Erinç Seymen

Erinç Seymen (born 1980 Istanbul) is a Turkish artist.

Life He graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Painting Department in 2006 and received his MA from Yıldız Technical University Art and Design Faculty, with a thesis about Bob Flanagan.

He participated in conferences and his articles has been published in various magazines on topics such as militarism, nationalism and gender issues. Since 2002, he has participated in several solo and group exhibitions in Istanbul, Ankara, Vienna, Paris, London, Helsinki, Eindhoven and Lisbon. The group exhibitions he participated in are: "Along the Gates of Urban", K&S Galerie, Berlin (2004); "An Atlas of Events", Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (2007); "I Myself am War!", Open Space, Vienna (2008); "Istanbul, traversée", Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, Lille (2009); "Moods: A Generation that Goes off the Rails", École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (2010). Erinc Seymen lives and works in Istanbul.

Selected solo exhibitions

2009 Art Forum Berlin (Galerist Solo Booth), Berlin / Germany Persuasion Room, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey 2007 Man Jam, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki / Finland Gays Can Shoot Straight Too, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven / NL Hunting Season, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey 2006 Untitled, Masa Project, Istanbul / Turkey 2005 Violation Exercises, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey 2003 Uncanny Distance, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey

Selected group exhibitions

2010 Atesin Dustugu Yer, Depo, Istanbul / Turkey Port İzmir 2, İnternational Contemporary Art Triennial, Izmir / Turkey When Ideas Become Crime, Depo, Istanbul / Turkey Istanbul Cool! What's Happening in Contemporary Turkish Art Now, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heler (LTMH) gallery, New York / USA État D'ames, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris / France 2009 Istanbul Traversee, Lille 3000, Lille / France Materiak.picture, Operation Room, Istanbul / Turkey 2008 Moment of Agency – Filmprogram, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel / Switzerland I Myself am War, Open Space, Vienna / Austria Save as.. Triennale Bosiva, Milano / Italy Reasonable, Hafriyat, Istanbul / Turkey Photonic Moments, Fotogalerie des Rathaus, Graz / Austria Photonic Moments, Gallery of the Cankarjev Dom Cultural Center, Ljubljana / Slovenia 2007 Be a Realist, Demand the İmpossible!, Karşı Sanat, Istanbul / Turkey Istanbul Now, Lukas Feichtner Galerie, Istanbul / Turkey Border-Disorder, Kraljevo / Serbia An Atlas of Events, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Antonio Pinto Ribeiro, Lisbon / Portugal Alternative Election Posters, Hafriyat, Istanbul / Turkey Working Space, Pera Museum, Istanbul / Turkey Flat Tire K2, Izmir / Turkey 2006 Home and Away, UGM Gallery, Maribor / Slovenia Ardindan Degil Karşısına, Radikal Art, Bremen / Germany Topkapi, Künstlerhaus Guterabfertigund, Bremen / Germany Visions, Hotel Athens Imperial, Athens / Greece Works on Paper, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey 2005 Free Kick, Antrepo No.5, Istanbul / Turkey 2004 Along the Gates of Urban, K&S Galerie, Berlin / Germany Along the Gates of Urban, Oda Projesi, Istanbul / Turkey Visitor, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey 2003 I'm too Sad to Kill You, Proje4L, Istanbul / Turkey Good, Bad and Ugly, Atölye 111, Bilgi University, Istanbul / Turkey 2002 Under the Beach: the Pavement, Proje4L, Istanbul / Turkey