About

Selin Yağmur Sönmez

 

Educatıon

2023 – ... MIMAR SINAN FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY, Institute of Fine Arts, Basic Art and Design Department, Proficiency in Art

2017 – 2022 MIMAR SINAN FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY, Institute of Fine Arts, Basic Art and Design Department, Graduate Program

2014 – 2015 JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNE UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTI NAD LABEM, Faculty of Art and Design, Photography (Erasmus +)

2012 – 2017 MARMARA UNIVERSITY, Ataturk Education Faculty, Fine Arts Education, Department of Art & Craft Teaching

2012 -… ANADOLU UNIVERSITY, Open Education Faculty, Philosophy Undergraduate Program

 

Exhıbıtıons

2025 – Flexible Space, Mine Art Gallery Experimental, Istanbul / Türkiye

2024 – ARTENS "Our Homes" International Multimedia Festival, Athens / GREECE

2024 – Çizginin Yüzü (The Face of Line): A Course by Zeynep Sayın, Arthan Gallery, Istanbul / TÜRKİYE

2024 – Istanbul Kent University 5th International Symposium Arts & Aesthetics "Art and Artificial Intelligence", online exhibition at www.sanatveestetik.com, TÜRKİYE

2024 – Indivisible Unity (Bölünmez Bütünlük) Virtual Solo Exhibition & Juried Online Group Exhibition at 3rd International Art Symposium "Rhythm of Art", Kocaeli University Faculty of Fine Arts, Kocaeli / TÜRKİYE

2023 – Biennale Internationale d'Art Non-Objectif - 1st Satellite Event Athens, Potential Project, Athens / GREECE

2023 – Zoom: 9th Student Video Art Festival, Faculty Pedagogy of Shumen University Episkop Konstanti Preslavski, Shumen / BULGARIA

2023 – Ortak Zemin - Gemeinsamer Hintergrund (Common Ground), Private Sankt Georg Austrian High School and Trade School, İstanbul / TÜRKİYE

2023 – Blick, upTown Art Gallery, Graz / AUSTRIA

2023 – Alan (Zone), ders BELGELİĞİ & Associazione Culturale Link, Agorateca, Bari / ITALY

2023 – Temas, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Osman Hamdi Bey Exhibition Hall, İstanbul / TÜRKİYE

2022 – Rhythm and Practices Exhibition, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Osman Hamdi Bey Exhibition Hall, İstanbul / TÜRKİYE

2021 – Biennale Internationale d'Art Non Objectif  - "que des femmes...", 22.09-15.10 2021, virtual exhibition at www.konstruktiv.ist

2021 – Hiçbir Şey Olmadığında - Contemporary Art Project Exhibitions, Çatı Art Space & Bergama, İzmir / TÜRKİYE

2020 – ŞehreBak, Küçük Zaman Sözlüğü, online exhibition, TÜRKİYE

2019 – ders BELGELİĞİ, 6. No Contest – prize and exhibition, İstanbul / TÜRKİYE

2019 – Cultural Object and Reconstruction of the Object, Modern Silk Road Project Exhibition, Taipei National University of the Arts – Ink Painting Gallery Taipei / TAIWAN

2019 – Paper-Out, Univerzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, Gallery Meze Oknem a Dveřmi, Usti Nad Labem / CZECH REPUBLIC

2018 – İKİ, Mustafa Saffet Cultural Center Gallery, İstanbul / TÜRKİYE

2018 – Onmetrekare, Sanat Enstitüsü, İstanbul / TÜRKİYE

2018 – Pilot Bölge, KargART, İstanbul / TÜRKİYE

2018 – Yavaş Yavaş Yaşama Döner Gibi, UPSD, İstanbul / TÜRKİYE

 

Projects

2020 - Workshop on "Gender and Home" - Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Women's Research Application and Research Center (Participant)

2019 - Cultural Object and Reconstruction of the Object, Modern Silk Road Project - Taipei National University of the Arts (Project Manager)

2019 – ders BELGELİĞİ Drawing Exhibition - Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany (Project Coordinator)

2019 - Univerzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem - Paper-Out Exhibition Project (Project Coordinator)

2016 - ders BELGELİĞİ Drawing Exhibition - Univerzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem (Project Coordinator)

 

Curatorıal Projects

2026 - KORUNAK 4, ders BELGELIGI Exhibition, Galeri Beylikdüzü, Istanbul, Türkiye– Curator

2025 - Au-delà / Beyond, International Mail Art Exhibition, Biennale Internationale d’Art Non-Objectif – Istanbul Satellite Event, Ayn Earth Studio, Istanbul, Türkiye– Co-Curator

 

Invıted Panels & Publıc Talks

2026 - The Body Between Aesthetics and Action, Invited Speaker, Poedat Platform (Online)

2025 - Art School Dissent: Alternative Voices in Art Education, “ders BELGELIGI”, Panel Speaker, SALT Beyoglu, Istanbul, Türkiye

 

Selected Conference Presentatıons

2024 -The Aesthetic Dimension of Climate Activism within Art Institutions, III International Art Symposium, Kocaeli University Faculty of Fine Arts, Türkiye

2021 -Can the Transformation of Everyday Life Be a Practice of Resistance?, Conversations on the Art of Everyday Life, Online Conference, Yellow Submarine Art Initiative

2021 - Avant-Garde Art and Artistic Resistance in the Neoliberal Era, Peodat Academy III Meeting, Greenhouse Academy, Antalya, Türkiye

2019 -Artistic Practices of Resistance: Creative Transformation of Everyday Life, Poedat Academy II Meeting, Gümüşlük Academy, Muğla, Türkiye

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