Seda Hepsev
Born in Istanbul
Lives and works in Zurich.

Residency and Awards

2023 - Pro Helvetia Work Grant

2022 - City of Zürich Art Grant (Awarded)

            Swiss Art Awards (Nominated)

2022 - Souvenir Souvenir Artist Residency, Lugano.

2022-2021 - Work Grant Covid-19, City of Zurich
2013 - Residency, Kunsthaus Aussersihl
Rotationatelier og9, Zurich.
2011 - Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
Scholarship of Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts.
2008 - Fiskars Artist in Residence Program, Fiskars, Helsinki Finland.
2006- Residency Pro-Helvetia, Christoph Merian Foundation IAAB, Basel.
2006 - Residency and Workshop “Collaborations on Site”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland.
2005 – Residency, Art Dulcinium, Ulcinj, Montenegro.

Selected Exhibitions

2024

Killjoy, Kabinett Visarte Zürich (February)

Venus von Muri eine Spurensuche, Museen Kloster Muri (August)

2023

Criss Cross, Château Hornegg au Lac, Zurich

Dinosaur -like Emotions, Xist, Istanbul (solo)

Rose Related, Quartz Studio, Turin (solo)

2022

61/2 Group Show,  Château Hornegg au Lac, Zurich. 

Work and Studio Grants, City of Zurich, Helmhaus.

Swiss Art Awards, Messezentrum Basel.
2021
Grosse Regionale, Altefabrik, Rapperswil.
Grounded, Mediality & Materiality III, Förderverein Aktuelle Kunst, Münster.
What's Cooking? A re-Arrangement eine Um-Ordnung, Austellungsraum Klingental, Basel.

2020
Bonus Track 05, Project with Latefa Wiersch und Ana Rakel Ruiz de Sabando,
Kunsthaus Aussersihl, Vitrinen Müllerstrasse, Zürich.
Stranger than Paradise, Xist, Istanbul. (solo exhibition)
Familien Modelle, Experiment, Recherche, Austellung,
Shedhalle, Zürich.

2019
Body Topography, VOLUMES, Kunsthalle Zürich.
Living Room, Project with Latefa Wiersch und Ana Rakel Ruiz de SabandoStadionbrache Hardturm, Zürich.
Love in the Time of Social Media, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich.
Roots and Growth, Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures, Be'er Sheva.

2018
Hier Baut Das Kunsthaus Aussersihl, Stundengalerie Ammboss Rampe, Zurich.
Common Affairs, Eine Verflechtung gemeinsamer Angelegenheiten, NAIRS-Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Scoul.
Die Versammlung, Shedhalle, Zürich.

2017
Untertage, Best of visarte zürich & guests, Dolder Waldhaus Zürich.
The Gang, Kunst am Bau, Rote Fabrik, Zürich.
Zine to March, Clandestine Life of the BoycottGiiirls 'Publication, Corner College, Zürich.
Sirens and Mermaids, xist, Istanbul. (solo exhibition)

2015
Hands on Hips, Kunstkasten, Winterthur. (solo exhibition)
Challenging Identities, Concordia, Enschede, Netherlands.
Stay with me, DEPO, Istanbul.

2014
Hymmelwärts 14, Station 21, Zurich.
Stay with me, Apartment Project, Berlin.
Future Scenarios with an Open End, mobile archive project "emmcmakeabook #5", Künstlerhaus Stuttgart.

2013
Domestic Exchange, Rotationatelier og9 Kunsthaus Aussersihl, Zurich.

2012
Dream and Reality, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul.
A lot of Tango, 5533, Istanbul.

2011
A New Hook, Re-thinking Needlework, Museum Bellerive, Zurich.

2010
Contract, Workshop und Austellung mit Sophie Calle, Antrepo, Istanbul.
Agora, Feldstärke International, CENTQUARTE, Paris.
Austausch, Feldstärke International, Pact Zollverein, Essen.

2007
Be a Realist, Demand the Impossible, Karsi Art Gallery, Istanbul.
Working Space, Knitting Workshop with Men, Pera Museum, Istanbul.

2006
Ressource Humaines, Musée des Beaux-Arts – Mulhouse.
Collaborations on Site, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki.

Education

2013- Ph.D., Faculty of Arts and Design, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.
2004-M.A., Faculty of Arts and Design, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.
2000-B.A., Fine Arts Faculty, Marmara University, Istanbul.

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