Tuğçe Diri
Visual Artist İ Painter
Tuğçe Diri was born in Eskişehir in 1984.
In 2002, she graduated from Eskişehir Anatolian Fine Arts High School and in 2010 she graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Applied Lithography Atelier and Painting Department. She opened her first studio in 2010 and continued her works.
In 2019, she completed her Master’s Degree at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Painting with the thesis “Reflections of Traditional Arts on Contemporary Turkish Painting”.
Working mainly with techniques such as paint and collage on canvas and paper, aswell as traditional techniques such as stitching, lace and embroidery, Diri puts drawingat the beginning of her production practice. For her, drawing has always existed asan experimental practice.
Diri draws from a wide range of sources, from Arte Poverato Surrealism, from the dynamism of the Abstract Expressionists to the text paintingtraditions of Islamic Arts. Tuğçe Diri works by blending the concepts of history, memory, culture and naturewith visual culture based on tradition, colliding cultural differences and similaritieson the formal plane in the context of art and craft.
Tuğçe Diri lives and produces in Istanbul.
Education
1997 - 2002
2004 - 2010
2004 - 2010
2013 - 2019
2023 -
Eskişehir Anatolian Fine Arts High School
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Painting
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Print Making
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Painting, M.F.A.
Istanbul University, Open and Distance Education Faculty,
Cultural Heritageand Tourism
Thesis: “Reflections of Traditional Arts on Contemporary Turkish Painting”
Solo Shows
2024
2022
2022
2018
2016
Underneath The Stones; Moment and Archive, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
‘Mono-Signs’, Anna Laudel Gallery, Düsseldorf
‘Mono-Signs’, Residency Exhibition Vrijhof Culture, Enschede
Another World’, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
‘Loop’, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
Publications & Workshops & Artist Residencies & Talks
2024
2024
2022
2022
2020
2018
2018
2017
‘Underneath The Stones; Moment and Archive’ Exhibition Catalog, 500 Hard Copies by
Anna Laudel Gallery
‘Underneath The Stones; Moment and Archive’ Exhibition Talk, in conversation with Derya Yücel, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
Live Drawing Performance, Vrijhof Culture, University of Twente, Enschede
AreHolland, 3 Months Artist Residency, Enschede, Netherlands
The Stones Tell: Essays on Fragments and Temporal Fractures, Salt Online Study Groups: Workshop By Hera Büyüktaşçıyan
Artist Talk, Another World, in conversation with Gizem Gedik, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
‘Another World’ Exhibition Catalog, 500 Hard Copies by Anna Laudel Gallery
Open Studio Days, Workshop, Istanbul
Selected Exhibitions & International Fairs
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2011
2010
2009
Artweeks Istanbul IX. Edition, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
ArtShow Gallery Meeting, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
Zona Maco Art Fair, Anna Laudel Gallery, Mexico
Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Anna Laudel Gallery, Abu Dhabi
Far/Near Vol.1 Exhibition, Izmir Painting and Sculpture Museum Kültürpark Art Gallery, Izmir
Asia Now Paris Art Fair, Anna Laudel Gallery, Paris
‘A Laughter We Would Call Joyless’, Online Exhibition, Artnivo
Contemporary Istanbul, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
Artweeks Akaretler VIII, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
Contemporary Istanbul, Anna Laudel Gallery, Tersane Istanbul, Istanbul
‘Hits Different’, Vision Art Platform, Istanbul
‘The Cyclical Nature of Time’, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
Artweeks Akaretler, Interdisciplinary Art Project, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
‘A Repertoire of Extinctions’, Vision Art Platform, Istanbul, Curated by: Çağrı Saray
‘Over Again’, Istanbul AKM Gallery, Istanbul, Curated by: Haldun Dostoğlu, Gizem Gedik
Contemporary Istanbul, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
‘Residual Recollection’, Simbart Projects, Istanbul
Step Istanbul, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
Contemporary Istanbul, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
Art Market II, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
Contemporary Istanbul, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
‘Housewarming II’, Anna Laudel Gallery, Düsseldorf
Step Istanbul, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
‘A Place I Can Learn’, Group Exhibition, Endless Art Taksim, Istanbul
Contemporary Istanbul, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
Art Market I, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
‘Seeing the Small Picture’, Academician Art Center, Istanbul
Contemporary Istanbul, Anna Laudel Gallery, Istanbul
‘21 Ways of Being an Ideal Artist’, Academician Art, Istanbul
‘Rooms And Walls’, Anna Laudel Contemporary, Istanbul
‘Complicated’, Imoga Art Space, Istanbul
9th Exhibition of International Art Festival, Monastir, Tunisia
Artist 2010 Art Fair, TÜYAP Beylikdüzü, Istanbul
ARTSHOW, Gallery Selvin, Istanbul
For all inquiries please contact:
Anna Laudel Gallery, İstanbul
info@annalaudel.gallery
T: +90 212 243 32 57
Anna Laudel Gallery, Düsseldorf
dus@annalaudel.gallery
T: +49 211 902 269 62
M: +49 151 414 233 08
Contact Tuğçe