irem sözen, born in Istanbul, 1984
education
PhD Building Science, İstanbul Technical University
MSc Architectural Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
BSc Civil Engineering, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul
exhibitions
Personal
' turnaround/geri bak ', curated by Ilgın Deniz Akseloğlu, Operation Room Gallery, Istanbul, 2015
Group
'Sound is the Silence of the Image' curated by Fatih Aydogdu, Fabrikraum, Vienna,
11-30 March, 2022
'Rethinking Nature', Foto Wien, 2022
'Rethinking Nature', Imago Lisboa, 2021
'Rethinking Nature', Mois européen de la photographie Luxembourg, Casino Luxembourg, 2021
'The Female Side of The Moon', curated by Özlem Sarıyıldız, Galerie Z22, Berlin, January 23 - March 27, 2021
' L'oeil et la Nuit', curated by Geraldine Bloch, Institut des Cultures d'Islam, Paris, 2019-2020
' Monomyth /Monomit ', Galeri Nev, Ankara, 2018
' Hayvanların Tarafı/ The Animal Side ', curated by Ahmet Ergenç, Mixer Gallery, İstanbul, 2017
' Toplayıcılar // Les Glaneurs et Les Glaneuses ', curated by Ezgi Bakçay and Selim Süme, Versus Art Project, İstanbul, 2016
' imgeyle/ image still ', Mixer Gallery, İstanbul, 2016
' (re)present exhibist: 2 years', curated by Anna Zizlsperger, Mixer Gallery, İstanbul, 2015
' Personal Mythologies', curated by Helio Leon, Cork Photo Festival, Ireland, 2015
' Six Personnalités en Quête d'Intime ', curated by Nathalie Gallon, Galerie François Paviot, Paris, 2014
' Editions V/Edisyonlar V ' curated by Refik Akyüz and Serdar Darendeliler, Elipsis Gallery, Istanbul, 2014
' ISSP 2014 Final Works ', Kuldiga, Latvia, 2014
' Cardiff ', 9th UFAT Photography Festival , Bursa, Turkey, 2014
' ISSP 2011 Final Works ', Kuldiga, Latvia, 2011
Photobook exhibitions
'Athens Photo Festival', Benaki Museum, Athens, 2016
'Athens Photo Festival', Benaki Museum, Athens, 2015
'Bookletlibrary', www.bookletlibrary.org, Tokyo
books
aralık, 2016
recall, 2012
my lies are wishes, 2005
publications
turnaround, catalogue book, designed by Okay Karadayılar, 2015
Blacklie Volume I, 2014
Imago Mundi Project, 2016
photography workshops & courses
‘The Photobook, going beyond the form’ by Teun van der Heijden, Istanbul, 2014
‘Why do you want to make a book?’ by Ania Nalecka, Rafal Milach and Nico Baumgarten, ISSP, Kuldiga, 2014
Hellen van Meene Masterclass, GAPO, İstanbul, 2014
Personal Documentary Workshop by Michael Ackerman, ISSP Kuldiga, 2011
Alternative Photo Printmaking by Loris Medici, Istanbul Photography Centre, 2010
Photography and Intermedia courses by Jeffrey Baykal Rollins, Bogazici University, 2005-06
workshops as tutor
Bookbinding Workshop, at Ka Atölye, Ankara, 2016
Bookbinding Workshop, at Filbooks, İstanbul, 2016
Personal Approach, Yıldız Technical University, İstanbul, 2015
Bookbinding Workshop, Boğaziçi University, 2014
Texts / Interviews
‘Seamonster’, article by Geraldine Bloch, Camera, quarterly magazine, Paris, 2018
'Seeking Oneness', by Nathalie Gallon (originally written in French), 2014
'İrem Sözen ile Çalışmalarına Dair', Interview by İpek Çınar & Begüm Akın, Orta Format magazine, 2016
'Kayıp Zamanın Peşinde', Serdar Darendeliler, Artfulliving, 2015
'İrem Sözen'in Birkaç Fotoğrafı Üzerine', Merve Ünsal, Orta Format magazine, 2014
'Bir Hissiyatın Fotoğrafları', interview by Kürşat Bayhan , 2015
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