Natalya Saprunova, The Evenki People, Custodians of the Resources of Yakutia
Exhibition
Earth Is Not Flat, But Soon Will Be:
Climate Stories Near & Far
The exhibition title hints at the oblivion of modern society and the persistent disinformation on climate change. By evoking the archaic notion of a flat earth and the widespread misconception that ancient civilizations unanimously subscribed to this belief, “Earth Is Not Flat, But Soon Will Be” underscores the shortsighted and neglectful “modern” practices that result in irreversible damage on the environment and society at large. It also alludes to the irony that modern society considers itself superior to ancient ones, although it harms the earth more.
Neimenster, Luxembourg, 28 June – 30 September, 2024
Exhibition
Earth Is Not Flat, But Soon Will Be:
Climate Stories Near & Far
The exhibition title hints at the oblivion of modern society and the persistent disinformation on climate change. By evoking the archaic notion of a flat earth and the widespread misconception that ancient civilizations unanimously subscribed to this belief, “Earth Is Not Flat, But Soon Will Be” underscores the shortsighted and neglectful “modern” practices that result in irreversible damage on the environment and society at large. It also alludes to the irony that modern society considers itself superior to ancient ones, although it harms the earth more.
Neimenster, Luxembourg, 28 June – 30 September, 2024
Natalya Saprunova, The Evenki People, Custodians of the Resources of Yakutia
Cansu Yıldıran, The Dispossessed
Exhibition
A Room of One’s Own
The exhibition takes its name from the book A Room of One’s Own written by Virginia Woolf, one of the most remarkable modernist novelists of the 20th century. Woolf talks about the disadvantages of being a woman in the male-dominated art world – particularly in the literary scene – and proposes ways to bring out women’s creativity through stories that oscillate between reality and fiction.
The artists, Cansu Yıldıran, Imane Djamil and Ofir Berman resist convention and transcend boundaries in their documentary work that resemble fiction. Each artist seeks traces of their identity in the collective memory of their hometowns, traditions, and tales of the past.
Neimenster, Luxembourg, 10 May – 01 June, 2023
Exhibition
Taming Nature
The artists of the Helsinki School of Photography have started to explore nature around the same time that the Nobel-prize winning atmospheric chemist Paul J. Crutzen popularized the term “Antropocene” – the most recent period in Earth’s history where human activity has a drastic impact on the ecosystem.
In their first exhibition in Luxembourg, Helsinki School artists Sandra Kantanen, Jaakko Kahilaniemi and Riitta Päiväläinen stimulate new discussions around the suffering relationship between humankind and nature in this current epoque called Anthropocene, which forms the theme of the European Month of Photography.
Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg, 26 May – 26 June 2021
Jaakko Kahılanıemı, Sandra Kantanen, Rııtta Paıvalaınen
Jaakko Kahılanıemı, Sandra Kantanen, Rııtta Paıvalaınen
Exhibition
Taming Nature
The artists of the Helsinki School of Photography have started to explore nature around the same time that the Nobel-prize winning atmospheric chemist Paul J. Crutzen popularized the term “Antropocene” – the most recent period in Earth’s history where human activity has a drastic impact on the ecosystem.
In their first exhibition in Luxembourg, Helsinki School artists Sandra Kantanen, Jaakko Kahilaniemi and Riitta Päiväläinen stimulate new discussions around the suffering relationship between humankind and nature in this current epoque called Anthropocene, which forms the theme of the European Month of Photography.
Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg, 26 May – 26 June 2021
Nichole Sobecki, Where Our Land Was
A team of eight women photographers from The Everyday Projects highlights how modern migration is impacting women worldwide in a project published this year in National Geographic Magazine. While the United Nations estimates more than one billion people today are migrating across international borders, women in particular are disproportionately affected by the major issues facing our world and are on the go more than ever.
From Singapore and Honduras to South Africa and Yemen, these stories spanning nearly 15 communities around the globe show the massive scope of how social, economic, political, and climate issues (among many others) are pushing and pulling women from their homes.
Selected Exhibitions
2016-2019
Curated exhibitions with the following artists within the Leica Gallery Istanbul program: Horst P. Horst, Bruno Barbey, Thomas Hoepker, Werner Bischof, Tahmineh Monzavi, Anni Leppala, Charlotte Schmitz, Nazif Topcuoglu Alp Sime, Ali Taptık, Meltem Işık, Ahmet Polat, Cansu Yıldıran.
Examples: Bruno Barbey: 3D video / Ali Taptik: Video
2009-2016
Worked with the following artists at Gallery x-ist: Ekin Saçlıoğlu Canan Şenol, Nuri Kuzucan, Burhan Kum, Erkut Terliksiz, Ceren Oykut, Seda Hepsev, Ali Elmacı, Nalan Yırtmaç, Murat Palta among many others. Participated in international art fairs including Art Basel Hong Kong, Photo London, Art Stage Singapore, Artissima, Art Dubai, Unseen Amsterdam, Arco Madrid, Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair.