Born in Istanbul, Turkey; lives and works in 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
Awards and Honors
Vermont Studio Center Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason Painting Fellowship Award, Vermont, November 2019
The Sculpture Foundation of Gerald Siciliano grant, June 2019
First place winner of Jonathan LeVine Projects’ Delusional Art Competition People’s Choice Award, August 2018
Pilotenkueche Artist Residency, Leipzig, Germany - Oct 1-Dec 31, 2018
Dave Bown Projects 13th Semiannual Competition Grand Prize, Curators: Helga Christoffersen, Assistant Curator, New Museum. New York; and Kelly Kivland, Associate Curator, Dia Art Foundation, 2016
Presidential Merit Based Scholarship, Pratt Institute, NY, 2007-2010
Pratt Grant and President’s List, Pratt Institute, NY, 2007-2010
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
Solo exhibition, A Warm Place, Manifest Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH, (upcoming) August - Sep 2020
Solo exhibition, Sevil Dolmaci Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (upcoming) Sep 2020
Wonderland, two person exhibition, Wrong Side of the River Project Space, Brooklyn, NY, April 2019
Joint Exhibition, Zwei Positionen, Kunstverein in Ludwigsburg Museum, Ludwigsburg, Germany, 2018
Solo Exhibition, Playground, Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey, November 2014 (with catalog)
Selected Exhibitions
2019
Movie Night, curated by Rick Davidman, Ille Arts Gallery, Amagansett, NY
Contemporary Istanbul, 14th Annual International Art Fair, with Sevil Dolmaci Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Portal: Governors Island, Art Fair, Governors Island, New York, NY
Dinner Party, curated by DK Johnston, Tabitha Whitley and Kate Sinclair, The Quin Central Park, New York, NY
IRL: Investigating Reality, curated by Indira Cesarine, the Untitled Space, New York, NY
Painting the Figure Now, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI (w catalog)
Summer Exhibition, curated by Ben Davis (Artnet), Peter Plagens (the Wall Street Journal), and Christine Wachter-Campbell (Winston Wachter Fine Art), Wilkinson Gallery, New York, NY
Distance and Happiness, Dreams and Time, 4 person exhibition curated by Jeff Evans, Artworks Trenton, Trenton, NJ
Relationship, Gallery Gary Giardiano, Lambertville, NJ
Women Artists Group Exhibition, curated by Lee Vasu, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Annual Juried Exhibition, curated by Frank Bernarducci, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau,WI
SouthWest Brooklyn Biennial, curated by Anna Kustera, Kustera Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Speech Bubble, curated by Martin Holz and Viviane Tabach, Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig, Germany
The Real Men, curated by Brooke Shields and David Kratz, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Miami, FL (during Art Basel Miami)
Figurative Realism, online exclusive exhibition on Artsy, curated by Dirk Dzimirsky, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
Governors Island Art Fair 2018, Governors Island, New York, NY (with catalog)
12th Annual Summer Exhibition, curated by Nicole Berry, Matthew Flowers, Amber Kelly, Alice Gray Stites, and Richard Vine, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
Join the Dots - Connect the Distances, exhibition by Imago Mundi - Luciano Benetton Collection, Salone deli Incanti, Trieste, Italy
2017
Game On!, juried group exhibition, Manifest Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
Mediterranean Routes, curated by Claudio Scorretti and Irina Ungureanu for Imago Mundi - Luciano Benetton Collection, Biennale Arcipelago Mediterraneo at Zisa Zona Arti Contemporanee, Palermo, Italy (with catalogue: Istanbul Codex)
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 group exhibition, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Art Southampton, with NY Academy of Art curated by April Gornik, Bridgehampton, NY
Who’s Afraid of Feminism, Online Exhibition and Catalog, juried by Catherine Morris curator of the Elizabeth Sackler Center at the Brooklyn Museum for the Women’s Caucus for Art, A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Primavera, curated Figurative Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
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 (w catalogue)
Motus in Figuris, curated Figurative Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
Superficies, curated by Kaitlyn Stubbs and Jofre Oliveras, Bolit Centre d’Art Contemporani Girona, Girona, Spain
Serendipitous Synergy, Group Exhibition, curated by Lisa Benson, the Kamakura Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan
2013
50th Annual Juried Competition Exhibition, juried by George T. M. Shackelford, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Contemporary Istanbul, 8th Annual International Art Fair, with Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (w catalogue)
Summer Exhibition; juried by Allegra LaViola, Wendy Olsoff, and Stephanie Roach, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
Alumni of New York Academy of Art, Group exhibition, Studio 7 Art Gallery and Bernardsville Library, Bernardsville, NJ
2012
Contemporary Istanbul, 7th Annual International Art Fair, with Olcay Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Reunion Show, curated by Peter Drake, Wilkinson Gallery, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Take Home a Nude 2012, Art Auction, Sotheby’s, New York, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, curated by Peter Drake and Margaret McCann, Wilkinson Gallery, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2011
5th Annual Summer Exhibition; Flowers Gallery, juried by Matthew Flowers, Carter Foster and Julie Heffernan, New York, NY
Take Home a Nude 2011, Sotheby’s, New York, NY
Teaching Experience
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, post-graduate teaching assistant for Intaglio Printmaking Jan. 2013 – May 2013.
Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, teaching assistant for Intermediate Printmaking Sep . 2012 – Dec. 2012.
Artist Talks and Lectures
James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, August 2016
Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2014
Selected Publications and Press
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/
Der Tagesspiegel, “Contemporary Istanbul - Weisse Wagen vor dem Tor” by Werner Bloch, Berlin, Germany, Sep 20, 2019
NBC-2.com, “Quin Central Park by Hilton Club presents exhibition of New York Academy of Art alumnae”, Sep 25, 2019
Dazed Magazine, ”This art show blends surrealism & realism to question what reality even is” by Justice Waul, June 18, 2019
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
Towntopics.com, “Distance and Happiness at Artworks Trenton”, March 20, 2019
http://www.towntopics.com/wordpress/2019/03/20/distance-and-happiness-at-artworks-trenton/
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
Interview about the “Zwei Positionen” exhibition streamed on L-TV;
http://l-tv.de/mediathek/video/2480.html
Conversation about the “Zwei Positionen” exhibition with Sibel Horada, aired on Celenk Bafra’s “Haricten Sanat” at Acik Radio, Turkey, June 2018
http://acikradyo.com.tr/haricten-sanat/sibel-horada-ve-buket-savci-ile-iki-pozisyon-hakkinda
Hurriyet Turkish Newspaper, “Two Turkish Women Artists’ Extraordinary Exhibition in Germany”, May 11th 2018 http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/avrupa/iki-turk-kadin-sanatcidan-almanyada-sira-disi-sergi-40833637
7th International Painting Annual, Manifest Press Publications, Cincinnati, OH, 2018
Poets and Artists Magazine: ‘Eros Gaze’, issue #93, curated by Didi Menendez, May 2018
Istanbul Codex: Contemporary Artists from Turkey, curated by Claudio Scorretti and Irina Ungureanu, Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Fabrica, 2016,
Who’s Afraid of Feminism, Exhibition Catalog, juried by Catherine Morris curator of the Elizabeth Sackler Center at the Brooklyn Museum, Women’s Caucus for Art, August 2015, p 153.
The Figure: Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, Donald Kuspit, Irving Sandler, Margaret McCann, Skira Rizzoli, September 2014,
Exhibition Catalog “Buket Savci”, Essay by Esra Alicavusoglu, Olcay Art, Mart Matbaa, Istanbul, 2014
Poets and Artists Magazine, issue #52, curated by Daniel Maidman, June 2014
‘Playground’ A Preview of Buket Savci’s Solo Exhibition at Olcay Arts in Istanbul by Jacob Hicks, Quantumartreview, November 3rd 2014
'Eight Brilliant Painters with Studios in Greenpoint', by Ona Abelis, Greenpointers.com, February 15th 2015
Olcay Art Contemporary Istanbul Catalog, Mart Matbaa, Istanbul, 2014. pp 20-23.
“What To See at Greenpoint Open Studios this Weekend”, by Kate Messinger, Oct. 2nd 2014, The Wild Magazine,
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
Olcay Art Contemporary Istanbul Catalog, Mart Matbaa, Istanbul, 2013. pp 26-29.
Contemporary Istanbul 2013 featured artworks;
http://bayaiyi.com/yakin-menzil/contemporary-istanbul-2013.html
Afterwards Contemporary Istanbul 2013 written by Yasemin Semercioglu;
http://www.ekavart.tv/Yazi/contemporary-istanbul-13-un-ardindan-yazan-yasemin-semercioglu
Contemporary Istanbul 2013 favorite artworks;
http://www.themagger.com/contemporary-istanbul-2013-favori-eserlerim
Olcay Art Contemporary Istanbul Catalog, Mart Matbaa, Istanbul, 2012. pp 36-39.
Interview, Ekav Art TV, Turkey’s primary online Art TV, 2012; “Portre Buket Savci Atature” http://www.ekavart.tv/sanatcilar/diger/portre-buket-savci-atature
Indiewalls Blog, 2012; “New Exhibition Buket Savci Atature at the Bean on 2nd Ave”
http://indiewalls.com/blog/new-exhibition-buket-savci-atature-at-the-bean-on-2nd-ave/
Pratt Success, Featured Artist/Designer, 2012; “Buket Savci Atature”
http://www.prattsuccess.com/p/featured-artistdesigner.html
Art-Rated article, Studio Visit – the Lounge Underground, 2012;
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 18, A Juried Selection of International Visual Artists, the Open Studios Press, 2012. pp 8-9.
