bio
b. 1987, istanbul. photographer and director living and working in istanbul.
iyem produces still and moving images. he is a co-founder and a member of the taşeron independent art initiative and the creative director of the evin art gallery.
artistic statement
In the images I create, I am interested in the representations of reality and how it is formed for aesthetical and political reasons. The forming of the reality and the role of art at this formation is a major theme to my work. I investigate the dark relationships we create with others and ourselves to survive.
education
saint benoit istanbul french high school.2006
university of miami, BA, motion pictures, photography double major, honor roll. 2006-2009
istanbul bilgi university, BA, film and television, salutatorian.2009-2011
university of kent (at paris), MA, film studies.2012-2013
(thesis; the relevance of brecht: a case study of differentiation techniques on contemporary media)
workshops
famu, film and tv school of the academy of performing arts in prague, czech republic. 2007
floppy films workshop, instr. florian cramer, dagie bundert, transmediale, berlin. 2012
magnum workshop with abbas, paris. 2013 magnum workshop with richard kalvar, paris. 2013
digital storytelling with zeyno pekünlü, zed grant. 2014
films
38th iksv istanbul film festival 2019, selection.
documentarist 2019, selection.
10th human rights doc days, izmir, 2019, selection.
7. antioch international film festival 2019, audience award.
selected exhibitions
koridoor contemporary art, curator: denizhan özer, 18th international istanbul art fair. 11.2008
become your dreams, solo exhibiton, catz, istanbul. 05.2009
none of them, group exhibition, 19th international istanbul art fair. 11.2009
yerdegezen, group exhibition, 20th international istanbul art fair. 11.2010
yerdegezen, group exhibition, 21st international istanbul art fair. 11.2011
a selection from the iiaf, bergamo art fair, italy. 01.2012
yerdegezen, group exhibition, 22nd international istanbul art fair. 11.2012
is there any intervention? curator: ali şimşek, 23rd international istanbul art fair. 11.2013
yerdegezen, group exhibition, 23rd international istanbul art fair. 11.2013
sıkıyorsa gel!, curator: bedri baykam, denizhan özer, international association of art. 05.2014
disposses! curator: ali şimşek, 24th international istanbul art fair. 11.2014
yerdegezen, group exhibition, 24th international istanbul art fair. 11.2014
amarcord, curator: ali şimşek, 25th international istanbul art fair. 11.2015
yerdegezen, group exhibition, 25th international istanbul art fair. 11.2015
taşeron independent art initiative, 26th international istanbul art fair. 11.2016
short circuit, w/ taşeron iai, coordinated by: derya yücel, santralistanbul energy museum. 05.2017
artist' utopia, curator: taşeron iai, 27th international istanbul art fair. 11.2017
there is another possibility, w/ taşeron independent art initiative, kasa gallery. 01.2018
la chute, curator: firdevs kayhan, m. wenda koyuncu, rem art space. 04.2018
passengers of a kaleidoscopic journey, curator: semra sevin, old tobacco factory, berlin. 09.2018
9DOKUZ, mixed exhibiton, consultant: ahmet elhan, 28th international istanbul art fair. 11.2018
questions&answers, w/taşeron iai, curator: firat arapoglu, 28th int. istanbul art fair. 11.2018
infinity and the image, curator: firat arapoglu & osman nuri iyem, evin art gallery. 12.2018
mixed exhibition, evin art gallery yalikavak. 07-08 2019
taşeron independent art initiative, 29th international istanbul art fair. 11.2019
construkt, w/ taşeron iai, curator: osman nuri iyem & şahin domin, kovan, izmir. 12.2019
a play in two acts, duo exhibition w/ şahin domin, curator: fırat arapoğlu, evin art gallery. 09.20
interviews
w/asli öymen & emin turan, evin art gallery is celebrating her 22nd year, 02.2019
w/ asli öymen, an eye catching documentary : clouds, 04.2019
w/ali şimşek, tele kültür, 11.2019
gecenin içinden, trt radyo, 29.01.2020
gecenin içinden, trt ankara, 18.06.2021
publications
a very drunk trip to marseille, photo story on the menteur magazine, with cais jurgens. 06.2013
gezi resistance by the most special photos, photobook by kaynak publications. 08.2013
furious turks are back on the protest warpath, article at vice.com. 09.2013