Born in Istanbul, Turkey; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2020 A Warm Place, solo exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, August 14th - Sep 11th,
2019 Wonderland, two person exhibition, Wrong Side of the River Project Space, Brooklyn, NY, April 12th - May 3rd,
2018 Zwei Positionen, joint/ two person exhibition, Kunstverein in Ludwigsburg Museum, Ludwigsburg, Germany, May 3rd - July 5th, (catalogue)
2014 Playground, solo exhibition, Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey, November 4th - December 14th, (catalogue)
Awards and Honors
2020 Grand Prize, See.Me ‘Represent’ Competition
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 International Art Program, Leipzig, Germany, Oct 1 - Dec 31
2016 Grand Prize, Dave Bown Projects 13th Semiannual Competition, juried by Helga Christoffersen, Assistant Curator, New Museum, NY; and Kelly Kivland, Associate Curator, Dia Art Foundation
2007-2010 Presidential Merit Based Scholarship, Pratt Grant and President’s List, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Education
2012 New York Academy of Art, New York – MFA – Painting
2010 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York – BFA – Painting with Highest Honors
1998 Ege University, Izmir, Turkey – BArch – Landscape Architecture
Selected Exhibitions
2020
Darkest Before Dawn: Art in a Time of Uncertainty, Ethan Cohen KuBe, Beacon, NY
7th Art Collector Starter Kit Show, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Select 5, Garvey Simon Gallery, New York
The Immigrant Artist Biennial - The Imminent Arrival, NY
SCOPE Immersive Miami Beach, art fair, with SEE.Me
BorderWalls II, the Border, Brooklyn, NY
Represent, juried by Akeem Duncan, Michaeline Sander and Miguel Trelles, NY (virtual exhibition)
Art4Equality x Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness, the Untitled Space, New York
Artists For Artists, Wilkinson Gallery, New York Academy of Art, NY (benefit auction)
Refuge, curated by Nicole Mourino, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Summer Exhibition, curated by Joeonna Bellardo-Samuels, Andrea Scott, Alia Williams, New York Academy of Art, NY
Young Blood, Space Gallery St Barth, New York
GIFC, the Hole Gallery, New York
Hoarders House, Field Projects Gallery, New York
2019
Painting the Figure Now, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI (catalog)
Body Beautiful, curated by Indira Cesarine, the Untitled Space, New York
Contemporary Istanbul, 14th Annual International Art Fair, with Sevil Dolmaci Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Portal: Governors Island, Art Fair, Governors Island, New York
Movie Night, curated by Rick Davidman, Ille Arts Gallery, Amagansett, NY
IRL: Investigating Reality, curated by Indira Cesarine, the Untitled Space, New York
Distance and Happiness, Dreams and Time, 4 person exhibition curated by Jeff Evans, Artworks Trenton, Trenton, NJ
Summer Exhibition, curated by Ben Davis, Peter Plagens, and Christine Wachter-Campbell, Wilkinson Gallery, New York
Bliss, curated by Helena Christensen and Brooke Shields, Mandarin Oriental, Miami, FL
Relationship, Gallery Gary Giardiano, Lambertville, NJ
Women Artists Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York
2018
SouthWest Brooklyn Biennial, Kustera Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Annual Juried Exhibition, curated by Frank Bernarducci, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau,WI
Rutschbahn, Krudebude, Leipzig, Germany
Speech Bubble, Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig, Germany
The Real Men, curated by Brooke Shields and David Kratz, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Miami, FL
Governors Island Art Fair 2018, Governors Island, New York
Summer Exhibition, curated by Nicole Berry, Matthew Flowers, Amber Kelly, Alice Gray Stites, and Richard Vine, Flowers Gallery, New York
Join the Dots - Connect the Distances, exhibition by Imago Mundi - Luciano Benetton Collection, Salone deli Incanti, Trieste, Italy
2017
Game On!, Manifest Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
Mediterranean Routes, curated by Claudio Scorretti and Irina Ungureanu, Biennale Arcipelago Mediterraneo at Zisa Zona Arti Contemporanee, Palermo, Italy
No-prescription, curated by Nezih Cavusoglu, Ekavart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Bushwick Invitational, curated by SHIM Arts, 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, (invitational), James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Art Southampton, with New York Academy of Art curated by April Gornik, Bridgehampton, NY
Who’s Afraid of Feminism, juried by Catherine Morris, Women’s Caucus for Art, A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Primavera, Dacia Gallery, New York
Made In New York, juried by David Hornung and Katie Waugh, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
2014
Contemporary Istanbul, 9th Annual International 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, 8th Annual International Art Fair, with Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Summer Exhibition; curated by Allegra LaViola, Wendy Olsoff, and Stephanie Roach, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York
2012
Contemporary Istanbul, 7th Annual International Art Fair, with Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Reunion Show, Wilkinson Gallery, New York Academy of Art, NY
Take Home a Nude, Benefit Auction, Sotheby’s, New York
MFA Thesis Exhibition, curated by Peter Drake and Margaret McCann, Wilkinson Gallery, New York Academy of Art, NY
2011
Summer Exhibition; curated by Matthew Flowers, Carter Foster and Julie Heffernan, Flowers Gallery, New York
Take Home a Nude, Benefit Auction, Sotheby’s, New York
Publications
Whitehot Magazine, “On Non-Hierarchical Space: Buket Savci at Manifest Gallery” by Daniel Maidman, Oct 16, 2020, New York
Create! Magazine, issue #21, August 2020, pp 68-69-and back cover
Brooklyn Downtown Star, “In new exhibit, artists interpret forms of ‘refuge” by Sara Krevoy, July 23, 2020
Milliyet Sanat Magazine, ‘Bakin ne kadar da mutluyuz!’ (‘Look how happy we are!’) by Sevil Dolmaci, Istanbul, Turkey, November 2019
Der Tagesspiegel, “Contemporary Istanbul - Weisse Wagen vor dem Tor” by Werner Bloch, Berlin, Germany, Sep 20, 2019
Poets and Artists Magazine: ‘Figurative Realism’, 100th issue, curated by Dirk Dzimirsky, Dec 2018
Stuttgarter Zeitung, “Glucksmomente vor oder nach dem Sex”, Stuttgart, Germany, May 4th 2018
Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung, “Vom Gegensatz der Perspektiven”, Ludwigsburg, Germany, May 4th 2018
Hurriyet Turkish Newspaper, “Two Turkish Women Artists’ Extraordinary Exhibition in Germany”, May 11, 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, curated by Didi Menendez, May 2018
Istanbul Codex: Contemporary Artists from Turkey, Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Fabrica, 2016,
Who’s Afraid of Feminism, Exhibition Catalog, juried by Catherine Morris, August 2015, p 153.
The book: The Figure: Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, Donald Kuspit, Irving Sandler, Margaret McCann, Skira Rizzoli, Sep 2014,
“Buket Savci”, exhibition catalog, essay by Esra Alicavusoglu, Olcay Art, Istanbul, 2014
Poets and Artists Magazine, issue #52, curated by Daniel Maidman, June 2014
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 18, the Open Studios Press, 2012. pp 8-9.
Online Press and Interviews
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, ‘More Amazing Entries! Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize’ by Natalia Joruk, Aug 14, 2020 https://beautifulbizarre.net/2020/08/14/entries-beautiful-bizarre-art-prize-2020/
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, ‘Poets and Artists “Movie Night” Exhibition at Ille Arts’ by Bella Harris, Sep 23, 2019 https://beautifulbizarre.net/2019/09/23/poetsartists-movie-night-exhibition/
Dazed Magazine, ”This art show blends surrealism & realism to question what reality even is” by Justice Waul, June 18, 2019 https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/44729/1/irl-investigating-reality-art-show-surrealism-realism-question-indira-cesarine
Glare Magazine, ‘In Real Life’ by Sasha Leon, June 2019
Curated by Girls, “IRL: Investigating Reality” Group Show at the Untitled Space’, June 2019
Greenpointers.com, Thursday Spotlight: “Buket Savci On Creating Fleeting Moments of Pure Joy” by Billy McEntee, April 18, 2019
L-TV : interview about the “Zwei Positionen” exhibition streamed on German TV and online; May 2018
http://l-tv.de/mediathek/video/2480.html
Acik Radio,“Zwei Positionen” Buket Savci and Sibel Horada, aired on Celenk Bafra’s “Haricten Sanat”, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2018
Eight Brilliant Painters with Studios in Greenpoint, by Ona Abelis, Greenpointers.com, February 15th 2015
Quantumartreview, ‘Playground’ A Preview of Buket Savci’s Solo Exhibition at Olcay Arts in Istanbul by Jacob Hicks, Nov 3rd 2014 http://quantumartreview.com/2014/11/03/playground-a-preview-of-buket-savcis-solo-exhibition-at-olcay-arts-in-istanbul/
The Wild Magazine, “What To See at Greenpoint Open Studios this Weekend”, by Kate Messinger, Oct. 2nd 2014,
http://thewildmagazine.com/blog/what-to-see-at-greenpoint-open-studios-this-weekend/
Bushwick Daily’s review of Greenpoint Open Studios, by Danielle Kalamaras, Oct. 7th 2014
Ekav Art TV, Turkey’s primary online Art TV, Interview, 2012; “Portrait Buket Savci Atature” http://www.ekavart.tv/sanatcilar/diger/portre-buket-savci-atature
Artist Talks
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
Teaching
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, post-graduate teaching assistant for Intaglio Printmaking Jan – May 2013
Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, teaching assistant for Intermediate Printmaking Sep – Dec 2012
