Serra Tansel
2 March 1989. Born in Istanbul, Turkey.
Currently lives in London.
Education
2007-2011 BA, Central Saint Martins, Fine Art 3D Department, London
Solo / Group Shows
2022
bag, pedestal,rabbit,potato curated by Ülgen Semerci, Olivia Strange, Jessica Wetherly, Staffordshire St, London
Suyun Bildikleri (What Water Knows), Pilot Galeri, Istanbul
2021
Hayırlı Evlat @ Zevk Meselesi, Pera Müzesi, Istanbul
Tasawar Transcultural Talks: On Queering with Derya Bayraktaroğlu and Dijan Özkurt
2020
Mor Çatı için Sanat Dayanışması / Artists for Purple Roof Turkey
"Passion can create drama out of inert stone"?!, Peak, Elephant & Castle Shopping Mall, London
The Gate, Proyector as part of Artistas Comisariados 2020 curated by Ulya Soley & Fatma Çolakoğlu, Madrid
Heavens!, SlipStream: artists streaming in solidarity with refugee week, online
HIGHER, Serra Tansel, Pilot, Istanbul
2019
Group show with Bernd Oppl and William Mackrell, with a text by Elisabeth Molin in Zona Mista, London
Bridge the Channel, Back Room, London
Sinopale 7, Sinop
Heavens!, Bilsart, Istanbul
Heavens!, Battersea Arts Centre, London
2018
Love and the Ocean , LUX Scotland’s guest-curated programme for Eden Court, selected by artist Frances Davis, Glasgow
Make It Hot. Cool It Down. Turn It Over with Emily Sarsam curated by TopSoil, Safehouse, London
Billboard 8171, Annin Arts, London
Eskiz Hali, curated by Gizem Karakaş, Galeri 5, İstanbul
2017
Athina Garden City Part 2, A - DASH, Athens
2016
Market Gallery group show, Glasgow
Freundschaftsspiel Istanbul : Freiburg, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg
Works in Series, noshowspace, London
Artists' Film Biennial: Selected by artist Ahmet Ögüt, ICA, London
2015
Sera Tansel Unlimited, noshowspace, London
Dünya Döner (World Döner / Revolves) at Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp
Curious Artefacts, group show curated by Becky Campbell at Art Wall, Athens
Γ Λ Υ Κ Ι Α Μ Ο Υ with Joanna Peace at Snehta, Athens
Disordering Chaos, Bath
2014
Su İkramımızdır with Duval Timothy at Polistar, Istanbul
BYOB, Pera Museum, Istanbul
Dasein at 'Left Unsaid', Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin
2013
Dots / Light & Dark - published in Yuck N Yum Winteŗ 2013 issue
An exhibition with Mehmet Ulusel in an empty house, curated by Didem Yazıcı, Istanbul
Watercolour at Lines - Strand Gallery, London
Dots serie at Light and Dark - Stoke Newington Library Gallery, London
2012
Two Postcards I & II - published in Yuck N Yum Autumn 2012 issue, exhibited at Dundee Contemporary Arts Exhibition, Dundee
Chance Symphony at BP: Tate Together Families Event, Tate Britain, London
Zen Box at Art TakeAway, Oxford
One video screened at DRIFT International, Rio
My Body’s Centre Point Intersecting the Studio’s performance at Central Saint Martins Degree Show, London
Talks / Events
2016
Heaviness of Books / Lightness of Letters with Ali Kazma and Ciprian Mureşan, moderation by Didem Yazıcı, Museum Für Neue Kunst, Freiburg
1 People Screening selected by Serra Tansel & Alexis Lagimodière-Grisé, Hosted by Air Antwerpen, Antwerp
2015
A performative talk with Joanna Peace ‘At least some sentiments were expressed, if not all’, CCA, Glasgow
Residencies
2022
Neapolitan Dialogues funded by T-One and Fondazione Morra, coordinated by Vittorio Urbani
2017 - 2018
GROUNDED Battersea Arts Centre Agents of Creative Change programme set up by Amy Pennington , Growing Underground, London
2016
2015
Air Antwerpen, Antwerp
ParaSite School Residency set up by Felipe Castelblanco at Royal Academy, London
SNEHTA Residency, Athens
2012
AIR Mini Residency, on public art, London
The Drift Project, on performance art, Rio
Collectives
Hayırlı Evlat