EDA GECİKMEZ

CV

EDUCATION 

 

2024 Proficiency in Art, Hacettepe University, Institute of Fine Arts, 

         Painting Department, Ankara

2016 – 17 Home Workspace Program, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon

2010 – 19 MA Yıldız Technical University, Art & Design Department, Istanbul

2007 – 08 BA Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Universidad Politecnica de 

         Valencia, Valencia, Spain

2005 – 10 BA Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Faculty of Fine Arts, the Department

         of Painting and Etching Studio, Istanbul

2003 – 05 BA Marmara University, Faculty of Fine 

         Arts, the Department of Painting, Istanbul

 

 

GRANTS – WORKSHOPS – RESIDENCIES 

 

2024 The Art Production Fund, CultureCIVIC, European Union Project

2023 ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program) artist residency program,

          NYC, New York, United States, supported by SAHA Foundation

2022 Ankara: City and Memory Workshop, VEKAM, Ankara 

       .  Goethe-Institut Ankara Production Grant for the art project The Bird is Unseen,

          yet its Voice is in the Tree, Ankara

2018 The Social City Exchange Program by Swedish Institute, Stockholm and Istanbul

2016 – 17 SAHA Grant for Home Workspace Program, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon

2015 Cittadellarte, Fondazione Pistoletto, Artist in Residency Biella, Italy 

       .  Kultivera, Artist in Residency, Tranas, Sweden

       .  Creative Action & Public Intervention Workshop, Armenia – Turkeys

          Normalisation Process Support Program, Anadolu Kültür, Istanbul

2012 Borders Orbits 11 – 12 Competition, Siemens Art, Istanbul

2010 Feldstaerke International 2010, International Art Students’ Exchange

          Programme Centre, Workshops, PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany; Centquatre,

          Paris, France; Kadırga Art Istanbul, Turkey

2009 City and Art Project Workshops, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul,

          Turkey; Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

 

2024 Root and Footing, Gallery Nev, Ankara

2022 The Bird is Unseen, yet its Voice is in the Tree, Goethe-Institut, Ankara

2020 Broken Open, Gallery Nev, Ankara

2018 Landscape In a Capsule, Gallery Nev, Ankara

        . Tiny Office Art, Women Artist From Art Scene of Turkey: Eda Gecikmez,

          Consulate General of Sweden, Istanbul

2016 Master Plan, protocinema, imç5533, Istanbul

        . Borrowed Togetherness, m1886 Art Projects, Ankara

2013 Borrowed Togetherness, American Hospital Art Gallery, Istanbul 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

 

2024 A Memory Surfaces - Abidin Dino, Galeri Nev, Ankara

       . The Beginning of Memory, Galeri Nev, Ark Kültür, İstanbul

       . Resident Soils, curator: Yasemin Ülgen, Eldem Sanat Alanı, Eskişehir

       .  New Lands, curator:  Necmi Sönmez, Arkas Sanat Alaçatı, İzmir

       .  5. International Circular Environment and Art Exhibitions, curator: Yasemin Ülgen, Şemsa Pozcu Kültür

          Evi, Mersin

       .  Painting Today, curators: Burcu Çimen and Didem Yazıcı, Yapı Kredi Art Gallery,

          Istanbul

2023 Spring Open Studios, ISCP, NYC, New York, United States

2022 Oeuvre and Grace, curator: Derya Yücel, Erimtan Museum, Ankara

       .  Skin and Soul, Müze Evliyagil & Papko Art Collection, curator: Beral Madra,

          Istanbul

       .  Another Round, Kendi Collection, Istanbul

       .  O!, Galeri Nev, Ankara

2019 Tüm Gezegenler İçerideydi, Galeri Nev, Maçka Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul

2018 Mahalla Festival, Palazzo in Zabbar, Malta 

       .  The Sun Is Still There (conceptual frame and organizing with Sevil Tunaboylu)

          ArtSumer, Istanbul

       .  A Future of Travel: Journey of The Artwork, NOKS Independent Art Space,

          Istanbul

       .  The Animal Side, Mixer Gallery, Istanbul

2017 Angels’ Share, DEPO, Istanbul 

       .  Av, ArtOda, Evliyagil Museum, Ankara

       .  Open Studios – HWP, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon

       .  Now You Are Here, Arte Sanat, Ankara

2016 Anakara, Evliyagil Museum, Ankara 

       .  Produce 3: The Game Settled Into A Cagey Midfield Match, SPOT Production

         Fund , Elhamra Han, Istanbul

       .  Ottomans and Europeans: Pasts and Prospectives, Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul

2015 Alien Self-Disorder, Tranas, Sweden 

       .  Drawing Thoughts, CAM Gallery, Istanbul

       .  Mythologies, 3rd Mardin Biennial, Mardin

2014 Stay with me, Apartment Project, Berlin, Germany 

       .  Small is beautiful, KUAD Gallery, Istanbul

       .  1984, Gallery Nev, Ankara

2012 Borders Orbits 11- 12, Siemens Sanat, Istanbul 

       .  Museum inside Museum, Proje4L, Istanbul

       .  Reality Terror, Periferi Collective, DEPO, Karşı Sanat, Asfalt Art Gallery, Istanbul 

2011 TIHV 20th Year Exhibition: Where Fire Has Struck, DEPO, Istanbul

2010 Feldstaerke International 2010, International Art Students’ Exchange

          Programme, PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany; Centquatre, Paris, France; 

          Kadırga Art Centre, Istanbul

2009 City and Art Project, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Gallery Time, Vienna, 

          Austria; Tophane-i Amire Culture Centre, Istanbul

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 

 

2024 – ongoing Part time instructor at the Visual Communication Design 

          Department, Ted University, Ankara (Basics of Design and Visual 

          Communication Techniques)

2021 – 2024 Lecturer at the Interior Design and Environmental Design, School of Fine

          Arts Design and Architecture, Ankara Medipol University (Basic Design

          Studio, Collage Techniques, Free Hand Sketching Techniques, History of

          Modern Art)

       .  Presentation of ‘’Art and Resistance: Interactions Between Artists and Anti- 

          Gentrification Movements’’ at The Art and The City: Urban Space, Art and 

          Social Change Conference, Aarhus University, Denmark with Yasemin

          Bahçekapılı

2020 Guest Lecturer at the Department of Architecture, TED University, Ankara

       .  Presentation of ‘’Urban Transformation and Contemporary Art: 

          Reading The Urban Transformation Experienced In Istanbul Through Artworks’’

          in National Symposium of Postgraduate Spatial Studies, Faculty of Architecture,

          Department of City and Regional Planning, MSFAU, Istanbul and the article is

          selected to publish in Tasarım+Kuram Journal of Faculty of Architecture,

          MSFAU 

2018 – 19 Member of the scientific research project ‘’New Urban Social Movements

          in Istanbul’’, MSFAU, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional

          Planning. Presented in Urban Visions workshop, TMMOB; Çarşamba

          Seminerleri, MSFAU; AURA İstanbul, Colloquium of 8 of November Urbanism

          Day, TED University, Ankara

 

TALKS – SEMINARS – WORKSHOPS – OTHERS 

 

2024 Collage workshop, Bursa Architecture Fest, TMMOB, Bursa

       .  Artist Talk, Painting Today Public Talk Series, Yapı Kredi Art Gallery, Istanbul

2023 Portico Readings, Loca, Yapı Kredi Culture Centre, Istanbul

       .  Poster of Feminist Pedagogy Of/Beyond Borders, Atgender Conference 2023,

          Istanbul

       .  Feminist Collage Workshop, collaboration with Kız Başına, Goethe Institut,

          Ankara

       . Collage workshop, Department of Architecture, METU

       . Artist Lecture, Department of Architecture, TED University

2022 Artist talk moderated by Tuçe Erel, Goethe-Institut, Ankara

       .  Brawe Art Project, collage workshop, Eldem Sanat Alanı, Eskişehir

2021 Collage, online seminar, Department of Architecture, Bilgi University

       .  Fantastic Collage Workshop, Project 07 Festival, Bilgi University

       .  Landscape by Collage, workshop, Pera Museum

       .  Collage in the context of body and space, online lecture, Department of 

          Architecture, METU

2020 Collage workshop, Department of Architecture, Bilgi University 

       .  Festival Arena Episode 12: Gender Equality Activism in the Arts, radio talk with

          Gizem Bayıksel, hosted by Esra A. Aysun, British Council

       .  Visual Communication and Culture, online seminar, Ayvansaray University

2019 Krank Art Talks, artist talk with Eda Aslan, Güneş Terkol and Zeynep Beler,

          Istanbul 

       .  Spot Projects, artist talk, Istanbul

       .  Base Talks, artist talk with Neriman Polat, moderated by Esra Aliçavuşoğlu,

          Istanbul

       .  Representation by Collage, seminar, Interior Architecture Department, Haliç

          University

2018 BLOK Art Space, artist talk with Merve Ertufan, Istanbul

       .  Miss Power, 8th March Artists Meeting Conference moderated by Beral Madra,

          Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

2017 – 21 Writing for online journal 5Harfliler 

          https://www.5harfliler.com/author/eda-gecikmez/ 

       .  Die Zeit German Newspaper Page Cover

2016 Book Cover of Topology of Violence by Byung – Chul Han, Metis Publishing 

2014 – 16 Participating art and music performances with the artist group HaZaVuZu

2013 Açık Masa, artist talk with Sevil Tunaboylu and Zeyno Pekünlü, DEPO, Istanbul

2011 – 15 Member of the feminist art labourers initiative ‘’Kırmızı Kart’’

2011 – 13 Member of the artist initiative “Periferi Kolektif” and worked at the

          organization of many exhibitions such as Ubik, Reality Terror and published

          fanzines and avantgarde magazine called Siber Gnosis.

2010 – 11 Performances with musician Tuna Pase, Feldstaerke International 2010, 

Centquatre, Paris, France and Galataperform, Istanbul

2009 – 11 Worked as an assistant in Apartment Project, Istanbul, Turkey.

2009 Group performance “Fat Carpet” City and Art project, Tophane-i Amire Culture

          Center, Istanbul. Group performance “ FlashRue” with Caroline Selig, ̈cˇu’m„a*

          Ertesi ACTIVITIES, Eminönü, Istanbul

2008 Group performances with Bartolomé Ferrando, Valencia, Spain

       .  Performance with Esther Ferrer, ‘’El Arte Es Acciòn”, Museo Nacional Centro de

          Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

 

 

PUBLICATIONS – SELECTED BOOK FEATURES 

 

2024 Painting Today exhibition catalogue, YKY

        . Olympos Exhibitions III: Interior exhibition catalogue, Taner Ceylan

2023 Broken Open, Eda Gecikmez, Collage Book, Galeri Nev 

2018 Domates Biber Patlıcan, 2012- 2016, PRODUCE, The Compendium of an Event,

          Istanbul 

        . B3 Collection, Arnavutköy, Istanbul

2017 Sarp Evliyagil Collection, Ankara

2016 ISTANBUL CODEX, Contemporary Artists From Turkey, Imago Mundi, Luciano

          Benetton Collection

        . Ottomans & Europeans, Reflecting on Five Centuries of Cultural Relations, 

          BOZAR; Muzeum Narodowe W Krakowie; Kunst Historisches Museum Wien;

          IKSV; Citta Dell Arte Fondazione Pistoletto

2015 Stay With Me, Apartment Project, Berlin

2013 Artist Catalogue Eda Gecikmez: Ödünç Alınmış Birliktelik / Borrowed

          Togetherness 134 pages, Vehbi Koç Vakfı Amerikan Hastanesi Yayınları, No: 29,

          December 2013, ISBN: 978-605-8607-62-0