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Biography

Özlem Köse, who graduated from Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty Painting Department in 2017, completed her master's degree at the Fine Arts Institute of the same university in 2020 with her thesis titled Repulsive Images in Contemporary Art: Abject Art. Köse's works are shaped around questions such as how politics determine everyday life and what are the manifestations of the individual's search for meaning in daily life. She is also interested in how to construct the language of the victim and the other in art. She seeks the possibilities of a production that puts the narratives of waste and ordinary objects in its center as well as her own experiences.

She generally produces in mediums such as video, painting, installation, and photography. She continues her work in Istanbul. Some of the exhibitions she participated in: Carte Blance (Akbank 40th Contemporary Artist Prize Exhibition), (Istanbul, 2022); Art As A Response To Mental Health (Doncaster, 2020); Evin Hatırladıkları; Bir İmge Dersi (Istanbul, 2019); Efemerid/Ephemera (Istanbul, 2017); Umulmadık Topraklar (Istanbul, 2016).

Education

2017-2020 Master of Arts: Painting Marmara University Fine Arts Institute, Painting Department, Istanbul.

2013-2017 Bachelor of Arts: Painting Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty, Painting Department, Istanbul.

2009-2013 High School: Gaziantep Ticaret Odası Fine Arts and Sport High School, Painting Department, Gaziantep.

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Group Shows

2025. Zaruri Alan, Artel Kolektif Sanat Derneği, Gaziantep.

2024. Eco-feminism, &Kızbaşına, Istanbul.

2023. The Witnessing, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul.

2023. Living With Numbers: Ones and Zeros, Barınhan, Istanbul.

2023. The Body Remembers (Online Exhibition), The Starving Artist, Glasgow.

2022. Carte Blance (Akbank 40th Contemporary Artist Prize Exhibition), Akbank Sanat, Istanbul 

2020. Art As A Response To Mental Health (Online Exhibition), Doncaster Art Fair, The UK.

2020. While Nobody's Watching (Online Exhibition), People and Painting Gallery, NewYork.

2019. Evin Hatırladıkları: Bir İmge Dersi, Bozlu Art Project, Istanbul.

2018. Dokunuşlar, Desen Art, Ankara, 

2018. Muğlak Alan, Caddebostan Cultural Center, Istanbul.

2018. Değişim - Dönüşüm, İspirtohane Cultural Center, Istanbul, 

2018. Rota, Kadıköy Youth Art Center, Istanbul. 

2019. Ephemerid / Ephemera, Cumhuriyet Museum, Istanbul.

2017. Marmara University 7th International Student Triennial, Istanbul.

2016. Ben-im, Galateaart Gallery, Istanbul. 

2016. Umulmadık Topraklar, “Artist 2016” 26th International Istanbul Art Fair, TUYAP, Istanbul.

2016. Sütçü İmam University 13. Painting Competition Exhibition for University Students, Kahramanmaraş.

Awards

  • The witnessing, ALİKEV Young Artist Fund, Istanbul, 2023.

  • Akbank 40th Contemporary Artist Prize Exhibition, Istanbul, 2022.

  • CultureCIVIC The Art Production Funds, Goethe Institut, Istanbul, 2022.

  • While Nobody's Watching, People and Painting Gallery, NewYork, 2020. (Juried Exhibition)

  • Third Prize in Graduation Project Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, 2017.

  • Third Best Degree Achievement Painting Department  Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, 2017. 

  • Sutcu Imam University 13. Painting Competition for University Students, 2016. (Exhibition Award)

Texts and Interviews

Talks

2024, Witnessing, Artist Talks, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul.

2022, On Disturbing in Art, Carte Blance Talks, Akbank Sanat (Online Talk) Istanbul. youtube.com/AkbankSanat

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