Erinç Seymen (born 1980 Istanbul) is a Turkish artist.
He graduated from Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Painting Department in 2006 and received his MA from Yıldız Technical University Art and Design Faculty, with a thesis about Bob Flanagan.
He participated in conferences and his articles has been published in various magazines on topics such as militarism, nationalism and gender issues. Since 2002, he has participated in several solo and group exhibitions in Istanbul, Ankara, Vienna, Paris, London, Helsinki, Eindhoven and Lisbon. The group exhibitions he participated in are: "Along the Gates of Urban", K&S Galerie, Berlin (2004); "An Atlas of Events", Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (2007); "I Myself am War!", Open Space, Vienna (2008); "Istanbul, traversée", Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, Lille (2009); "Moods: A Generation that Goes off the Rails", École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (2010). Erinc Seymen lives and works in Istanbul.
2009
Art Forum Berlin (Galerist Solo Booth), Berlin / GermanyPersuasion Room, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey2007
Man Jam, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki / FinlandGays Can Shoot Straight Too, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven / NLHunting Season, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey2006
Untitled, Masa Project, Istanbul / Turkey2005
Violation Exercises, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey2003
Uncanny Distance, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey2010
Atesin Dustugu Yer, Depo, Istanbul / TurkeyPort İzmir 2, İnternational Contemporary Art Triennial, Izmir / TurkeyWhen Ideas Become Crime, Depo, Istanbul / TurkeyIstanbul Cool! What's Happening in Contemporary Turkish Art Now, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heler (LTMH) gallery, New York / USAÉtat D'ames, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris / France2009
Istanbul Traversee, Lille 3000, Lille / FranceMateriak.picture, Operation Room, Istanbul / Turkey2008
Moment of Agency – Filmprogram, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel / SwitzerlandI Myself am War, Open Space, Vienna / AustriaSave as.. Triennale Bosiva, Milano / ItalyReasonable, Hafriyat, Istanbul / TurkeyPhotonic Moments, Fotogalerie des Rathaus, Graz / AustriaPhotonic Moments, Gallery of the Cankarjev Dom Cultural Center, Ljubljana / Slovenia2007
Be a Realist, Demand the İmpossible!, Karşı Sanat, Istanbul / TurkeyIstanbul Now, Lukas Feichtner Galerie, Istanbul / TurkeyBorder-Disorder, Kraljevo / SerbiaAn Atlas of Events, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Antonio Pinto Ribeiro, Lisbon / PortugalAlternative Election Posters, Hafriyat, Istanbul / TurkeyWorking Space, Pera Museum, Istanbul / TurkeyFlat Tire K2, Izmir / Turkey2006
Home and Away, UGM Gallery, Maribor / SloveniaArdindan Degil Karşısına, Radikal Art, Bremen / GermanyTopkapi, Künstlerhaus Guterabfertigund, Bremen / GermanyVisions, Hotel Athens Imperial, Athens / GreeceWorks on Paper, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey2005
Free Kick, Antrepo No.5, Istanbul / Turkey2004
Along the Gates of Urban, K&S Galerie, Berlin / GermanyAlong the Gates of Urban, Oda Projesi, Istanbul / TurkeyVisitor, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey2003
I’m too Sad to Kill You, Proje4L, Istanbul / TurkeyGood, Bad and Ugly, Atölye 111, Bilgi University, Istanbul / Turkey2002
Under the Beach: the Pavement, Proje4L, Istanbul / Turkey
