Born in Istanbul, Turkey; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2023 Solo exhibition, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN (forthcoming March)
2022 Drifters of the Dreampond, solo exhibition, 5-50 Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2021 Wrong Side of the River (Pink Room), solo, 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 in Ludwigsburg Museum, Ludwigsburg, Germany
2014 Playground, solo exhibition, Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
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, April
2020 Grand Prize, See.Me ‘Represent’ Competition
2020 Manifest Grand Jury Prize Finalist
2019 Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason Painting Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, VT, November
2019 Artist grant, The Sculpture Foundation of Gerald Siciliano
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, Turkey – BArch – Landscape Architecture
Selected Exhibitions
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
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
Le Petit Prince, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Wilderness II, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR and New York
Boundaries, Village One Art, New York
A Voice To Be Heard, Arts Council of 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
Select 5, Garvey Simon Gallery, New York
SCOPE Immersive Miami Beach, with SEE.Me
BorderWalls II, the Border, Brooklyn, NY
Art4Equality x Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness, the Untitled Space, New York
Young Blood, Space Gallery St Barth, New York
GIFC, the Hole Gallery, New York
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, NY
Relationship, Gallery Gary Giardiano, Lambertville, NJ
2018
ANJE, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
SouthWest Brooklyn Biennial, Kustera Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Governors Island Art Fair 2018, Governors Island, 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, Turkey
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
Primavera, Dacia Gallery, New York
Made In New York, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
2014
Contemporary Istanbul, Art Fair, with Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
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, Turkey
Summer Exhibition; Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York
Bibliography
Hyperallergic, “With A Medieval Flair, Spring Break Art Show Celebrates the Eccentric” by Hrag Vartanian, 9/10
Artnet, “See 10 of Exhilarating Installations at the Spring/Break Art Show” by Sarah Cascone, 9/10
Gothamist, “The Riotous Spring/Break Art Show Takes Over Midtown Office Building” by Scott Lynch, 9/9
Artspeak, Artspeak.nyc, Buket Savci Artist Survey, May 3, 2021
All Arts TV, Flowstate Series, Episode 103: Buket Savci, TV broadcast and on allarts.org, YouTube, March 10, 2021
https://allarts.org/programs/flowstate-north-brooklyn-artists/buket-savci-zxxk95/
American Art Collector Magazine, Select 5 show review, issue #183, Jan 2021, pp 78-79
Whitehot Magazine, “On Non-Hierarchical Space:Buket Savci at Manifest Gallery”by Daniel Maidman,10/16/20
Create! Magazine, issue #21, Aug 2020, pp 68-69-and back cover
Milliyet Sanat Magazine, ‘Bakin ne kadar da mutluyuz!’ by Sevil Dolmaci, Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 2019
Der Tagesspiegel, “Contemporary Istanbul - Weisse Wagen vor dem Tor” by Werner Bloch, Germany, 9/20/2019
Greenpointers.com, Thursday Spotlight: “Buket Savci On Creating Fleeting Moments of Pure Joy” by Billy McEntee, 4/18/2019
Poets and Artists Magazine: ‘Figurative Realism’, 100th issue, Dec 2018
Hurriyet Newspaper, “Two Turkish Women Artists’ Extraordinary Exhibition in Germany”, Turkey, 5/11/2018
Stuttgarter Zeitung, “Glucksmomente vor oder nach dem Sex”, Stuttgart, Germany, 5/4/2018
Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung, “Vom Gegensatz der Perspektiven”, Ludwigsburg, Germany, 5/4/2018
Zwei Positionen Sibel Horada - Buket Savci, exhibition catalog, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany, 2018
7th International Painting Annual, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH, 2018
Poets and Artists Magazine: ‘Eros Gaze’, issue #93, May 2018
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The Wild Magazine, “What To See at Greenpoint Open Studios this Weekend”, by Kate Messinger, 10/2/2014
The Figure: Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, Donald Kuspit, Irving Sandler, Margaret McCann, Rizzoli, Sep 2014
“Buket Savci”, exhibition catalog, essay by Esra Alicavusoglu, Olcay Art, Istanbul, 2014
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http://www.ekavart.tv/sanatcilar/diger/portre-buket-savci-atature
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 18, the Open Studios Press, 2012. pp 8-9
Artist Talks
FIT, NY, February 08, 2021
Pratt Institute, School of Art, Brooklyn, NY, October 27, 2020
SMU, School of the Arts, Dallas, TX, October 19, 2020
Southern Oregon University, OR, September 30, 2020
A Conversation with curator Michaeline Sander, Represent Grand Prize Winner Buket Savci moderated by Brendan Burns, Live Stream,
www.See.Me, September 17, 2020
Pratt Institute, School of Art, Brooklyn, NY, February 2020
James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, August 2016
Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2014