  • Her artistic production is based on themes such as politics, daily life, individual and social relationships, policy, system, and transparency.

  • Works in interdisciplinary performance production.

  • Her academic work includes subjects such as Contemporary Art, Architecture, Urbanism, and Sculpture.

2007

  • Master’s thesis: “Sculptural Forms in Architecture from the 1970s to the Present,” an artistic perspective on the intersections between architecture and sculpture.

2016

  • Proficiency in Art thesis: “Practices that Invert Perception of Plasticity in Contemporary Sculpture,” examining viewer perception and inversion of perception.

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Solo Exhibitions

2021

  • "Çevren / Horizon", 8 July - 28 August 2021, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

2018

  • "Toz / Dust", 30 January - 6 March 2018, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

  • "A Bond Inside / İçinde Bir Bağ", Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

  • "Günün Kapıları", Gümüşlük Academy, Bodrum, Turkey

2023

  • "Sweeter than a Dream, Beyond a Reverie: 10 Years of Bozlu Art Project", Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

  • "Uzak Yakın Sergi VOL. II", Belmondo House, Antalya, Turkey

  • "Uzak Yakın Sergi VOL. I", Izmir Paint and Sculpture Museum Culturpark Art Gallery & History and Art Gallery, Izmir, Turkey

  • "Beginning From The Middle / Ortadan Başlamak", "Reunion Of Hope / Feshane Umut Buluşması", artistanbul, Feshane, Istanbul, Turkey

  • "Cross Roads 6", ART ON, Istanbul, Turkey

  • "Ode to Earth / Yeryüzüne Övgü", Bayetav Sanat, Izmir, Turkey

  • "Sanat ile Eğitime Destek Projesi / Supporting Education Through Art Project", Salt Galata, Istanbul, Turkey

  • "Composition: space no space Vol. II", Museum Gazhane, Istanbul, Turkey

2022

  • "Eloquent Things / Maharetli Şeyler", Milli Reasürans Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

  • "Composition: space no space", ITÜ Taşkışla, 17th Istanbul Biennial Parallel Event, Istanbul, Turkey

  • "Le Voyage", Decollage Art Space, Istanbul, Turkey

  • " Selected Affiliations / Seçilmiş Yakınlıklar", Ahmet Yeşil Art Gallery, Mersin, Turkey

2021

• "If a Bird Flies, a Shadow Remains" / Gülten Akın Exhibition, Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center, Bursa, Turkey

• "Song of Timelessness", Zindankapı, Bursa, Turkey

• “16th CI Contemporary Istanbul”, Art Fair, Tersane Istanbul, Turkey

• "15th CI Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair", Lütfü Kırdar Convention Center; Istanbul, Turkey

• "Memory Palaces", Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

2020

• "15th CI Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair Online", virtual.contemporaryistanbul.com

• "I Am Still Alive", Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

• "Imperfect Glance", Labirent Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey

2019

• "Actually" Feminating Writing II Exhibition, Karşı Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey

• "Inspiration Goat", Galeri Mod, Istanbul, Turkey

• "ARTIST 2019 / Istanbul Art Fair / Inspiration Goat", TUYAP, Istanbul, Turkey

• "Meta-Morphose / Transformation of Commodity", 16th Istanbul Biennial Parallel Event, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

• "CI Contemporary Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair", Lütfü Kırdar Convention Center, Istanbul, Turkey

• "Innovative Costume of The 21st Century: The Next Generation", State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia

• "Art Tower Events II", Faculty Members and Student Exhibition, Presentations, Screenings and Performances, ITU Taskışla, Istanbul, Turkey

2018

• “Contemporary Venice”, Venice, Italy

• "Düş / Fall Dream", December 1-2, 2018, Macau T-Theater, China

• "Düş / Fall Dream", November 21, 2018 Koç University, November 23-24, 2018 Bomonti Alt, Istanbul, Turkey

• "Surfaces, Spaces", Ca’Zanardi, Venice, Italy

• "CI Contemporary Istanbul", Art Fair, Lütfü Kırdar Convention Center, Istanbul, Turkey

• “Mad World”, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

• “Aborda” Sculpture Exhibition, CKM, Istanbul, Turkey

• “Mamut Art Project 2018”, Invited Artist, Istanbul, Turkey

• “Join The Dots – Connect the Distances”, Turkish Imago Mundi Collection, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, Italy

• “Design on Tomtom Street”, Istanbul, Turkey

2017

• "Pillow", Istanbul Concept Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

• "Body - Present Flowing into the Past" / Performance, Past Meets Present, Anna Laudel Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey

• “o+oma+a”, Mixer, Istanbul, Turkey

• “CI Art. Stories”, Contemporary Istanbul, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

• “Sosyomanya”, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

• The 8th International Mini Textile Art Exhibition "Scythia", Kherson, Ukraine

• “Tribute to the Masters of Sculpture, In Memory of Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel”, 9th Terrace Exhibition, Elgiz Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

• The 8th International Mini Textile Art Exhibition "Scythia", July 15-30, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

• “Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection” / “Istanbul Codex Contemporary Artists from Turkey”, Biennale Arcipelago Mediterraneo, “Imago Mundi Mediterranean Routes”, Cantieri Culturali Alla Zisa, Palermo, Italy

2016

• 26th International Istanbul Art Fair / Artist 2016 – “Expandable Size”, TÜYAP, Istanbul, Turkey

• "Tell Me The Truth, Please", Vis Art, Istanbul, Turkey

• “Fear”, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

• “Aporias”, Friday Exit (in collaboration with Academy of Fine Arts Vienna), Vienna

• "Think Again" Mixed Works Exhibition, Galeri RA, Istanbul

• “A Remix Of The Local”, Art Base Project, Istanbul

2015

• "City-Stone", TMMOB Chamber of Architects Istanbul Branch, Istanbul, Turkey

• "On Fertile Lands / Art 01 on Fertile Lands", Adana Contemporary Art Meetings, Adana, Turkey

• 25th International Istanbul Art Fair / Artist 2015 – Karşı Sanat Works, TÜYAP, Istanbul

• “Up in the Air”, Art 50, Istanbul, Turkey

• “Hidden”, ALAN ISTANBUL, Overthose, Istanbul, Turkey

• "Amusement Park", nev Nesil, Galeri Nev, Ankara, Turkey

• “New Generation Young Contemporary Artists from Turkey”, Od'A-Ouvroir d'Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2014

  • 24th International Istanbul Art Fair / Artist 2014, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları – TÜYAP, Istanbul, Turkey

  • “Me, always a LessMore / Ben Hep Bir AzFazla”, Muse Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

  • Young Sculpture, Nişantaşı Artpark, Istanbul, Turkey

  • Teras Exhibitions <40, Proje 4L, Elgiz Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

  • Mamut Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

2013

  • Steel and Life, Sculpture Exhibition, Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey

2012

  • Teras Exhibitions <40, Proje 4L, Elgiz Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

2011

  • Young Sculpture II, Çırağan Palace Kempinski Sculpture Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2010

  • “Fiction / Kurgu”, Istanbul, Turkey

2009

  • “Confrontation” (Performance), Gölcük, Turkey

2008

  • 68th State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Izmir, Turkey

2007

  • 67th State Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Ankara, Turkey

2006

  • 16th Istanbul Art Fair, Sculptors Association, TÜYAP, Istanbul, Turkey

2004

  • “Zap Project”, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department, Istanbul, Turkey

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Installations / Design

2024

  • "SIR / Dance Installation", Premiere: March 9, 2024, Nilüfer Theater Festival, Nilüfer City Theater, Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center, Bursa, Turkey

  • "SIR / Dance Installation", March 21, 2024, Koç University Rumelifeneri Campus, SGKM, Istanbul, Turkey

  • "SIR / Dance Installation", May 15, 2024, Yıldız Technical University, YTÜ Davutpaşa Congress and Culture Center, Turkey

2022

  • “Connection / Bağlantı”, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Rail Systems and Parks, Gardens, and Green Spaces Directorate, Kozyatağı Metro Station, Art Installation (Invited Artist), Istanbul, Turkey

2019

  • Koç University KARMA Mixed Reality Laboratory Official Opening Ceremony, Interactive Dance Performance / Design, Koç University Rumelifeneri Campus, SGKM, May 9, 2019, Istanbul, Turkey

2018

  • "DÜŞ / FALL DREAM", December 1-2, 2018, Macau T-Theater, China

  • "DÜŞ / FALL DREAM", November 23-24, 2018, Bomonti Alt, Istanbul, Turkey

  • "DÜŞ / FALL DREAM", November 21, 2018, Koç University Sevgi Gönül Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey

2017

  • "Past Meets Present," Anna Laudel Contemporary, September 7 – October 13, 2017

    • Body – Now Flowing Into the Past / Gövde – Geçmişe Akan Şimdi (Performance), September 28, 2017, 15th Istanbul Biennial Parallel Event, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Awards

2015

  • “Next Generation Young Contemporary Artists from Turkey,” Od'A-Ouvroir d'Art Gallery - Maçka Art Gallery, 1st Honorable Mention

2013

  • Steel and Life, Sculpture Competition, Honorable Mention

2007

  • First Prize, Kemal Türkler Single-Stage National Monumental Tomb Competition, Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Istanbul Metropolitan Branch, Istanbul

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