Leyla Gediz

Leyla Gediz (born 1974) is a Turkish artist.^[1][2]

Life[]

Gediz grew up in İstanbul. She studied at the Chelsea College of Art and Design, the Slade School of Fine Arts, and Goldsmiths College, University of London, receiving an MA in Visual Arts.

Exhibitions[]

Selected Solo Exhibitions 2011

• Coming Soon, Rampa Gallery, İstanbul / Turkey^[3]

2010

• Under Construction, Cable Gallery, Helsinki / Finland
• Subject: Free, Galerist, İstanbul / Turkey^[4]

2009

• noa noa, Galerist Tophane, İstanbul / Turkey
• Follower, Österreichisches Sankt Georgskolleg, İstanbul / Turkey

2008

• Perfect Moment, Galerist, İstanbul / Turkey

2007

• It Takes Two, Fabian-Claude Walter Gallery, Zurich / Switzerland

2006

• Passenger, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles / USA

2005

• Uniform, Galerist, İstanbul / Turkey

2003

• Keep it a Secret, Galerist, İstanbul / Turkey

2002

• Fake Freedom Show, Galerist, İstanbul / Turkey

Selected Group Exhibitions[]

2010

• Fantasy & Island, FRAC, Corsica / France
• A Dream…but not yours: Contemporary Art from Turkey
• National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington / USA

2009

• Seriously Ironic, Biel / Switzerland
• On Connait la Chanson, Akbank Art Centre, İstanbul / Turkey

2008

• Made in Turkey © 1978- 2008, Paulskirche, Frankfurt / Germany
• Save As…, Triennale Bovisa Museum, Milan / Italy
• Last Things, Westfaelischer Kunstverein, Münster / Germany
• Sampling, Museum of Folk Art, Athens / Greece

2007

• Flat Tyre, K2, İzmir / Turkey

2006

• Of the One And the Many…, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Centre, İstanbul / Turkey
• İstanbul, Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv / Israel
• Works on Paper, Galerist, İstanbul / Turkey

2005

• Eindhoven – İstanbul, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven / The Netherlands
• Urban Reality: Focus İstanbul Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin / Germany
• Hot Spots: İstanbul, International Film Festival Rotterdam
• Off Corso, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
• Art for…, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Centre, İstanbul / Turkey

2004

• The Ghost Line, Akbank Art Centre, İstanbul / Turkey

2003

• The Power of Language, Diyarbakır Sanat Merkezi (DSM), Diyarbakır / Turkey
• Organized Conflict, Proje4L, İstanbul / Turkey
• Where? / Here?, Turkish Art Today
• The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama / Japan

2002

• İstanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions I, Nisantaşı, İstanbul / Turkey
• İstanbul Asyakası, Selected By Galeri Nev, Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, İstanbul / Turkey

2001

• Egofugal, 7th International İstanbul Biennial, Beylerbeyi Palace and Imperial Mint, İstanbul / Turkey
• Chaos and Communication, 10th Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean, Sarajevo / Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Winds to the Future, Sabancı University Kasa Gallery, İstanbul / Turkey

1999

• Cool, London / UK

References[]

External links[]

• Leyla Gediz profile on Artnet
• https://web.archive.org/web/20111231234027/http://www.rampaistanbul.com/artists/leyla-gediz/