Seda Hepsev
About
After graduating from Marmara University, Painting Department and completing the
Sufficiency in Arts Program in Yıldız Technical University (in 2013), Hepsev had the following
exhibitions at x-ist: “Intersection I” (2005), “The Null Element” (2007), “Some Wrongs Do
Make a Right” (2008), “Everyone is a Kid at a Kids’ Birthday Party” (2011), “Disguise” (2013),
“a mountain on a finger, a mountain in the anus, a mountain on top of an elephant” (2015)
and “Sirens and Mermaids” (2017).
Her drawing exhibition “A Lot of Tango” took place in IMC 5533 (Istanbul) in 2012. Hepsev
participated in many international exhibitions and art fairs such as “stay with me” (DEPO,
Istanbul, 2015), “A new hook. Rethinking Needlework” (Switzerland, 2011), “Istanbul Now”
(Vienna, 2007), “Art Dulcinium” (Serbia, 2005), 11th Biennial of Young Artists of Europe and
the Mediterranean (Athens, 2003), “Istanbul’s Doors” (Amiens, 1999), “Young Expansions”
(Pera Museum, 2005), Contemporary Istanbul’07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15, St-art 2009
(14th European Contemporary Art Fair, Strasbourg, France), Vienna Art Fair 2011, Art Beat
2011 (Istanbul), VIP Art Fair 2012, SCOPE Basel 2010 & 2012, ArtInternational 2014
(Istanbul).
Hepsev took place in the artist residency program at Cite International des Arts (Paris) in
2011 and also exhibited her work in the group show “Dream & Reality” at The Istanbul
Museum of Modern Art (2011 - 2012). Hepsev was invited as a visiting artist by OG9 Zurich
Kunsthaus Aussersihl where she exhibited her project titled “Clocks”. In 2015, she exhibited
her solo project & Hands on Hips& at Kunstkasten (Zurich, Switzerland) and participated in the
group show titled "Challenging Identities&; (Concordia, Enschede, Hollanda), Seda Hepsev is
featured in the book “Unleashed: Contemporary Art from Turkey” first published in 2010.
