Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu 1985, b. Izmir. based on Istanbul. The artist produces mostly in the field of performance art but also (rarely) in other disciplines like installation, video, photography etc. She1 sees the process of making art as a performative research on theself and she ​ ​ uses the work as a tool to transform her limits, her boundaries and her subjectivity and also to create new ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ corporal concepts to think, to imagine, to dream, to act, to be and to become. Her works are based on this ​ ​ two layers: The transformative power of the body work and the intellectual/political/ethical concept (which speak with one voice to her) of the project. She views the body as a resource to be unravelled; as a ​ ​ ​ ​ laboratory of emotions, fears and limits; and as an intensity space of encounters. She believes in the power ​ ​ of the present and the touch. If and when she needs to define herself as an artist, she chooses to use the ​ ​ ‘queer artist’ title. Her take of ‘queer’ does not only refer to an area beyond heterosexuality and binary sex, but also to a space beyond normativity itself. She had been in the advisory team of a series of queer theory writings called Queer Düş’ün [Queer ​ Fantasy/Thought/Dream] between 2012 - 2019 and has been the translator of some queer books in the selection, in Sel Publishing House. She also edited and compiled a queer theory book called Queer Temaşa ​ ​ [Queer Contemplation/Spectacle], as a part of the series (2016). She was a member of Istanbul Queer Art Collective ​between 2014-2017. ​ ​ She pursued a queer collaborative performance project called fuckmekitty ​between 2016-2017. ​ ​ She continues to her performance works as a Performistanbul ​international performance platform artist since ​ ​ 2017. Curated exhibitions 2016 Dream Pavilion w​ ith Yekhan Pınarlıgil and Murat Alat; as part of Unexpected Territories,​ 26. ​ ​ International TUYAP Istanbul Art Fair, TÜYAP, Istanbul, Turkey ​ Some of live performances 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 1 * question​ of the pronouns has always been an issue to the artist. as someone who doesn’t identify theirself under binary gender system. performistanbul.org [email protected] 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 ​ ​ 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 performistanbul.org [email protected] 2017 (Performer in other artist work) The Domain of things b​y 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 2 019 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 performistanbul.org [email protected] 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 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 Some of workshops & talks she led/gave 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, r​ound 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, p​erformance art workshop for 2 days, Forum ​ Dança, L​isbon, 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 ​ performistanbul.org [email protected] 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