Work — SılaYalazan

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Sıla Yalazan Londan & Istanbul

Yalazan, Turkish visual artist based in Istanbul. After studying Print & Graphic Design in South Africa and Fashion Design in New York (FIT), she went on to study Visual Arts in Melbourne, Australia. Returning to Turkey, she started working from her studio in Tarlabaşı and took part in the exhibition "Growing up in a Metropolis" at Studio X, a project by Columbia University’s Faculty of Architecture.

She published her first photography book "Tarlabaşı Vs Gezi" in Australia with Knowledge Editions, which participated in the New York Book Fair (MoMA) and Melbourne Book Fair (National Gallery of Melbourne).

Her first solo exhibition, "Forbidden Games", was presented at Kıraathane Istanbul Literature House in 2019 and later featured in the 212 International Photography Festival in 2020.Her photograph "Komotini" was selected by Tate Modern as part of the "Beyond Surrealism" exhibition and displayed during the Tate Late Night events in March 2022.

In 2024, she exhibited her first solo show in London, "Flowers in Concrete", at Photobook Café, Shoreditch, and presented her installation "Forbidden Games" (From Tarlabaşı to Oxford Streets) at Fusion Arts, Oxford.

EDUCATION

2009–2011

La Trobe Art Institute, Melbourne, Australia

2007–2008

Melbourne School of Fashion, Melbourne, Australia

2001–2005

Cape College, Cape Town, South Africa

1995–1996

Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York, USA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

"Flowers in Concrete", Photobook Café, Shoreditch, London Perimetro

Huck Magazine

"Forbidden Games" (From Oxford to Tarlabaşı Streets), Fusion Arts, Oxford 2019

"Forbidden Games", Kıraathane Istanbul Literature House, Istanbul

Unlimited

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

ZZERT+S, 'body', Digital Window Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool

2024

''Vertigo Taslakları', Taksim Sanat, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Istanbul

Two Photographers One Exhibition, Gallery Marquess, Mayfair, London

2021

"Intentions", curated by Gül Demirdağ, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul (End the Taboo)

2020

"Perform and Negotiate", curated by Ali Taptık, 212 International Photography Festival, Istanbul

"The Shape of Things", KoloniX, Istanbul

2014

"Growing up in a Growing Metropolis", curated by Sinan Logie, Studio X, Istanbul, in collaboration with Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture}