Zihnimin içinde yürümeye çalışıyorum. Kristal, küflü, iyi kötü çirkin, sarsılmış,
henüz sarılmamış anılar ve düşünceler içinde yeniden ibrahim olmaya
çalışıyorum. Her dışarı çıktığımda üzerime bulaşan bu koku. Cebinize bir
elma yada taş koymak gibi. Bu sürüklenme sürecini benim için ayrıcalıklı hale getiren, onu tıpkı kendime dönüp içime doğru bir kuyu kazmaya benzetmem. Bu zaman aralığı, daha önceleri kendime dair kabul etmediğim ve yok saydığım iyi ya da kötü pek çok şeyi kabullenme anları ile dolu.Nemli ıslak bir duygu bu. Islaklık yalnızca kayganlaşan bedenler ya da zeminleri barındırmıyor. Islaklığın kendi kokusu ve şekli var. Ben, içime doğru bu kuyuyu kazdıkça, ıslaklığın kendisine dönüştüğümü anlıyorum. İçten içe çürüyen, ıslak, ağır bir beden. Hüznü ise bu kuyudan çıktığım zaman yaşıyorum. Çünkü bu yüzleşmenin bedeli, kuyudan ayrılmak. Orada kalıp hayatınıza devam etmeniz mümkün değil.
Benim hayata dair ödevim fotoğraf çekmek. Böyle mutlu olup hayatta kalıyorum. Kendi kendime konuşma hallerimin taşa yada elmaya dönüşmesi. Benim zihnimin içinde ki döngü gibi yeniden ibrahim olmak.
I'm trying to walk inside my mind. Crystal, moldy, good bad ugly, shaken,
to become ibrahim again in the memories and thoughts that have not yet been embraced.
I'm trying. This is the smell that smears me every time I go out. One in your pocket
like putting an apple or a stone. What makes this drifting process special for me is that I don't liken it to digging a well inside myself. This period of time is full of moments of acceptance, good or bad, about many things that I did not accept and ignored about myself before. It is a damp and wet feeling. Wetness isn't just about slippery bodies or floors. Wetness has its own smell and shape. As I dig this well into me, I realize that I have become wetness itself. A wet, heavy body rotting from the inside. I feel sadness when I come out of this well. Because the price of this confrontation is to leave the well. You cannot stay there and continue with your life.
My homework in life is to take pictures. This is how I live happily. My self-talk turns into stone or apple. To be ibrahim again like the cycle in my mind.
Solo Exhibition
2021-2022 Zigzags in the Chest Cavity, Galeri Nev, Ankara, Turkey
Group Exhibitions
2022 Another Round, 17th Istanbul Biennial Neighboring Event, Galeri Nev & Kendi Collection, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 Glass Castle, Museum Evliyagil, Ankara, Turkey
2019 Golden Age, Gallery Nev, Ankara, Turkey
2019 Open, Casa Art Space, Ankara, Turkey
2019 Fermentation, group exhibition, Karşı Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
2019 Suimasen I, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University - Istanbul Photobook Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
2019 December IV, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University - Istanbul Photobook Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
2019 Ayn-ı Galip, Galip Project, Passage, Istanbul, Turkey
2018 Suimasen Editions Exhibition 001, Kova Artspace, Ankara, Turkey
2018 Latest Edition, Flat Art, Istanbul , Turkey
2018 Monomit, Gallery Nev, Ankara, Turkey
2018 2nd International Più Libri Più Liberi Photobook Festival, Italy- Rome
2018 PhaseBook: Prague Artbook & Zine Fair, Mini Zine Archive from Turkey, CAMP - Centrum Architektury a Městského Planovani, Prague, Czech Republic
2018 Volumes Independent Art Publishing Fair, Mini Zine Archive from Turkey, Zurich, Switzerland
2017 Malice, Angels' Share - 15th Istanbul Biennial Neighboring Event, Galeri Nev & DEPO, Istanbul, Turkey l
2017 Istanbul Photobook Festival, FUAM Model Book Award 2017 Finalist Books, Tophane-i Amire Ksm Tek Dome Hall, Istanbul, Turkey
2016 Let Money Be Blind, Black and White Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2016 -3, UFAT (Uludağ University Photography Society) - Uludağ Photography Days, Turkey
2015 Enis, Ka Atölye-Stone in the Well Exhibition, CerModern-HUB Art Space, Ankara, Turkey
2014 Atributum, UFAT - Uludağ Photography Days, Bursa, Turkey
2012 Kata States of Time, Ka Atelier, Ankara, Turkey
Books
2019 December IV, book, collaboration with Suimasen Editions, 100 copies, September
2018 Harbor Bich, photozine, Suimasen Editions, 50 copies, November
2017 Wet Sadness (Istanbul Photobook Festival, FUAM-Kassel Joint Jury Model Book First Prize)
2015 -3, Independent Release
2014 My Father, Independent Release
2013 Vitruvius Man, Independent Release
2012 Kata (The States of Time Workshop, with Ömer Orhun)
Workshops
2015 Storytelling, Arja Hyytiâinen, Salt Galata, Istanbul
2015 Please Take It Personally, Serdar Darendeliler & Refik Akyüz, Ka Atölye, Ankara
2014 -15 Never Ending Workshop, Orhan Cem Cetin, Ka Atelier, Ankara
2014 What Can Photographs Say, Orhan Cem Çetin, Ka Atelier, Ankara
2013 Alternative Printing Techniques, Serdar Bilici, Ka Atelier, Ankara
2013 12 Images, Ali Taptık & Okay Karadayılar, Ka Atelier, Ankara
2012 States of Time, Ömer Orhun, Ka Atelier, Ankara
Interviews
2019 Suimasen Editions - Umbilical Cord Cutting Techniques, Salt Galata, Istanbul
2018 Wet Sadness, Launch, Gallery Nev, Ankara
2018 12th UFAT Photography Days, Bursa
2018 METU Photography Festival '18 Photographer Meeting, Metü, Ankara
2017 ITU Photography Club 9th Photography Meetings, Studio-X, Istanbul
2015 Medium Format Journal, Issue 17
Prize
FUAM Istanbul Photobook Festival Dummy Book Award with Wet Sorrow in 2017
ISTANBUL IN TURKEY - 2017