Leman S. Darıcıoğlu Currently living and working in Berlin (July – December 2020), as a fellow of the Istanbul-Berlin stipend of the Senate Department for Culture and Europe in cooperation with the neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK) and the ZK/U – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik in Berlin as well as DEPO in Istanbul.
Leman S. Darıcıoğlu is an artist working mostly in the field of performance art. Darıcıoğlu mainly makes long-durational live performances but also videos and installations. In her* performances, she* concentrates on investigating / exploring the physical / emotional limits and boundaries of the human body. Taking this corporal research as a core, she* deals with hegemonic political/societal concepts and norms by her* artistic practice which radiates from performance art to, more widely, time and space based disciplines like video, installation and public interventions.
Between 2012-2019, she* was in the advisory team of a queer theory books collection called Queer Düş’ün [Queer Fantasy/Thought] released by Sel Publishing House. She* is also the translator of numerous books in this collection. Besides, she* edited and compiled a book on queer theory called Queer Temaşa [Queer Contemplation/Spectacle] (2016), also published by Sel Publishing House, as a part of the same collection.
Between 2014-2017 Leman S. Darıcıoğlu was a member of Istanbul Queer Art Collective.
Since 2017, Darıcıoğlu has been represented by Performistanbul international performance art platform.
Education 2009 - … Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University – MA in Sociology [Unwritten thesis] 2003 - 2007 Istanbul University Faculty of Educational Sciences –French teaching BA
Curated exhibitions 2020 Berlin Remembers Turkey's Queer Idols Co-curating with Yener Bayramoğlu and with the moderation of Gizem Oruç (aka 6zm), Oy'oun, Berlin, Germany [7 November 2020]
2016 Dream Pavilion with Yekhan Pınarlıgil and Murat Alat; as part of Unexpected Territories, 26. International TUYAP Istanbul Art Fair, TÜYAP, Istanbul, Turkey
Selected art events & venues where the artist performed as a member of Istanbul Queer Art Collective Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Zurich; II. Sound Acts Festival, Athens; Les Belles de Nuit Festival, Photobastei, Zurich; Porn Ball by Pornceptual, Prince Charles, Berlin.
Some of live performances 2020 (solo) White roses, pink glitters, 5,5 hours, as part of “Glitter and grief”, SoliTsoli*, Nawara, Gay Shame, Haus der Statistik, Berlin, Germany
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2020 (Solo) There is an ocean between, 7 hour, Apartmant Project Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2020 (Solo) Dear Stranger, Part 2, 3 days, 8 hours a day, as part of “Stay LIVE at Home”, with Performistanbul, Digital Series, Berlin, Germany. 2020 (Solo) For those who had left and those who are struggle, part I, 3 days, 8 hours a day, as part of “Stay LIVE at Home”, online performance program of Performistanbul and Fe Male Home online performance festival, curated by Vera Iona Papadopoulou, Live-streaming online performance, Berlin, Germany. 2020 (Solo) Standing with dried corn roses, 6 hours, under the tutorship of Marilyn Arsem, as part of Venice International Performance Art Week Co-Creation Live Factory, curated by VestAndPage, Andrigo&Aliprandi and Marilyn Arsem, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy 2019 Surrounded by water, 4 Hours, Kunstraum Gallery, As part of F U T U R E R I T U A L, Curated by Joseph Morgan Schofield, London, England 2019 Complete Incomplete, 27 Days/6 Hours a Day, B2 House, Curator: Performistanbul, Çanakkale, Turkey 2019 (Trio) Sandra, Joseph and me: a Trio Ritual, 9 hours, under the tutorship of VestAndPage and Andrigo&Aliprandi, as part of Venice International Performance Art Week: Dis-Sensus, Performance art summer class, curated by VestAndPage and Andrigo&Aliprandi, C32 Performing Art Working Space, Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy 2019 (Trio) Sandra, Joseph and me. For the first time, for 45min., under the tutorship of VestAndPage and Andrigo&Aliprandi, as part of Venice International Performance Art Week: Dis-Sensus, Performance art summer class, curated by VestAndPage and Andrigo&Aliprandi, C32 Performing Art Working Space, Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy 2019 (Duo) A Friendship Laboratory On Challenge And Transformation, 3 days, 10 hours each day, as part of International Performance Art Festival, curated by Emma Møller and Jørgen Callesen; Warehouse9, Copenhagen, Denmark 2019 (Solo) 3 days with MASA, 3 days, 8 hours each day, as part of Masa project, Blok Art Space, with the cooperation of Performistanbul and Blok Art Space, Büyük Valide Han, Istanbul, Turkey 2018 (Performer in other artist's work) 24 hour host by Lauren McCarthy, performing for 24 hour without interval, Digilogue, Zorlu Performing Arts Center, Istanbul, Turkey 2018 (Solo) waiting II: Darağaç, 24 hour-long without interval, as a part of exhibition Darağaç III, curated by Darağaç Initiative, Umur bey area, Izmir, Turkey 2018 (Solo) calculus of mouth, 6 hours, Live stream Performance Art Pavillion in 18th Asia Art performistanbul.org [email protected]
Biennale Bangladesh, curated by Mahburur Rahman, Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2018 (Solo) The Punishment, 2 hours, a Corner in the World Festival, curated by Burcu Yılmaz, Claire Zerhouni and Fatih Gençkal, Bomontiada Alt, Istanbul, Turkey 2018 (Solo) waiting I, 2 hours, International Performance Art Festival 2018, curated by Emma Møller, Gritt Uldall-Jessen and Jørgen Callesen; Warehouse9, Copenhagen, Denmark 2018 (Solo) Looking after a rose, 28 days without interval, needed:you, a 672 hours long live process, curated by Simge Burhanoğlu, Galata, Istanbul, Turkey 2017 (Solo) A place to die, 4 hours, under the tutorship of VestAndPage, Venice International Performance Art Week Co-Creation Prologue I, curated by Francesco Carol Rolla and VestAndPage; Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy 2017 (Collective) Come home – Home IV [curated and tutored by VestAndPage], 2 hours, Venice International Performance Art Week Co-Creation Prologue I, curated by Francesco Carol Rolla and VestAndPage, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy 2017 (Performer in other artist work) The Domain of things by Pedro Gomez-Egana, [performed 8 hours, 3 times a week for 2 months], 15. Istanbul Biennale, curated by Elmgreen & Dragset, Istanbul, Turkey 2017 (Solo) Contour, 2 hours, Mamut Performances Program “How Are You?” , curated by Simge Burhanoğlu & Seyhan Musaoğlu, Mamut Art Project, Küçük Çiftlik Park, Istanbul, Turkey 2017 (Solo) Empoisened Princess, 10 days, 8 hours each day, ALAN Istanbul, with the cooperation of Performistanbul and ALAN Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey 2016 (Solo) love tr, 3 hours, within Sevinç Altan exhibition Perde [Curtain], Faik Paşa Cad. No: 5 Çukurcuma, Istanbul, Turkey 2016 (Solo) Who has come, who has gone, 6 days, 2 hours each day, Unexpected Territories, 26. International TÜYAP Istanbul Art Fair, TÜYAP, Istanbul, Turkey 2016 (Solo) X, 6 hours, 44A Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 2016 (Solo) Ladylike, 90 minutes, Space Debris Art Space, Istanbul & 3 hours, as a part of remembrance program for Boysan Yakar (a gay/drag queen activist/artist friend passed away in a traffic accident), Ark Kültür, Istanbul, Turkey 2015 (Duo) iloveyou, 25 min., Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week, D22, Istanbul & Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Fındıklı, II. Visibility in Art Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
Some of selected group exhibitions & art events 2020 Open Haus, ZK/U, Berlin, Germany
2020 Open Park Haus, as part of Ortstermin festival 2020, ZK/U, Berlin, Germany performistanbul.org [email protected]
2020 HIVstories: Living Politics, curated by Emily Jay Nicholls, Noora Oertel, Todd Sekuler, Justyna Struzik, Zülfikar Çetin, Alper Turan, EUROPACH research project Istanbul exhibition, dramaqueer, Istanbul, Turkey
2020 Almost there, British Council Museum digital exhibition Museum without Walls, curated by Seyhan Musaoğlu, Tetiana Kochubinska, Teona Burkiashvili
2019 SHHH..!, Santralistanbul Energy Museum, Istanbul, Turkey unspeakable home, enchanting companions, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany 2019 The I is Always In The Field of Other, Evliyagil Museum, Ankara, Turkey 2019 Celebrating Mother Language, Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2018 This is not a performance, Daire Sanat, Performistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey 2017 Asian Women Artists, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonju, South Korea 2017 Akbank Contemporary Artist Prize Exhibition, Akbank Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 2016 V.PerfoArtNet International Performance Biennale, Bogota, Colombia
Selected art events & venues where the artist performed as a member of Istanbul Queer Art Collective Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Zurich, Switzerland; II. Sound Acts Festival, Athens, Greece; Les Belles de Nuit Festival, Photobastei, Zurich, Switzerland; Mamut Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey; Blok Art Space, Istanbul, Turkey
Artist residencies 2020 July-December Artist-In-Residence Scholarship Istanbul-Berlin program hold by the Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (nGbK), Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik (ZK/U) and DEPO Istanbul, Berlin, Germany
2020 8-18 January Co-creation Live Factory, Venice International Performance Art Week, under the tutorship of Marilyn Arsem, curated by VestAndPage, Andrigo&Aliprandi and Marilyn Arsem, Palazzo Mora, Venice, IT 2019 4-14 June Dis-Sensus, Venice International Performance Art Week, with the tutorship of VestAndPage and Andrigo&Aliprandi, curated by VestAndPage and Andrigo&Aliprandi, C32 Performing Art Space, Venice, IT 2018 13-25 November Artist residency at Forum Dança Associação Cultural, curated by Sezen Tonguz, Lisbon, Portugal 2018 14-22 April Artist residency at Warehouse9, curated by Emma Møller, Gritt Uldall-Jessen and Jørgen Callesen, Copenhagen, Denmark performistanbul.org [email protected]
Some of workshops & talks she led/gave 2020 Complete Incomplete, Online video documentation screening and talk, with Simge Burhanoğlu and Azra İşmen from Performistanbul and Gülbin Eriş (who documented the performance), as part of Bilsart's Online Art Talks, Bilsart Youtube Channel 2019 Art, Body, Space, one week workshop, with Aslı Bostancı, Nesin Art Village, Izmir, Turkey 2019 Transparent area, with Ali Emir Tapan, as part of needed:you 672 hours-long live process first anniversary artist talks, Performistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey 2019 Queer performance. Talking about chance, challenge and transformation, round table with Liad Hussein Kantorowicz and Maria Dolores, with the moderation of Gizem Aksu, Pembe Hayat Kuir Fest, Dramaqueer, Istanbul, Turkey 2019 How deep it is so true, how true it is so deep, performance art workshop for 2 days, Circuit Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey 2019 How deep it is so true, how true it is so deep, performance art workshop for 2 days, Performistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey 2018 Artist talk and presentation in the end of the residency period, Forum Dança, Lisbon, Portugal 2018 How deep it is so true, how true it is so deep, performance art workshop for 2 days, Forum Dança, Lisbon, Portugal 2018 The body as a laboratory of emotions and fears or how did I transform by performance art?, artist talk, loading, Diyarbakır, Turkey 2018 Being one and one of the collective, 5 hours-long body/movement workshop, International Performance Art Week, Warehouse9, Copenhagen, Denmark 2018 LGBTI+ Art and Censorship, International Performance Art Week, Warehouse9, Copenhagen, Denmark 2017 International Women Art Conference: The Femininity of Asian Women Artists, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonbuk, South Korea 2016 Beyond the judgements, 4 hours-long body/movement workshop, Pembe Hayat LGBTT Solidarity Association, Ankara, Turkey 2016 Radical tenderness, 4 hours-long body/movement workshop, ÇATI Contemporary Dance Artist Association, Istanbul, Turkey 2016 What is hidden on the body I, 6 hours-long body/movement workshop, Ankara Feminist Collective, Ankara, Turkey performistanbul.org [email protected]
2016 With our body, With the earth, 3 hours, 2 days-long body/movement workshop, I. Siyah Pembe Uçgen Queer Healing Camp, Izmir, Turkey
Some of workshops/classes she took 2019 Cleaning The House, led by Paula Garcia, Lynsey Peisinger and Billy Zhao, Marina Abramovic Institute, Evia, Greece
2018 Cleaning The House, led by Paula Garcia, Marina Abramovic Institute, Serifos, Greece
2016 Skinner Releasing Technique Level 1 Training, led by Robert Davidson, Gaby Agis and Mary- Clare McKenn, Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts Contemporary Dance Department, Istanbul, Turkey
2015 – 2016 Participation of Beliz Demircioğlu's contemporary dance class at Bilgi University Performing Arts Department, Istanbul
Works in collections and in archives
The Visit, EUROPACH digital archive
Complete Incomplete, Video documentation of the performance Complete Incomplete in a private collection in Turkey Hello I'm Leman, a woman artist from Turkey, video performance work in Jeonbuk Museum of Art public art collection philia, video work in two private collections in Turkey Untitled (photography work) in a private collection in Turkey
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