{{Short description|Turkish artist (born 1980)}} '''Erinç Seymen''' (born 1980 Istanbul) is a Turkish artist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turkishculture.org/whoiswho/visual-arts/erinc-seymen-2054.htm |title=who's who : erinc seymen |publisher=Turkishculture.org |date= |accessdate=2012-12-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://artradarjournal.com/2010/10/22/asian-artists-overwhelm-artprice-list-of-top-ten-artists-under-thirty/ |title=Asian artists overwhelm Artprice list of top ten artists under thirty | Art Radar Asia |publisher=Artradarjournal.com |date=2010-10-22 |accessdate=2012-12-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Fowler|first1=Susanne|title=Seducing Dealers Without Giving in to Their Demands|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/arts/international/seducing-dealers-without-giving-in-to-their-demands.html?_r=0|accessdate=18 January 2016|publisher=The New York Times|date=16 October 2013}}</ref>
==Life== He graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Painting Department in 2006 and received his MA from Yıldız Technical University Art and Design Faculty, with a thesis about Bob Flanagan.
He participated in conferences and his articles has been published in various magazines on topics such as militarism, nationalism and gender issues. Since 2002, he has participated in several solo and group exhibitions in Istanbul, Ankara, Vienna, Paris, London, Helsinki, Eindhoven and Lisbon. The group exhibitions he participated in are: "Along the Gates of Urban", K&S Galerie, Berlin (2004); "An Atlas of Events", Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (2007); "I Myself am War!", Open Space, Vienna (2008); "Istanbul, traversée", Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, Lille (2009); "Moods: A Generation that Goes off the Rails", École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (2010). Erinc Seymen lives and works in Istanbul.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rampaistanbul.com/artists/erinc-seymen/ |title=Erinç Seymen - RAMPA Istanbul – Art Gallery – Sanat Galerisi |publisher=Rampaistanbul.com |date= |accessdate=2012-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224031116/http://www.rampaistanbul.com/artists/erinc-seymen/ |archive-date=2012-12-24 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
==Selected solo exhibitions==
'''2009''' * Art Forum Berlin (Galerist Solo Booth), Berlin / Germany<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-187795-erinc-seymen-displays-works-at-art-forum-berlin.html |title=Erinç Seymen displays works at Art Forum Berlin |publisher=Todayszaman.com |date=2009-09-24 |accessdate=2012-12-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116172402/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-187795-erinc-seymen-displays-works-at-art-forum-berlin.html |archivedate=2013-01-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xamtom_art-forum-berlin-2009-highlights_creation |title=Art Forum Berlin 2009 Highlights - Video Dailymotion |publisher=Dailymotion.com |date=2009-09-28 |accessdate=2012-12-23}}</ref> * Persuasion Room, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey '''2007''' * Man Jam, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki / Finland * Gays Can Shoot Straight Too, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven / NL * Hunting Season, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey '''2006''' * Untitled, Masa Project, Istanbul / Turkey '''2005''' * Violation Exercises, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey '''2003''' * Uncanny Distance, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey
==Selected group exhibitions==
'''2010''' * Atesin Dustugu Yer, Depo, Istanbul / Turkey * Port İzmir 2, İnternational Contemporary Art Triennial, Izmir / Turkey * When Ideas Become Crime, Depo, Istanbul / Turkey * Istanbul Cool! What's Happening in Contemporary Turkish Art Now, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heler (LTMH) gallery, New York / USA * État D'ames, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris / France '''2009''' * Istanbul Traversee, Lille 3000, Lille / France * Materiak.picture, Operation Room, Istanbul / Turkey '''2008''' * Moment of Agency – Filmprogram, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel / Switzerland * I Myself am War, Open Space, Vienna / Austria * Save as.. Triennale Bosiva, Milano / Italy * Reasonable, Hafriyat, Istanbul / Turkey * Photonic Moments, Fotogalerie des Rathaus, Graz / Austria * Photonic Moments, Gallery of the Cankarjev Dom Cultural Center, Ljubljana / Slovenia '''2007 ''' * Be a Realist, Demand the İmpossible!, Karşı Sanat, Istanbul / Turkey * Istanbul Now, Lukas Feichtner Galerie, Istanbul / Turkey * Border-Disorder, Kraljevo / Serbia * An Atlas of Events, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Antonio Pinto Ribeiro, Lisbon / Portugal * Alternative Election Posters, Hafriyat, Istanbul / Turkey * Working Space, Pera Museum, Istanbul / Turkey * Flat Tire K2, Izmir / Turkey '''2006''' * Home and Away, UGM Gallery, Maribor / Slovenia * Ardindan Degil Karşısına, Radikal Art, Bremen / Germany * Topkapi, Künstlerhaus Guterabfertigund, Bremen / Germany * Visions, Hotel Athens Imperial, Athens / Greece * Works on Paper, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey '''2005''' * Free Kick, Antrepo No.5, Istanbul / Turkey '''2004''' * Along the Gates of Urban, K&S Galerie, Berlin / Germany * Along the Gates of Urban, Oda Projesi, Istanbul / Turkey * Visitor, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey '''2003''' * I'm too Sad to Kill You, Proje4L, Istanbul / Turkey * Good, Bad and Ugly, Atölye 111, Bilgi University, Istanbul / Turkey '''2002''' * Under the Beach: the Pavement, Proje4L, Istanbul / Turkey
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *http://www.artnet.com/artists/erinc-seymen/past-auction-results *http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/erinc-seymen-80307/profile.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20100401113437/http://www.i-straddle.com/2009/05/erinc-seymen-galerist.html *http://www.sothebys.com/en/catalogues/ecatalogue.html/2011/contemporary-art-turkish-l11221#/r=/en/ecat.fhtml.L11221.html+r.m=/en/ecat.lot.L11221.html/44/ *http://opymoscollection.com/artist_detail.asp?AID=32 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426062958/http://opymoscollection.com/artist_detail.asp?AID=32 |date=2012-04-26 }}
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