Born in Istanbul, Turkiye; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2026 Patches for a Broken Harmony, solo exhibition, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York
2024 Beautiful Aliens, solo exhibition, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York
2023 All the Flowers, solo exhibition, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York
2023 Beyond the Dreampond, solo exhibition, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN
2022 Drifters of the Dreampond, solo exhibition, 5-50 Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2021 Wrong Side of the River (Pink Room), solo presentation, Spring/Break Art Show, New York
2020 A Warm Place, solo exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2019 Wonderland, two person exhibition, Wrong Side of the River Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Zwei Positionen: Buket Savci und Sibel Horada, joint simultaneous solo exhibition, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart, Germany
2014 Playground, solo exhibition, Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkiye
Awards and Honors
2026 Artist in residence, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2023 Artist in residence, Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY
2021 Artist in residence, LMCC (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council) Arts Center Residency Program, Governors Island, NY
2021 Artist in residence, ChaNorth (Chashama), Pine Plains, NY
2020 Grand Prize, See.Me ‘Represent’ Competition
2020 NYFA Grant - The Tri-State Relief Fund
2020 Manifest Grand Jury Prize Finalist
2019 Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason Painting Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, VT
2018 People’s Choice Award, Jonathan LeVine Projects’ Delusional Art Competition
2018 Artist in Residence, Pilotenkueche, Leipzig, Germany
2016 Grand Prize, Dave Bown Projects Competition
2007-2010 Presidential Merit Based Scholarship, Pratt Grant and President’s List, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Education
2012 New York Academy of Art, NY – MFA – Painting
2010 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY – BFA – Painting with Highest Honors
1998 Ege University, Izmir, Turkiye – BArch – Landscape Architecture
Selected Exhibitions
2026
The Full Picture, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York
2025
Notes From Underground: Wet Snow, curated by Charles Moore and Alex Radu, /SAC (Spatiul de Arta Contemporana), Bucharest, Romania
Untitled Art Miami Beach, Kravets Wehby Gallery
Slumber Party, curated by Loft Projects, Ruby Dakota, New York
End of an Era, The Lockerroom, Brooklyn, NY
2024
Untitled Art Miami Beach, Kravets Wehby Gallery
Expo Chicago, art fair, with Kravets Wehby Gallery
Future Fair, special project, curated by Leslie B. Weissman, New York
2023
Untitled Art Miami Beach, art fair, Kravets Wehby Gallery
City of Women, curated by Hall W. Rockefeller and Shannon Bender, NYC Culture Club, WTC, NY
All You Can Eat, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York
16x20 Summer Exhibition, Harman Projects, New York
Come Together, LaiSun Keane Gallery, Boston, MA
ACSKIX, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Lured By Bacchus, Lost To Oblivion, curated by Buket Savci and Caitlin McCormack, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
The Will To Change: Gathering As Praxis, by Nasty Women Connecticut, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, CT
Art On Paper, art fair, LaiSun Keane Gallery, New York
Wilderness III, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR and New York
Re-imaging Rural, curated by Peter Fulop, Chashama, Brooklyn, NY
2021
A Voice To Be Heard, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
Garden of Earthly Delights, curated by Anna Kustera, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
Give Me Some Skin, Sugarlift, New York
Boundaries, Village One Art, New York
Le Petit Prince, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Wilderness II, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR and New York
15th Anniversary Exhibition, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
The Immigrant Artist Biennial - The Imminent Arrival, New York
Darkest Before Dawn: Art in a Time of Uncertainty, Ethan Cohen Gallery KuBe, Beacon, NY
ACSKSVII, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SCOPE Immersive Miami Beach, SEE.Me
BorderWalls II, the Border, Brooklyn, NY
Hoarders House, Field Projects, New York
2019
Painting the Figure Now, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
Contemporary Istanbul, Art Fair, Sevil Dolmaci Art, Istanbul, Turkiye
Portal: Governors Island, Art Fair, Governors Island, NY
Body Beautiful, the Untitled Space, New York
Distance and Happiness, Dreams and Time, 4 person exhibition, Artworks, Trenton, NJ
IRL: Investigating Reality, the Untitled Space, New York
2018
ANJE, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau,WI
Governors Island Art Fair, Governors Island, NY
SouthWest Brooklyn Biennial, Kustera Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Speech Bubble, Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig, Germany
Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York
Join the Dots - Connect the Distances, exhibition by Imago Mundi Foundation - Luciano Benetton Collection, Salone deli Incanti, Trieste, Italy
2017
Game On!, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Mediterranean Routes, Biennale Arcipelago Mediterraneo at Zisa Zona Arti Contemporanee, Palermo, Italy
No-prescription, Ekavart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkiye
Bushwick Invitational, ArtHelix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Women Painting Women: Our Collective Conscience, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Nasty Women Exhibition, Knockdown Art Center, Queens, NY
Forces, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Art Southampton, with New York Academy of Art, Bridgehampton, NY
Who’s Afraid of Feminism, Women's Caucus For Art, A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Made In New York, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
2014
Contemporary Istanbul, Art Fair, Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkiye
Superficies, Bolit Centre d’Art Contemporani Girona, Girona, Spain
Serendipitous Synergy, the Kamakura Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan
2013
50th Annual Juried Competition Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Contemporary Istanbul, Art Fair, Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkiye
Summer Exhibition; Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York
Bibliography and Press
2026
DaVinci Magazine, ‘Buket Savci Paints Joy as an Act of Survival’ by Peter Koloff, September 8
Impulse Magazine, ‘Against the Grain in Miami’ by Nicolas Poblete, Jan 1
2024
Create! Magazine, ‘Buket Savci: Beautiful Aliens Exhibition’, October
2023
Friend of the Artist, Volume 16, cover of the book and, pp 190, 191, 192, 193
Tomorrow's Talent III, published by Booooooom, pp 114-115
Nashville Scene, 'Buket Savci's Red Arrow Debut Is Sun-Soaked, Sensual and Somber' by Joe Nolan, March 23
2022
The Artlander Magazine, no #92, ‘Drifters of the Dreampond - Interview with Artist Buket Savci’ by Adam Hencz, September 2022
Quiet Lunch, 'The Standout Booths At Spring/Break Art Show and Their Artists/Curators', by Akeem K. Duncan, Sep 10
Whitewall Art Magazine, 'Spring/Break Art Show 2022 Returns With A Spunky Spirit to Midtown', by Eliza Jordan, Sep 8
2021
Hyperallergic, “With A Medieval Flair, Spring Break Art Show Celebrates the Eccentric” by Hrag Vartanian, Sep 10
Artnet, “See 10 of Exhilarating Installations at the Spring/Break Art Show” by Sarah Cascone, Sep 10
Gothamist, “The Riotous Spring/Break Art Show Takes Over Midtown Office Building” by Scott Lynch, Sep 9
Artspeak, Artspeak.nyc, Buket Savci Artist Survey, May 3
All Arts TV, WNET/PBS documentary series; Flowstate / North Brooklyn Artists, S1E3: Buket Savci, TV broadcast and on allarts.org, YouTube, received New York Emmy nominations.
https://allarts.org/programs/flowstate-north-brooklyn-artists/buket-savci-zxxk95/
T24, Immigration Stories, “Buket Savci: Beneath My Vivid Colors, I Crave for Belonging, Equality and Justice" ("Neseli Renklerimin Altında Bag Kurmaya, Eşitliğe ve Adalete Hasret Var”), Ayse Acar, Turkiye, March 3
American Art Collector Magazine, Select 5 show review, issue #183, Jan 2021, pp 78-79
2020
Whitehot Magazine, “On Non-Hierarchical Space:Buket Savci at Manifest Gallery”by Daniel Maidman, October 16
Create! Magazine, issue #21, Aug 2020, pp 68-69-and back cover
2019
Milliyet Sanat Magazine, ‘Bakin ne kadar da mutluyuz!’ by Sevil Dolmaci, Istanbul, Turkiye, Nov 2019
Der Tagesspiegel, “Contemporary Istanbul - Weisse Wagen vor dem Tor” by Werner Bloch, Germany, Sep 20
Dazed Magazine, ”This art show blends surrealism & realism to question what reality even is” by Justice Waul, June 18
Greenpointers.com, Thursday Spotlight: “Buket Savci On Creating Fleeting Moments of Pure Joy” by Billy McEntee, April 18
2018
Hurriyet Newspaper, “Two Turkish Women Artists’ Extraordinary Exhibition in Germany”, Turkiye, May 11
Stuttgarter Zeitung, “Glucksmomente vor oder nach dem Sex”, Stuttgart, Germany, May 4
Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung, “Vom Gegensatz der Perspektiven”, Ludwigsburg, Germany, May 4
7th International Painting Annual, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH, 2018
Poets and Artists Magazine: ‘Figurative Realism’, 100th issue, Dec 2018
Zwei Positionen Sibel Horada - Buket Savci, exhibition catalog, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany, 2018
2016
Istanbul Codex: Contemporary Artists from Turkey, Imago Mundi Foundation, Luciano Benetton Collection, 2016
2015
Who’s Afraid of Feminism, Exhibition Catalog, Women’s Caucus for Art, August 2015, p 153
Greenpointers.com, Eight Brilliant Painters with Studios in Greenpoint, by Ona Abelis, Feb 15
2014
The Figure: Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, Donald Kuspit, Irving Sandler, Margaret McCann, Rizzoli, Sep 2014, pp 176-177
“Buket Savci”, exhibition catalog, essay by Esra Alicavusoglu, Olcay Art, Istanbul, 2014
Quantumartreview.com, ‘Playground’ A Preview of Buket Savci’s Solo Exhibition at Olcay Art in Istanbul by Jacob Hicks, Nov 3
Bushwick Daily; review of Greenpoint Open Studios, by Danielle Kalamaras, Oct 7
The Wild Magazine, “What To See at Greenpoint Open Studios this Weekend”, by Kate Messinger, Oct 2