Ipek Duben

Ipek Duben (born 1941) is a contemporary visual artist based in Istanbul. She produces artist books, poetry, installations, video, painting and sculpture. Her work deals with identity issues, feminism, and migration with a strong emphasis on social and political criticism. Besides actively producing and exhibiting art, Duben also acts as an art critic with numerous published essays and books on art and criticism.[1] In recent years her work has been shown in international institutions including Belvedere Museum, Vienna (2016), SALT Galata, Istanbul (2015), British Museum, London (2014), 13th Istanbul Biennial (2013) and Akademie der Künst, Berlin (2009). In 2015, SALT published a collection of her essays on art and criticism written between 1978 and 2010.[2]

Education

Ipek Duben earned her MA in Political science at the University of Chicago in 1965. She later had formal training in studio practice at the New York Studio School where she earned her BFA in 1976. Having relocated to Istanbul, Turkey, she continued her studies with a PhD in Art History, titled "Turkish Painting and Criticism: 1880–1945", which she completed in 1984 at Mimar Sinan University.[3][4] In 1991 she moved back to New York where she lived for another 10 years before moving back to Istanbul in 2001.[5]

Exhibitions

Ipek Duben has participated at the 13th Istanbul Biennial (2013), 3rd European International Book Art Biennale, Moscow, Russia (2014), Center for Book Arts, New York (2011), 4th and 5th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Biennale for the Artist's Book, Alexandria, Egypt (2010) and 5th Sharjah Biennial (2001). Her work was shown at institutions such as the Belvedere Museum, Vienna (2016), British Museum, London (2014), Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, (2011, 2009 & 2007),[6] National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington (2010), Academy of Arts, Berlin (2009), and ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany.

Monographic exhibitions include "Onlar/They" at SALT, Istanbul (2015),[7] and Fabrica Contemporary Arts Center, Brighton (2017),[8] and "Ipek Duben: A selection 1994–2009", Akbank Sanat, Istanbul (2009).[5]

Ipek Duben is represented by Pi Artworks gallery in Istanbul and London.

Collections

Ipek Duben's works are held in the collections of: Istanbul Modern,[9] The British Museum,[10] Bibliotheca Alexandrina-Egypt, Museum voor Volkenkunde Rotterdam, Wien Museum (as part of Karamustafa Export Import Project), King St. Stephen Museum, Deak Collection, Székesfehérar, Hungary, Center for Book Arts-New York, Moscow Artist's Book Archive, Koc Foundation and Zorlu Foundation.[3]

gollark: As of now, wouldn't it probably be better to just find some abandoned desert, stick a lot of solar panels there, and somehow run power cables back to somewhere useful?
gollark: Water vapour apparently self-regulates somehow.
gollark: Honestly, given politicking, I think the only way we'll actually fix the climate thing is if there's some relatively easy geoengineering solution.
gollark: Trees respiring?
gollark: I'm pretty sure animals are not very significant compared to industry and transport and whatnot.

References
  1. "IN-CONVERSATION: IPEK DUBEN and IZ OZTAT". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. "İpek Duben Yazı ve Söyleşileri 1978–2010 | SALT". saltonline.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. "Ipek Duben Biography – Ipek Duben on artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. 1941–, Duben, İpek (2007). Türk resmi ve eleştirisi : 1880–1950 (1. baskı ed.). Şişli, İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgu Üniversitesi Yayınları. ISBN 978-9756176566. OCLC 256539767.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Robert Morgan, Necmi Sonmez, Ipek Duben: A Selection 1994–2009, Akbank Art Center, Istanbul, 2009
  6. ART, ISTANBUL MODERN, ISTANBUL MUSEUM OF MODERN. "Dream and Reality – İstanbul Modern". www.istanbulmodern.org. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  7. "İpek Duben at SALT | Galata". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  8. "Fabrica Gallery | Brighton | Contemporary Art". Fabrica Gallery | Brighton | Contemporary Art. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  9. "Şerife 6, 7, 8 – İpek Duben – Google Arts & Culture". Google Cultural Institute. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  10. "Manuscript X". British Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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