Merve Dündar focuses on the interplay between the inner world and the external environment, examining the boundaries and interactions between the individual self and the social self, as well as the concepts of self and reality. She is interested in how social norms and sensory experiences of the external world shape emotions and thoughts, thereby constructing the self and reality. Her work seeks to connect personal reflections to shared emotions and experiences. Working across various media including drawing, painting, sculpture, and installation, and employing a variety of materials, paper and its various forms serve as her primary medium. In her text-based works, she uses words both as subjects and materials. Her work is characterized by repetitions, rhythm sought through these repetitions, layers, and acts of deconstruction and reconstruction.
Education
2012 - 2016
2015
1986 - 1990
MA, Master of Plastic Arts, Graduate school of Social Sciences, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
"Irina Nakhova" Workshop at Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts
Boğaziçi University, Economics
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2019
2022
"Which One is Heavy Which One is Real", Galeri Bu, İstanbul
"The Wave in the Mind", Mixer Project Room, İstanbul
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
2023
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
2021
2021
2020
2020
2019
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2018
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2017
2016
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2015
2014
"Reading Meaning", Curator: Sevda Süzer, Starting from The Middle, Artİstanbul Feshane, İstanbul
“Medium Mix for the Collectors”, Art Z Galeri Alaçatı, İzmir
“En Sevdiğim Yere Giden Yol”, Küratör: Gencer Uçar, BonVivant, İzmir
"Belleğe Çağrılar”, Galeri 11.17, İstanbul
Who She / She Who, Galeri Merkür, İstanbul
“Bulanık mesafe”, Galeri Bu, İstanbul
"Psytic", Taksim Sanat, İstanbul
“Intervention” The Artisan Istanbul Otel, Istanbul
"Confrontation", Curator: Marcus Graf, Pera Müzesi, Istanbul
"Step Istanbul", Galeri Bu, Istanbul
"İçimdeki Tanrıça", Küratör: İpek Yeğinsu, Art50.net ile, Swissôtel The. Bosphorus, İstanbul
"Artweeks@Akaretler" artSumer ile, Istanbul
"Standard, Curator: Melike Bayık, Adas, Istanbul
"Standard", Curator: Melike Bayık, Eldem Sanat Alanı, Eskişehir
Step İstanbul, Galeri Bu ile,İstanbul
"Uzak Geçmiş Zaman" Renart, Istanbul
"Ayn-ı Galip" Galip Project-Pasaj, Istanbul
Kadınlar Yaşasın Diye, Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu, Sosyal Sorumluluk Projesi, Karga Art – Istanbul
"Bir Yaz Gecesi Rüyası",Casa Dell'Arte Art50 ile, Bodrum
"Dinamo 3", Swissotel Büyük Efes, Izmir
"Gang" by Sanayi Project, İstanbul
"Teşbihte Hata Olmaz", Mixer, Istanbul
"Out of the Way", Artist 2017 İstanbul Sanat Fuarı, Galeri Bu ile
"Yeditepe de Zaman VI-Hayatta Kal", Ortaköy Kültür Merkezi, İstanbul
"Pan Echo", Galeri Bu, İstanbul
"Out of the Way" Artist 2017 İstanbul Sanat Fuarı, Galeri Bu ile, Istanbul
"Dinamo 2", Swissotel Büyük Efes, İzmir
"Yeditepe de Zaman IV-Çok Sesli Yaklaşımlar", Ekavart Gallery, İstanbul