THE SOURCE: ELİF URASCurator, The Source, Galata, Istanbul, TR, 2018. A site-specific installation at a previously vacant historic storefront of the 150 year-old Galata Greek School, featuring a wall of ceramic tiles, a functioning ceramic fountain & drawings. In partnership with Galerist and Kale. Teaser about the installation here; simultaneously launched artist monograph, edited by the curator, here.Related Press: Hatice Utkan Özden, 'The Source' invents in women’s power, Hürriyet Daily News, 27 November 2018. Available hereİrem Yaşar, Elif Uras' eye-popping colors and curved forms shape her first monograph, Daily Sabah, 3 December 2018. Available hereElif Tanrıyar, Farklı kültürlerin ‘Kaynak’ına yolculuk, Hürriyet, 6 December 2018. Article in Turkish here
READING ROOMCurator, Reading Room, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar, 2015. A curatorial project around the role of books & community-building in artistic practices with George Awde, Monira al Qadiri, Mayssa Fattouh, Namkha Beschi, Laura Barlow & Abdellah Karroum among others
PROPOSALS ON MONUMENTALITYGuest Curator, Proposals on Monumentality, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE, 2014.An international group exhibition featuring Aslı Çavuşoğlu, Iman Issa, Christian Jankowski, Amina Menia, Seher Shah & Santiago Sierra. Installation views and press release available here.Related Press: Anna Seaman, Proposals on Monumentality explores whether monuments can go beyond representing memories, The National, 14 December 2014. Available here
BRIGITTE KOWANZ: CUT A LONG STORY SHORT Assistant Curator, Brigitte Kowanz’s Cut a Long Story Short, curated by Kathleen Forde, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, TR, 2013.Exhibition brochure here
BORUSAN CONTEMPORARY, 2012-13Oversaw curatorial matters regarding temporary & collections exhibitions, commissions, publications. Selected exhibitions include “Datascape: what you see may not be what you get” curated by Benjamin Weil here“Anima: U-Ram Choe” curated by Choi Doo Eun Choi here“4to2floors: Gerwald Rockenshaub” curated by Necmi Sönmez hereDaniel Canogar’s site-specific commission Crossroads (2012) hereSegment: Selections from Borusan Contemporary Art Collection, curated by Necmi Sönmez, hereSpot On: Sol le Witt here
ICI CURATORIAL INTENSIVE, MARRAKESHICI Curatorial Intensive, Dar al-ma'mûn, Marrakesh, Morocco, 2016 The Curatorial Seminar in Marrakech unites Curatorial Intensive Alumni and independent curators to explore relevant topics such as cultural translation, framing of local practices, regional and international networking, and writing and editing. With the support of peers and mentors, the group collaboratively examines and tackles these significant issues.Mentors and Presenters: Omar Berrada (Director, Dar al-Ma’mûn), María del Carmen Carrión (Director of Public Program and Research, ICI), Renaud Proch (Executive Director, ICI), and Julian Myers (Associate Professor of Curatorial Practice, CCA, and Senior Editor, The Exhibitionist)Read ‘Not New Now’ here
ICI Curatorial Intensive, Dar al-ma'mûn, Marrakesh, Morocco, 2015 (SAHA Scholarship)This week-long intensive with global participants focused on the cultural landscape of West Africa and the Maghreb while also exploring the role of curators working for local and international audiences.Facilitators: Bisi Silva, Reem Fadda, Shuddha Sengupta, Hassan Darsi and others. More here
A.i.R DUBAI, UAECurator-in-Residence, A.i.R Dubai, UAE, 2014.A three-month residency providing curatorial support for the UAE-based and international artists Nadia Ayari, Sunoj D, Sara al Haddad, Miriam al Qassimi and Maitha Demithan. An Open Studio of new commissions, public talks and publication in partnership with Delfina Foundation, Art Dubai, Tashkeel and Dubai Culture. More here