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Born in Istanbul, raised in Turkiye; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

 

2024 Beautiful Aliens, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, (Oct 17 - Nov 26)

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, Queens, 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, joint/ two person exhibition, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart, Germany

2014 Playground, solo exhibition, Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkiye

Awards and Honors

2023  Artist in residence, Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY, January

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  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 

 

2024

Untitled Art Miami Beach, ‘East Meets West’, with Kravets Wehby Gallery (upcoming December) 

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, with Kravets Wehby Gallery

All You Can Eat, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York 

16x20 Summer Exhibition, Harman Projects, New York

City of Women, curated by Shannon Bender and Hall W. Rockefeller, NYC Culture Club, WTC, NY

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

Art On Paper, art fair, with LaiSun Keane Gallery, New York

The Will To Change: Gathering As Praxis, by Nasty Women Connecticut, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, CT

Wilderness III, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR and New York

Re-imaging Rural, curated by Peter Fulop, Chashama, Brooklyn, NY

2021

Garden of Earthly Delights, curated by Anna Kustera, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York

Wilderness II, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR and New York

Boundaries, Village One Art, New York

Le Petit Prince, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

A Voice To Be Heard, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ

Give Me Some Skin, Sugarlift, 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, with 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, with Sevil Dolmaci Art, Istanbul, Turkey              

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

Rutschbahn, Krudebude, Leipzig, Germany

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 (with catalog)

Primavera, Dacia Gallery, New York

Made In New York, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY

2014  

Contemporary Istanbul, Art Fair, with Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkiye

Motus in Figuris, Dacia Gallery, New York

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, with Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkiye

Summer Exhibition; Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York

Bibliography

 

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

Artlander Magazine, ‘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 TVFlowstate Series, Episode 103: Buket Savci, TV broadcast and on allarts.org, YouTube, March 10

 https://allarts.org/programs/flowstate-north-brooklyn-artists/buket-savci-zxxk95/

T24, Immigration Stories, “Buket Savci: 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

 https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/44729/1/irl-investigating-reality-art-show-surrealism-realism-question-indira-cesarine

Greenpointers.com, Thursday Spotlight: “Buket Savci On Creating Fleeting Moments of Pure Joy” by Billy McEntee, April 18

 https://greenpointers.com/2019/04/18/thursday-spotlight-buket-savci-on-creating-fleeting-moments-of-pure-joy/

 

2018

Poets and Artists Magazine: ‘Figurative Realism’, 100th issue, Dec 2018

Hurriyet Newspaper, “Two Turkish Women Artists’ Extraordinary Exhibition in Germany”, Turkey, 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 

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.comEight Brilliant Painters with Studios in Greenpoint, by Ona Abelis, Feb 15  

 http://greenpointers.com/2015/02/16/eight-brilliant-painters-with-studios-in-greenpoint/ - more-53365

2014

Quantumartreview.com, ‘Playground’ A Preview of Buket Savci’s Solo Exhibition at Olcay Art in Istanbul by Jacob Hicks, Nov 3

 http://quantumartreview.com/2014/11/03/playground-a-preview-of-buket-savcis-solo-exhibition-at-olcay-arts-in-istanbul/

Bushwick Daily; review of Greenpoint Open Studios, by Danielle Kalamaras, Oct 7

 http://bushwickdaily.com/2014/10/join-the-magical-october-artful-tour-of-our-northern-neighbors-greenpoint-open-studios/

The Wild Magazine, “What To See at Greenpoint Open Studios this Weekend”, by Kate Messinger, Oct 2

Buket Savci”, exhibition catalog, essay by Esra Alicavusoglu, Olcay Art, Istanbul, 2014

The Figure: Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, Donald Kuspit, Irving Sandler, Margaret McCann, Rizzoli, Sep 2014, pp 176-177

 

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