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Eda Emirdağ 1986, Istanbul, Turkey

Eda Emirdağ, studied the International Relations department at St. Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia.
In 2013, she won a full scholarship to Bahçeşehir University, Photography-Video, and MA on Kadir Has University Art and Desing Institue with a full scholarship.
In addition to social issues such as women’s politics and refugee issues, the artist works on photography ethics, presentation aesthetics, image representation, archives, and conducts essays in video, photography, collage, and performance.
Eda Emirdağ, who had her first solo exhibition in Sweden it was about the Syrian Refugee issue. The second solo exhibition at GaleriBu in Istanbul and Emirdağ selected the artist residency program Kultivera in Jonkoping, Tranås-Sweden. Her third solo exhibition on Anatolian mourning traditions was a project exhibition. She also manages and owner of the ‘Galip’ project with 20 artists and academicians as a participant and was about a photographer who died 19 years ago. Emirdağ founded his last one box archive and focused on heritage, archive, suicide.
She produced participatory art projects, workshops, and collaborative works.
She has participated in exhibitions such as MamutArt Project, Contemporary Istanbul, Young Photographers Award, New Generation Contemporary Artist From Turkey, Tuyap Art Fair, and participated in exhibitions in Sweden, Wales, Denmark, France, Italy, Holland, Germany, and Pakistan.

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emirdag.eda@gmail.com


Education
2020 MA - Kadir Has University / Art and Desing Institute, Desing %100 scolorship, Istanbul-Turkey
2018 Pedagogic Formation / Marmara University, Faculty of Education, Istanbul-Turkey
2013 Bahçeşehir University / Photo and Video %100 scolorship, Istanbul-Turkey
2009 İstanbul Arel University / Foreign Trade %50 scolorship, Istanbul-Turkey
2005 St. Kliment Ohridski / International Relations, Sofia-Bulgaria

Founder
‘‘ Montag Residency ’’, Artist Residency funded by the European Union Culture CIVIC Balıkesir, Turkey
‘‘ CallforArt’’ indipented solidarity community, Online

Fellowships/Grant
2023/2024 British Council, ‘‘Creative Producers’’, Educational Program
2023 SAHA Foundation, TAAS Fellowship, Alternative Art School (Class of Krzysztof Wodiczko)
2023 British Council Turkey, ‘‘Supporting The Creative Economy’’, Educational Program

Curatorial Studies
2022 ''Naomi'', Suzan Pektaş, Barın Han, Istanbul Turkey (Exhibition Designer and Coordinator)
2019 ‘’Galip’’, PASAJ, Istanbul, Turkey (Collective Art Project)
2018 ''Storgatan 38'', Collabration with Karl Larsson Wallén, Kultivera, Sweden (Participatory Art Project)

Solo Exhibitons and Project Exhibitions
2019
‘’To The North’’, Eriksbergs Museum with Kultivera and Tranås City Hall collab., Sweden
‘’Mourning Home’’ Adahan İstanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (project exhibition)
2017
‘’Introspective’’, GaleriBu Galata, Istanbul, Turkey (solo exhibition)
‘’Open Your Eyes’’, Österängens Konsthall, Jönköping, Sweden (solo exhibition)

DUO '' Eda&Karl ''
w/ Karl Larsson
2024 'Länssalong 2024 och Ungdomens vårsalong', Jönköpings Läns Museum, Sweden
2023 ''PUUT Library collab., ''İsveç/Sweden'', Ska, İstanbul, Turkey - support with Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2019 ''Storgatan 38'', participatory art project, Kultivera, Sweden - support with Tranås Municipality

Group Exhibitions
2023
''The Sea Holds Me, The World Snares Me'', Büyükdere35 & 212 Photography Festival, İstanbul, Turkey
''Fakat Kalbim Seninledir'', küratör Yasemin Bay, Gaziantep Kültür Festivali, Gaziantep, Turkey
''Eve Dönmek İstemiyorum'', Küratör Ahmet Ergenç, Art İstanbul Feshane, İstanbul, Turkey
2022
''Gide Gide 2'', Fikret Otyam Sanat Merkezi, Ankara, Turkey
''Sınır Mekanlar'', The Wall Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2021
‘‘İstanbul’da Şifa Bulmak’’, Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, Istanbul, Turkey ( collabration with İrem Nalça)
‘‘Tabu’’, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
‘’Image Ago’’, Bau Idea Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2020
‘‘Hassas Müdahele’’, Kıraathane24 Istanbul Edebiyat Evi, Istanbul, Turkey
‘‘Izole Project’’, https://www.izoleproject.com/
2019
''Blended'', Mixer Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
''Fuam'', Istanbul Photobook Festival with 'GALIP'', Istanbul,Turkey
''Artist Faust'', with Taseron Art Initiative, Tuyap Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey
‘’Down to Earth’’, Han Space Göcek with Büyük Efes Sanat, Turkey
‘’Solstice’’, PopArt_ist Project, Dada Salon Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
‘’All in One’1’’, GaleriBuPavilion, Istanbul, Turkey
‘’Pop-up’’, Step Istanbul, Büyükdere35, Istanbul, Turkey
‘Things of Now’’ GaleriBu Pavilion, Istanbul, Turkey
‘’Kabutar’’ Traveling Exhibition project, Pakistan- Italy-France-Holland-Turkey
‘’Kadınlar Yaşasın diye’’,Kadın Cinayetlerini Durdurma Platformu, KargaArt, Istanbul,Turkey
‘’From Artist to Artist’’, Büyükdere35, Istanbul,Turkey
‘’Horizon’’, Fotini Istanbul, Turkey
2018
‘’Artist 2018’’, Tasarım Bakkalı, Tüyap Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey
‘’Artist 2018’’, Compartminds with Artin90 , Tüyap Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey
‘’Dinamo’’, Swiss Otel, Izmir, Turkey
‘’Gang’’, Sanayi Project, Istanbul Turkey
‘’Ungt Rum: Åbningsevent & Fotomarked’’, Fotografsk Center, Copenhagen,Denmark
‘’Rethink Heritage’’, 3D Collage, Efolt Projects, Büyük Valide Han, Istanbul, Turkey
‘’City Textures’’ ,Istanbul Berlin Rome, Berlin, Germany
2016
‘’Çorbada Tuzun Olsun’’, PasajIST, Kaset Mitanni – Istanbul, Turkey
‘’Profiler’’, Art50.net, Galeri Bu Galata, Istanbul
‘’Her Yön Sanat’’ , MixerArt, Kanyon, Istanbul
‘’Alien Self Disorder’’ , Kultivera , Tranås Stadsbibliotek, “Smatten”, Tranås, Sweden
‘’Up In The Air’’ , Art50 , Vogue Restaurant , Istanbul , Turkey
‘’Berlin Istanbul Urban Photography’’, Make City Project , Berlin, Germany
2015
‘’Oblivion’’ , BauExp Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
‘’Young Photographers Award’’, The Turkish American Society, Istanbul, Turkey (finalist)
‘’New Generation Contemporary Artist From Turkey’’, Od’A-Ouvroir d’Art, Franche-Turkey (finalist) 2014
‘’Women In Cinema and Psychiatry’’ , Psikeart Magazine ,Bilgi University ,Turkey
‘’Olduğu Kadar Tarlabaşı’’ , Jurnal Bar , Istanbul,Turkey
‘’Open Studio Days’’ , Istanbul, Turkey
‘’Papergirl Istanbul’’ , Istanbul, Turkey 2013
‘’Black Sea’’ ,The Kickplate Project , United Kingdom, Wales
‘’Mamut Art Project Competition’’, Istanbul, Turkey (finalist)
‘’Open Space’’, Mixer Gallery’’ , Istanbul, Turkey
‘’International Ege Art Days’’ , Izmir, Turkey
2012
‘’Contemporary İstanbul Art Fair’’ , respresented by Buryos Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
‘’Izmir Alaçatı Young Art Days’’ , Izmir, Turkey

Residencies & Workshops & Artist talks & Lectures
2023 ''‘how my artistic pratice grew up at Kultivera in Tranås’
artistic presentation, Kultivera, Tranås, Sweden
Artist Residency Program, Kultivera, Tranås, Sweden (1 Month)
2019 ‘’Flaw and Coincidence’’, Artist Talk, Fotoğraf Buluşmaları, StudioX, Istanbul, Turkey
‘’Interpreting The Istanbul Encyclopedia with Photographs’’ , Workshop Participant, Gapo, Salt, Istanbul, Turkey
‘’Flaw and Coincidence’’ Artist Talk, UFAT, Bursa University, Turkey
2018 ‘’Collective Memory’’, Photography Workshop, Tranås, Sweden Artist Residency Program, Kultivera, Tranås, Sweden
(2 Months)
2017 Photography Class, Municipality of Istanbul, Lecturer, Istanbul, Turkey (6 Months)
Artist Talk, Reflections, Kultur University, Istanbul, Turkey
Artist Residency Program, Kultivera, Tranås, Sweden (1 Week)
Workshop, Photography Class for children, PASAJist, İstanbul, Turkey
Artist Talk, Profiler, Art50-GaleriBu, Istanbul, Turkey
Artist Residency Program, Kultivera, Tranås, Sweden (1 Month)
2015 Artist Residency Program, Kultivera, Tranås, Sweden (1 Month)
Film Screen
2018 ‘’At The Fringe International Culture Festival’’, Tranas, Sweden 2017
‘’ScreenDance Festival’’ Stockholm, Sweden ‘’At The Fringe International Culture Festival’’, Tranas, Sweden ‘’DesArts//DesCinés Dance&Cinema Festival’’: MIGRATIONS France ‘’Visibility in Art Festival’’, Istanbul, Turkey