About
The exposition of contradictions in the society is Sifa Girinci’s main preoccupation. Girinci, to promote change, proposes alternative narratives stimulated by critical social sciences. She works across various media alongside painting.
- Why Abel, the nomad, murdered by Cain, the settled? Our reception of the truth varies, so do our testimonies. Changing our standpoint and re-visiting the everyday conflicts, one realizes the testimonies with regard to the truth lose their validity, or they simply prove to be trivial.
Sifa Girinci (b. 1986, Mugla) currently lives and works in Berlin. She graduated from Mugla Fine Art School in 2003 and completed her BA at Anadolu University in Fine Arts in 2007.
Resume
Education
2003 – 2007 Anadolu University, Department of Fine Art Education, Eskisehir, Turkey
1999 – 2003 Mugla Fine Arts High School, Mugla, Turkey
Solo Exhibitions
2018 The quest for a rural heaven, +359 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 Streptopelia Decaocto, Gaia Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 Changeless, Haller Youth Center Gallery, Eskisehir, Turkey
2005 The Anatomy of June, Anadolu University Gallery, Eskisehir, Turkey
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Retreat, Culterim Gallery, Berlin
2024 #2270ff, Beamtenwohnhaus RAW-Gelände, Berlin
2023 Flu, Apartman Project, Berlin
2023 Is There Another Change?, Milli Reasürans Gallery, Istanbul
2022 Gizil Bir Empati, Kasa Gallery, Istanbul
2020 Fifty/Fifty, “The matter of duality”, Studio Grigori Dor, Berlin
2019 FUTTERNEID, Bar K Berlin Gallery, Berlin
2019 Center is Spreading, Ferda Art Platform, Istanbul
2017 Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey
2017 Home, Evliyagil Museum, Ankara, Turkey
2017 Tomorrow, Plato Art & Gaia Gallery, Istanbul
2017 Odtü Art 18, Metu Culture and Convention Center, Ankara, Turkey
2016 Open Space Selection, Mixer, Istanbul
2015 Climate Forum, Bogazici University Garanti Cultural Center, Istanbul
2015 Energy for Life, Armaggan Art&Design Gallery, Istanbul
2015 States of Material III, Armaggan Art&Design Gallery, Istanbul
2015 Neo-Neon, Plato Art Space, Istanbul
2015 Nature is Calling, Zorlu Center PSM, Istanbul
2015 Art 7/24 Vol. 3, Armaggan Art&Design Gallery, Istanbul
2015 Take it or leave it, Merkur Gallery, Istanbul
2015 Pardon Which Floor?, Merkur Gallery, Istanbul
2014 Contemporary Istanbul
2012 Spring Gallery Tour, Spinnerei, Leipzig
2012 Orient-Express Reloaded, Spinnerei, Leipzig
2012 Winter Gallery Tour, Spinnerei, Leipzig
2011 The District Festival of Kreuzberg, Berlin
2006 International Modern Art Festival, Cappadocia, Turkey
Residencies
2018 International +359 Resident Program, Sofia, Bulgaria
2012 Leipzig International Art Programme, Leipzig, Germany
2006 International Modern Art Festival, Cappadocia, Turkey
Participatory Group Workshops
2022 Annex 7: Anne(x), 17. Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
2021 Kosmoskopien, By Nicholas Bussmann Exhibition, Wandering Dunes 003, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2020 Study Groups: Workshop by Oda Project, Salt Research and Programs, İstanbul