THE ART OF HEALING: Turkish Artist & Filmmaker Sena Başöz's Practice

Sena Başöz’s artwork focuses on healing processes following cases of trauma, evolving out of the importance of care, the organism's capacity to repair itself and the way nature self-regenerates creating a balance in the long run. In this talk she will share how she started her artistic path holding onto the transformative healing power of artistic expression and later on, how care and healing themselves turned into the main focus of her artistic research. She will share her insights and experiences from her journey while showing excerpts from her works.

ABOUT SENA BAŞÖZ

Sena is an artist and filmmaker living and working in Istanbul, Turkey. She received a BA in Economics from Boğaziçi University, Turkey (2002) and a MFA from Bard College, USA (2010). Her recent solo exhibitions include Ars Oblivionis, Lotsremark Projekte, Basel (2020); A Consolation, Krank Art Gallery, Istanbul (2020); Hold on Let go, MO-NO-HA Seongsu, Seoul (2020) and On Lightness, DEPO Istanbul (2018). She has participated in group exhibitions such as Transitorische Turbulenzen, Kunstraum Dreiviertel, Bern (2020); Studio Bosporus & Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2018); Quiet Dialogue, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum (2018) and Sharjah Biennial Offsite Exhibition: Bahar, Istanbul (2017).

She has participated in artist residencies at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2017), Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz (2010) and Delfina Foundation, London (2020).

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