Merve Dündar focuses on the relationship between the inner world and the outside, the boundaries and interactions between the individual self and the social self, and the concepts of self and reality. She is concerned with how social norms and the external world perceived by the senses, construct the self and reality through feelings and thoughts. Based on her own self excavation, she tries to convey mutual human feelings and experiences. Gaze, language/voice/words are the center of her works. While also working with different techniques, paper and different forms of paper are her main working materials. Repetitions and the rhythm that comes with the repetition forms the pillars of her works which can be defined as an effort to catch the flow between the inner self and the outer self.
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
2022
2022
2021
2021
2020
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2016
2015
2014
"Reading Meaning", Curator: Sevda Süzer, Starting from The Middle, Artİstanbul Feshane, İstanbul
Who She / She Who, Galeri Merkür, İstanbul
"Psytic", Taksim Sanat, İstanbul
“Intervention” The Artisan Istanbul Otel, Istanbul
"Confrontation", Curator: Marcus Graf, Pera Müzesi, Istanbul
"Step Istanbul", Galeri Bu, Istanbul
"Artweeks@Akaretler" artSumer ile, Istanbul
"Standard, Curator: Melike Bayık, Adas, Istanbul
"Standard", Curator: Melike Bayık, Eldem Sanat Alanı, Eskişehir
"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, Istanbul
"Dinamo 2", Swissotel Büyük Efes, İzmir
"Yeditepe de Zaman IV-Çok Sesli Yaklaşımlar", Ekavart Gallery, İstanbul