studio
Istanbul-Turkey
contact
nergizyesill@gmail.com
Nergiz Yeşil was born in Istanbul in 1988. She graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Sculpture Department in 2014. She completed his postgraduate education in the same department of the same educational institution in 2020. She wrote her master’s thesis on bio art with the title of “Using Biological Material In Artwork”. In 2018, she studied at The Artesis Plantijn Hogeshool Antwerpen -The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp – sculpture department in Belgium – Antwerp with Erasmus student exchange program. She has participated in many group exhibitions and projects in Europe and Turkey. Her first solo exhibition, Paleontology Museum, took place in PG Art Gallery in 2019. She was awarded many awards including Sabancı Art Awards. She continues his life and studies in Istanbul.
The conceptual framework and/or sensitivity of the artistic practice of Nergiz Yeşil can be defined with the following concepts of “normal-abnormal, anomaly”; pointing out norms- their formations, qualified majority, the forces of this majority and norms, the fact of exposure, the cycle of birth-life-death. The artist creates this questioning by combining ready-made material, the fragments of known species made with organic material an/or propositions of new species.
The current series of works by the artist, Same Roots Different Species “Other Possible Normals” is formed by creating new species in reference to familiar living things (made by using kombucha tissue culture/scoby to create organic material) and displaying them together with cupboards like cabinets of curiosities including an artist book about the possible anthropology of the new species. The critical approach is towards the historiography and epistemology with the acceptance of their cumulative nature, creating an alternative way of mental reality.
Education
2007-2014 Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University,Fine Art Faculty,Sculpture Department
2017-2020 Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University,Fine Art Faculty,Sculpture Department (master)
2018 Artesis Plantijn Hogeshool Antwerpen -The Royal Academy Of Fine Arts Antwerp (Erasmus Exchange Student Of Sculpture Department)
Solo Exhibition
2019 Paleontology Museum, Pg Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Project Exhibitions
2019 Other Possibilities, Pg Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (installation solo project)
2018 The Freak Shop, Collectiv National, Antwerp, Belgium (Duo project)
Group Exhibitions
2021 One Akaretler, Akaretlerde, İstanbul, Turkey Kurator: Begüm Güney
“Yeniden”, AKM Gallery, İstanbul, Turkey Curator: Haldun Dostoğlu Co-curator :Gizem Gedik
“Yarının Dünyasına İvmeyle”, Yıldız Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey Curator: Eşref Alemdar
2020 Cadavre Exquis, Galeri Nev İstanbul, İstanbul, Turkey-Curator: Gizem Gedik
After Us, Pg Art Gallery, İstanbul, Turkey – Curator: Yonca Karakaş
2019 Plugin İstanbul, Contemporary İstanbul 19, Turkey – Curator: Esra Özkan
Manifold M.I.I. TTC, London, UK -Curator: Esra Özkan
Bang.Art Innovation Prix, Studio-x , İstanbul, Turkey
Greenmold, Mixer, İstanbul, Turkey
2016 Metastasis , Rem Art Space, İstanbul, Turkey
2015 Summer Collection, Mixerarts, İstanbul, Turkey
2014 ‘Borders Orbits 15-16’, Siemens Art Gallery, İstanbul, Turkey
Mamut Art Project, İstanbul, Turkey
States Of Material 2 Exhibition, Armaggan Art & Design Gallery, İstanbul, Turkey
2013 Erdemir ‘Steel and Life National Sculpture Competition Exhibition, İstanbul, Turkey
2012 Borusan Waste Metal Transformation Sculpture Competition Exhibition, İstanbul, Turkey
Amateras İnternational Paper Sculpture Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010 Kastamonu Wooden Sculpture Symposium and Exhibition, Kastamonu, Turkey
2008 Prysmian ‘İn My Life’ Symposium and Exhibition , Mudanya, Turkey
Symposiums
2015 16. International Büyükçekmece Culture and Art Festival,İstanbul, Turkey (stone sculpture asisting)
2010 10. İnternational Mediterranean Art Schools Meeting Workshop, İstanbul, Turkey
Kastamonu Wooden Sculpture Symposium and Exhibition, Kastamonu, Turkey
2008 Prysmian ‘İn My Life’ Symposium, Mudanya, Turkey
Awards
2015 22. Sakıp Sabancı Art Award ,Sculpture –Third place-
2014 Young Entrepreneurs Competition , İstanbul, Turkey –Third place-
2013 İpek Ahmet Merey Painting and Sculpture Competition, İstanbul, Turkey – Awarded-
Erdemir ‘Steel and Life National Sculpture Competition, İstanbul, Turkey-First place-
Hitay Yatırım Holding Art Basel Trip Competition – Awarded-
2012 İpek Ahmet Merey Painting and Sculpture Competition, İstanbul, Turkey – Awarded-
Borusan Waste Metal Transformation Sculpture Competition, İstanbul, Turkey -First place-
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