Leyla Gediz

Born in 1974, Leyla Gediz grew up in İstanbul. She moved to the UK to study art where she first took a foundation course at the Chelsea College of Art and Design. She then went on to study at the Slade School of Fine Arts, finally receiving her MA in Visual Arts from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Gediz is renowned for her narrative paintings and installations, inspired by her memories and experiences about growing up and living in İstanbul.

Exhibitions

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010

• Under Construction, Cable Gallery, Helsinki / Finland
• Subject: Free, Galerist, İstanbul / Turkey

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

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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