Sinem Dişli
Education
2004 – 2007 Master of Fine Arts, Marmara University Photography Department,
Istanbul, Turkey The Use of Photography in the Art Movements of the 20th Century and Photog-
raphy’s Relationship with the Concept of Avant-Garde, MFA Thesis
2000 – 2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
Additional Education Programs and Courses
2011 Developing a Personal Project, Corinne Botz, Cooper Union, New York
2010 Regarding Intimacy, Saul Robbins, International Center of Photography, New York
2009 Art and Photography, Anne Gorrissen, International Center, New York
2005 Photographing of Silahtaraga Power Plant and its Concept of Visualization,
Orhan Cem Cetin, Bilgi University, Istanbul
Selected Awards and Residencies
2024 Beykoz Kundura Vardiya Program, Istanbul
2023 Residency on the Road Call, Decolonizing Food: Water, Land and Heritage,
Kosovo, Sicilia, Turkiye
2022 LMCC, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, ARTS CENTER RESIDENCY
GOVERNORS ISLAND, New York
2020 Marble House Project Artist Residency Program, Dorset, Vermont
2016 Open Spine (Artist Book Making), Nico Baumgarten & Michela Polermo,
Mimar Sinan Istanbul
2015 Triangle Arts Association Residency Program, New York
2015 Intiba, FUAM Photography Book Dummy Award Selection, Mimar Sinan
University, Istanbul
2014 Intiba, Unseen Book Dummy Award Selection, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam
2008 Summer Residency Program, School of Visual Arts, New York
2004 Young Talents in Turkish Photography, Geniş Açi Photography Magazine, Turkey
2004 Turgut Pura Sculpture Award, 1st Place, Izmir
2003 Originality in Printmaking Award, 1st Place, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Deep Time, Martch Art Project, istanbul
2019 ‘Hollows and Mounds: A Take on Göbeklitepe’, which compromises photographs, videos,
paintings and installations are exhibited simultaneously at the Ara Güler
Museum and Leica Gallery Istanbul.
2017 RUTUBET, Photography and mixed media, TOZ artist run space, Istanbul
2015 Cereyan (Currents), Photography and mixed media exhibition, EP Gallery, Istanbul
2013 Anamnesis, Photography installation, AyzART independent art space, New York
2011 Intiba (First Impression), Photography installation, Han38, Istanbul
2007 Özdirenç (Resistance), Photography installation, Yakin Kitabevi Gallery, Izmir
2004 Anxiety, Photography exhibition, İletisim Kitabevi Gallery, Izmir
Selected Bienals, Group Exhibitions & Festivals
2025 upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, 2025
2024 Critical Shifts, Curators: Maria Korolkova, Margarita Osepyan, Kate Umnova, Istanbul
2024 Sakin Topraklar | Resident Soils, Eldem Sanat Alani, Eskişehir
2023 When it comes to trees, Cendere Sanat, 2023
2022 Future and Contemporaneity, 14 Bienal de La Habana (Havana ArtBiennial) Cuba
2022 Sound is the Silence of the Image, Foto Wien, Vienna
2021 Sandstorm–And Then There was Dust, Curator: Sarah Maske, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin
2021 This Place, Yarimburgaz Cave, Curator: Kevser Güler, Yapı Kredi Kültür, Istanbul
2020 Sandstorm – And Then There was Dust, Curator: Sarah Maske, Deposu, Istanbul
2020 Crystal Clear, Curator: Elena Sorokina, Pera Museum, Istanbul
2020 “Scale / Ölçek”, Curator: Ezgi Bakçay, Versus Art Project, Istanbul
2019 “Faust” Protect Me from What I Want, Tüyap Fair, Istanbul
2019 You Are What You Eat, Curator: Natasha Christia, Kraków Photo Month, Poland
2018 A Pillar of Smoke, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
2018 Distant Points of Interest [within close range], Large Meadow, Ariel Sanat, Istanbul
2018 Intiba (First-impression), Thessalonike international Photography Festival, Greece
2018 Monomyth / Monomit, Galeri Nev, Istanbul
2018 Printed ‘18, Mixer, Istanbul
2018 Becoming: Cure as Care / Olagen, Daire Sanat, Istanbul
2018 Intiba (First-impression), İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi Sergi Salonu, İzmir
2018 Havza / Watershed, The Circle Space, Istanbul