Merve İşeri

Merve İşeri'nin (d. 1992, İstanbul) eserlerinin odağında iletişim kavramı yer alır; eserler kişisel ve arketipsel alegoriler içererek doğa, insan ve kültür arasındaki iletişim ile dil modlarını keşfeden iç manzaraları tasvir eder. İşeri, eskizlere dayalı olmayan, sezgisel bir süreç izleyen resim pratiğinde, üretiminde esneklik sağlacak olası bir birleşme için yeni bir dil bulmaya çalışır. Soyutlama ve figürasyonun kesişme noktalarını resmeden İşeri’nin için işbirliği ve iletişim araçları pratiğini şekillendirmekte önemli unsurlardır.

İşeri genellikle çıplaklığın, hamlığın, hazırlıksızlığın (hayatın karşımıza çıkarabileceği her şey için) ve farklı resim ortamları ile tuvalin veya kumaşların yüzeyi arasındaki güzel etkileşim olan estetik nedenlerden dolayı bir sembol olarak ham tuvaller kullanır; resimlerinde genellikle sprey boya, karakalem, pastel, yağlı boya, kurşun kalem, akrilik boya ve mürekkep ile çalışır.

2014 yılında Politecnico di Milano, İletişim Tasarımı bölümünden mezun olan Merve İşeri, Londra ve İstanbul’da yaşıyor ve üretiyor. Çalışmaları Londra, New York, İstanbul, Milano, Chicago, Nottingham, Brighton, Sicilya, Brüksel, Miami ve São Paulo'da çeşitli kişisel ve karma sergilerde sergilendi. Sanatçı, Ballon Rouge Collective ile Eylül 2017'de İstanbul'da ve daha sonra Nisan 2019'da Brüksel'de iki kişisel sergi açtı. Çalışmalarının yayınlandığı dergiler arasında The Financial Times, Frieze Magazine, Huffington Post, Vice ve Harper's Bazaar Turkey yer alıyor.

Education

Italian High School I.M.I – Istanbul/Turkey
Politecnico di Milano, School of Design, BA in Design of Communication, Class of 2014 Milan/Italy
Painting: Next Level, Short Course at Central Saint Martins London/UK 2016
Modern Art History, Short Course at Central Saint Martins London/UK 2016

Experience

Painting Clubb workshops at Chisenhale Education Room 2023-ongoing
Radio Show on Montez Press Radio with Heloise Tunstall Behrens London 2022
Painting Clubb workshops at SET Studios and Guest Projects (with Mint Works Collective) London/UK 2018
Gallery Assistant at Matt’s Gallery London 2017-2020
Studio/Artist Assistant for painter Michael Armitage based in London 2017-ongoing
Artist Assistant of Güneş Terkol for Art Night London 2017
Painting commission for Hotel No:81, Bodrum/Turkey 2015
Creative Director at Piografiks Art Studio, Milan/Italy 2014
Graphic Design Intern, FRS Printing Press, Istanbul - July 2013

Selected Exhibitons

Passage, Lamb Gallery, Solo Exhibition, London 2023
Time is a Child, Galerist & Perasma Istanbul, Group Exhibition, Leros 2023
Between Earthly Beings and the Unknown Cosmic World: The Continent, Julius Koller Society, Group Exhibition, Bratislava 2023
Search Party, Group Exhibition, Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Gent 2023
Hear to See, Solo Exhibition, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, New York 2022
Conversations with Memory, Group Exhibition, Cedric Bardwil Gallery, London 2022
Dog in the Window, Group Exhibition, A+B Gllery, Brescia, Italy 2022
Contemporary Istabul Art Fair, Galerist, Istanbul 2022
La finestra bacciata dalla lava, duo show with ceramicist Giovanni D’Angelo, Casapiena, Sicily 2022
Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair Bloom Edition, Galerist, Istanbul 2022
SP Arte Fair, Lamb Gallery, Sao Paolo 2022
Off the Grid, Lamb Gallery, Group Show, London 2021
Meeting in the Forest, Pablos Birthday Gallery Online Group Exhibition, New York 2020
Artissima Art fair, Ballon Rouge Collective, Torino 2020
Nada Art fair, Ballon Rouge Collective, Miami 2020
Sonnets of the Subconscious, Duo exhibition with Krista Louise Smith, Carvalho Park Gallery, New York 2020
I remember; , Group Show curated by BRC at Hannah Barry Gallery, London 2019
Art Brussels Fair, Ballon Rouge Collective, Brussels/Belgium 2019
As a chance meeting between a cloud and a rubber stamp on a cusp of land, Solo show, BR Club, Brussels/Belgium 2019
Fugue, Group Exhibition curated by Nilufer Sasmazer, Museum Evliyagil, Ankara/Turkey 2019
Text, Silence, Spectacle, Duo Show with Jennifer Ipekel, Poşe, Istanbul/Turkey 2019
Sunday Morning, Group Exhibition, Galerist, Istanbul/Turkey 2018
Painting Clubb in collaboration with Chaos Magic and Jack Cooper, Georgia O’Riley++, Chaos Magic, Nottingham/UK 2018
GHOST, collaboration with Painting Clubb, Group Show curated by Mint Works, London/UK 2018
Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Krank Art Gallery, Istanbul/Turkey 2018
Decaying Melons, Solo Show, curated by Nicole O‘Rourke, Krank Art Gallery, Istanbul/Turkey 2018
Death Smells Acacia, Duo Show with Jennifer Ipekel, SET Studios, London/UK 2018
Painting Clubb Exhibition, Group Show of collaborative paintings, SET Studios, London/UK 2018
Ladies’ Paradise, Group Exhibition, curated by Open Space Contemporary and Everything I Want, London/UK 2018
Ritimanaliz, Group Exhibition, Rem Art Space, Istanbul/Turkey 2018
Kopuntu, Group Show, curated by Milen Nae, Milan/Italy 2017
Her Brain is a Travelling White Bullet, Solo Show, Ballon Rouge Collective curated by Nicole O’Rourke, Istanbul/Turkey 2017
The Need to Doodle, Group Show, 5th Base Gallery, London/UK 2017
Caput, Group Show, Crypt Gallery curated by Merve Iseri & Daniel MacCarthy, London/UK 2017
Not Knowing the Line, Group Exhibition, AND Association London/UK 2016
My Immigration Papers, Solo Exhibition, Tom’s Etching Studio, London/UK 2016
Cultivative Domain, Milan Design Week, Atelier Wan - Milan/Italy 2015

Press

Juliet Art Magazine 2022 https://www.juliet-artmagazine.com/en/dog-in-the-window-at-ab-gallery-brescia-2/
Frieze 2019 https://frieze.com/article/best-shows-see-brussels
Wallpaper Mag 2019 https://www.wallpaper.com/art/art-brussels-2019
Artribune 2019
https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/arte-contemporanea/2019/04/art-brussels-2019-i-migliori-10-stand-della-fiera/
Istanbul Art News 2018 October Issue - Article on “Decaying Melons” Exhibition at Krank Gallery (available hard copy)
Interview on Harpers Bazaar 2018 July Issue
http://www.harpersbazaar.com.tr/lifestyle/2018/08/02/merve-iserinin-alt-metni
Financial Times 2017 https://www.ft.com/content/30496f9e-924d-11e7-83ab-f4624cccbabe
My Immigration Papers work published on Magazine “S Moda (El País)” issue April 2017 Madrid/Spain
Interview on Huffington Post 2016
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/merve-iseri-immigration-papers_us_56c623a6e4b0c3c550542cf7
Interview on Creators Project, Vice 2016 https://creators.vice.com/en_uk/article/immigration-papers-merve-iseri
Review on “Not Knowing the Line” Group Exhibition 2016:
http://www.and.org.uk/2016/11/not-knowing-the-line-and-eventspace1