Artist and writer Yasemin Özcan studied at the Ceramics and Glass Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Her works have been exhibited in various institutions and art spaces, including Pera Museum, Galerie Nord–Kunstverein Tiergarten, nGbK Berlin, SALT Beyoğlu, Arter, WKV Stuttgart, Wiener Secession, CCS Bard, Rodeo Istanbul, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul Modern, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Depo, and Ludwig Forum.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
– Wet Floor, Arter, Istanbul, 2024
– A House in Pangaltı, Istanbul, 2022
– Dead-End Bliss, artSümer, Istanbul, 2016 – What Is It That You’re Worried About?,
in collaboration with Banu Cennetoğlu, Rodeo, Istanbul, 2012
– Threehundredandone, Apartment Project, Istanbul, 2009
– Elmaslı Apt., Elmaslı Apartment, Istanbul, 2004
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
– Souvenirs of the Future, Pera Museum, Istanbul, 2024
– From the Top, On Repeat, Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul, 2023
– Witness of the Flow, Cendere Art Museum, Istanbul, 2023
– This Place, Yapı Kredi Culture and Arts, Istanbul, 2021
– Shifting Patterns, Galerie Nord–Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, 2020
– Standard, Eldem Art Space, Eskişehir, 2019 – Journey to the Spirit of Place, halka art project, Istanbul, 2019
– Standard, Adas, Istanbul, 2019
– Ausstellung der Istanbul-Stipendiatinnen, nGbK, Berlin, 2019
– Artists Pick Artists, artSümer, Istanbul, 2018 – Flâneuses, Institut Français, Istanbul, 2017
– Floating Tactics After a Sunken Island, Daire Sanat, Istanbul, 2017
– Printed’17: The Multiplier Effect, Mixer, Istanbul, 2017
– Ways Out from the World, cappadox Festival, Avanos, Nevşehir, 2017
– Harbor, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, 2017
– The Beauty of Concept, Plato Sanat, Istanbul, 2017
– A Sharp Cliff After a Soft Landing, Gaia Gallery, Istanbul, 2016
– stay with me, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam, 2016
– stay with me, Kunstraum MOM, Hamburg, 2016
– stay with me, Apartment Project Berlin, Depo, Istanbul, 2015
– stay with me, Museums Weserburg, Bremen, 2015
– Kiev, Moscow and Beyond – 20 years of springerin, Depo, Istanbul, 2015
– Century of Centuries, SALT Beyoğlu, Istanbul, 2015
– Are you talking to me?, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, 2015
– stay with me, Apartment Project Berlin, Berlin, 2014
– Artists Pick Artists, artSümer, Istanbul, 2014
– Clusters and Crystals: Observing at Point Zero, 5th International Sinop Biennial, Sinop, 2014
– This Secret World That Exists Right There in Public, Rampa Istanbul, 2014
– Carte Blanche to Nil Yalter, Galerist, Istanbul, 2014
– Learned Helplessness, Bergsen & Bergsen Gallery, Istanbul, 2014
– What Is It That You Are Worried About?, RODEO, Istanbul, 2014
– Giving Form to the Impatience of Liberty, WKV, Stuttgart, 2013
– Unrest of Form/Imagining the Political Subject, Secession, Vienna, 2013
– Project Biennial D-0 ARK Underground Biennale, Tesis D-0, Sarajevo, 2013
– Sail Away, We Must!, CDA Projects, Istanbul, 2013
– Turkish Art New and Superb, Tanas, Berlin, 2013
– Apricot City A4, Depo, Istanbul
– Where Fire Has Struck (An Exhibition on the 20th Anniversary of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey), Depo, Istanbul, 2011
– Second Exhibition, Arter, Istanbul, 2010
– It’s in My Nature!, Kasa Gallery, Istanbul, 2010 – The Best-Case Scenario, Manzara Perspectives, Istanbul, 2009
– Unfare Provocation, Hafriyat Karaköy, Istanbul, 2009
– I am not there, CCS Bard, New York, 2008
– Save As..., Triennale Bovisa, Milano, 2008
– Accumulated, 5533 i.M.Ç., Istanbul, 2008
– Video-ist, Goethe Institut, Istanbul, 2008
– Transfer, santralistanbul, Istanbul, 2007
– Video-ist, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, 2007
– From Owner with View, No:1 Ortaköy, Istanbul, 2007
– Transfer, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, 2007
– Transfer, Bochum Museum, Bochum, 2007
– Transfer, Austellung, Münster, 2007
– Tr-answer, Jülicher Str., Aachen, 2006
– Meltem of Istanbul, Project 4L, Istanbul, 2006 – Reflections from the Ordinary, K2 Contemporary Art Center, Izmir, 2006
– Between Two Sides, Aykut Barka Vapuru, Istanbul, 2005
– Art-Actually, Istanbul, 2005
– LabPlace, with Philippine Hoegen, Istanbul, 2005
– The 1000 Lies of Identity, Siemens Sanat, Istanbul, 2005
– Elmaslı Apt., Elmaslı Apartment, Istanbul, 2004
– What’s Missing?, Karşı Sanat, Istanbul, 2003 – Guest Room Is Reserved for Families Only, Karşı Sanat, Istanbul, 2003
– In Image We Trust II, DSM, Diyarbakır, 2002 – New Proposals, New Propositions 8, Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul, 2002
– 21st Contemporary Artists Exhibition, AKM, Istanbul, 2001
– 19th Contemporary Artists Exhibition, AKM, Istanbul, 1998
– Chaos 3rd Youth Action, Tüyap, Istanbul, 1997
ARTIST RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
– SaDe (Artist Support Fund), IKSV,İstanbul, 2023
– Istanbul-Berlin Artist-in-Residence Stipend, nGbK, Depo, Berlin, 2019
– Cité Internationale des Arts, Artist-in- Residence Programme, Paris, 2012
– Can Xalant Center for Contemporary Art, Artist Exchange Programme, Mataró, 2009
– Transfer, Artist Exchange Programme, North Ren-Westfalia, 2006
– Poyraz, 59th Cannes Film Festival, Short Film Category Art Direction Award, in cooperation with Budak Akalın, Cannes, 2006
– Sarkis Discussion School, Aksanat, Istanbul, 2005
– 21st Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Success Award, Istanbul, 2001
– 59. State Ceramics Competition, Success Award, Ankara, 1998
– 57. State Ceramics Competition, Success Award, Ankara, 1996
LECTURE PERFORMANCES
– The Heart of the Flâneuse, Lecture Performance, The Women's Library and Information Centre Foundation, Istanbul, 2018
– The Heart of the Flâneuse, Lecture Performance, Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Loca, Istanbul, 2018
– The Heart of the Flâneuse, Lecture Performance, Institut Français, Istanbul, 2017
– Naming Is Death, Lecture Performance, with Sena Başöz, Domates Biber Patlıcan 3, Istanbul, 2016
– Art and Healing, Lecture Performance, with Sena Başöz, SPOT Projects, Istanbul, 2015