Tuba Merdeşe
Tuba Merdeşe (1982, Kütahya) completed her undergraduate education in 2005 and graduate education in 2011 in Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts Sculpture Department. In 2011, she started the qualifier program in arts in Hacettepe University Sculpture Art Major and she completed her education in the same program in 2017. In addition to national and international group exhibitions, she also had two personal exhibitions. Merdeşe works at Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts as a research fellow, and continues her work in Ankara.
Tuba Merdeşe describes her work as “disorderly images which have traumatized, diminished, fragmentized, increased and combined in the intellectual area of reality.” This disorderliness reveals the creation of art between the real and the image, and at the same time enables the concepts of reality-virtuality to be defined with her work. While the objects keep their own mystery, artistic activity creates a new reality layer.
Education
2011-2017 Hacettepe University Institute of Fine Arts Department of Sculpture – Proficiency in Art
(PHD) degree
2009-2011 Hacettepe University Institute of Social Sciences Department of Sculpture – MA degree
2001-2005 Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Sculpture – Bachelor Degree
Work Experience
2014- (present) Research Assistant in Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of
Sculpture
Solo Exhibitions
2018 " Foothold", Bilsart, İstanbul
2018 " Far From Land", Gallery Siyah Beyaz, Ankara
2012 "Absent", Nazım Hikmet Culture Center, Ankara
2011 "Foreword", Gallery Artist, İstanbul
Selected Exhibitions
2023 "Gide Gide", Fikret Otyam'ın Ardından, Fikret Otyam Sanat Merkezi, Ankara
2022 "Glass Ceiling", Den Art Gallery, Antalya
2022 "100'e 1 Kala", Başkent Kültür Yolu Festivali,Resim Heykel Müzesi, Ankara
2022 "Art Ankara 8. Contemporary Art Fair", ATO Congreesium, Ankara
2021 "International Congress on Art And Design Exibition", Ömer Halis Üniversitesi, Niğde
2021 "Mimarlık ve.. beden", TSMD Mimarlık Merkezi, Ankara
2019 "Sessiz Yığınların Gölgesinde", Platform A by Arrmoni Art Gallery, Ankara
2018 "Video Wall", Painting Department of Hacettepe University Fine Art Faculty , Ankara
2018 "A New World", METU Culture and Convention Center, Ankara
2017 "Yarın Bugünden Kurulur", New Collection of Hacettepe University Art Museum , Cer Modern,
Ankara
2017 "Uğultular/ 2", Sculpture Department Gallery of Hacettepe University Fine Art Faculty , Ankara
2016 "34 Women 34 Worlds", Embassy of Romania, Ankara
2016 "1st International MAIL ART Biennial ", Tekirdağ
2015 "We look at ourselves from there", Gallery Maumau, İstanbul
2015 "Uğultular/ 1", Sculpture Department Gallery of Hacettepe University Fine Art Faculty ,
Ankara
2015 "Genç Güncel Sanat Proje Yarışması", Cer Modern, Ankara
2015 “Mekan Atölye II”, Cer Modern, Ankara
2015 “Open Call-Open Door”, Nesrin Esirtgen Collection, İstanbul
2014 “Yan Yana”, Mardin Artuklu Universty Faculty of Fine Arts, Mardin
2014 “if daily life hasn’t killed me yet, the new year won’t", Gallery MauMau, İstanbul
2013 "Me, Myself and I’ ME as a Dilemma", The Real Wicked Art Collective, Cer Modern, Ankara
2012 "Eyeballing", Fuss Art Collective, Contemporary Art Center, Ankara
2012 "Impossible Gallery", Gallery Kara, Ankara
2011 “OÇÖLVE”, Gallery Kara, Ankara
2011 "There is no other way to fight against danger", Gallery Kara, Ankara
2010 "East of the West- West of the East; New Approaches in Art and Design", Marmara University
Faculty of Fine Arts 5th International Student Triennial, İstanbul
2010 "Borders Orbits", Siemens Art, İstanbul