Sena Başöz İzmir, Turkey, b. 1980
Sena Başöz is an artist working across many different media whose works investigate healing, seeking ways of interacting with what is considered out of reach and experimentally regenerating what is considered frozen-dead-stale-lost. She focuses on broader definitions of "care" and the practices it entails.
Her recent solo exhibitions and performances include "Folia" Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion, İstanbul (2025); “Slalom”, Wellcome Collection, London (2022); “Clam”, Matsutake at Librairie Yvon Lambert, Paris (2021); “Astronomical Movements”, Bilsart, Istanbul (2021); “Ars Oblivionis”, Lotsremark Projekte, Basel (2020); A Consolation, Krank Art Gallery, Istanbul (2020); “Hold on Let go”, MO-NO-HA Seongsu, Seoul (2020) and “On Lightness”, DEPO Istanbul (2018). She has participated in group exhibitions such as “There is Nothing Inevitable About Time”, TAVROS, Athens (2022); “This Place”, Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat, Istanbul (2021); “Transitorische Turbulenzen”, Kunstraum Dreiviertel, Bern (2020); “Studio Bosporus”, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2018); “Quiet Dialogue”, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum (2018) and “Sharjah Biennial Offsite Exhibition: BAHAR”, Istanbul (2017).
She received her BA in Economics from Boğaziçi University in 2002 and MFA from Bard College Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts in Film and Video in 2010. She participated in artist residencies at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2017), Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz (2010) and Delfina Foundation, London (2020-2022).
The artist lives and works in London and Istanbul.
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Truth, Old Past
Miami 5 Oct 2024 - 17 Jan 2025Truth, Old Past is a group exhibition that focuses on artists from diverse cultural backgrounds whose works project towards a utopian future of cultural transformation as a result of past...Read more -
Rising waters, radiating lights
Group Exhibition 19 Sep - 7 Dec 2024 İstanbul, DialoguesSea levels are rising—and at an accelerating rate. Oceans are expanding as they absorb massive amounts of heat, while glaciers and ice sheets contribute hundreds of gigatons of meltwater to...Read more -
Now on Display
Selected 4 Jan - 28 Mar 2024Now on Display delves into the complex interplay between art object and historical object and the museum institution itself. In the contemporary museum context, spectators are often compelled to admire,...Read more -
Inevitable Choreography
Sena Başöz 16 Dec 2023 - 24 Feb 2024 İstanbulZilberman is pleased to announce Sena Başöz ’s solo exhibition titled Inevitable Choreography opening at the gallery’s main space located at the Mısır Apartment in Beyoğlu between December 16 2023...Read more
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Sena Başöz at Upcycle Istanbul Art & Design exhibition
July 30, 2026Sena Başöz participated in the group exhibition presented as part of the fifth edition of the Upcycle Istanbul Art & Design Festival. Held at Terminal...Read more -
Sena Başöz featured on the İmgenin Onuru podcast
July 29, 2026Sena Başöz is the guest of the forty-sixth episode of İmgenin Onuru ( The Dignity of the Image ), a podcast series conceived and hosted...Read more -
Sena Başöz at Kendi Koleksiyonu: Vanilla, Grass, Almond
April 6, 2026Kendi Koleksiyonu presents Vanilla, Grass, Almond, presented in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district from April 6 to June 28 2026. Curated by Huo Rf, the show transforms...Read more -
Sena Başöz at Becoming Through Pain at Somers Gallery London
March 25, 2026Sensity Studio presented Becoming Through Pain, a group exhibition curated by Huma Kabakcı, bringing together eight international women artists to explore pain as a transformative...Read more -
Sena Başöz at AWITA’s Resonant Spaces: Curating Echoes at Echo Soho
January 7, 2026Sena Başöz was featured in Resonant Spaces: Curating Echoes , presented by the Association of Women in the Arts (AWITA) at the inaugural edition of...Read more -
Sena Başöz, curates Bird’s-Eye View: Screening and Talk on Colonialism and Infrastructure
January 5, 2026Curated by Sena Başöz, Bird’s-Eye View: A Screening and Talk on Colonialism and Infrastructure will take place on December 24, 2025. The event examines how...Read more -
Sena Başöz, curates Bird’s-Eye View: Screening and Talk on Colonialism and Infrastructure
December 24, 2025Curated by Sena Başöz, Bird’s-Eye View: A Screening and Talk on Colonialism and Infrastructure will take place on December 24, 2025. The event examines how...Read more -
Sena Başöz at AWITA’s Resonant Spaces: Curating Echoes at Echo Soho
October 16, 2025Sena Başöz was featured in Resonant Spaces: Curating Echoes , presented by the Association of Women in the Arts (AWITA) at the inaugural edition of...Read more -
Sena Başöz, Fatoş İrwen, and Yaşam Şaşmazer at the Folia exhibition at Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion
September 21, 2025Curated by Selen Ansen and Eda Berkmen, the exhibition Folia will be on view between September 21, 2025 and March 1, 2026 at Abdülmecid Efendi...Read more -
Sena Başöz at Certain Fallacies' one-night exhibition Silver Salon
July 16, 2025On July 16, 2025, Certain Fallacies held its one-night exhibition Silver Salon in Wapping, London, overlooking the Thames. Founded in Los Angeles, Certain Fallacies is...Read more -
Night Guard, new artist book by Sena Başöz, Serra Tansel, and Ülgen Semerci
April 2, 2025Night Guard , an artist book by Sena Başöz, Serra Tansel, and Ülgen Semerci, has been released. It has been selected for Enfolded Journeys ,...Read more -
Sena Başöz at FALL – a Film Poem Sampler and Granny Ludski’s Wild Gardening
December 13, 2024FALL – a Film Poem Sampler was the first in a series of events observing, researching and opening up established contours and dynamics between visual...Read more -
Leap into the Future by Sena Başöz is on display at Yanköşe
June 6, 2024Yanköşe, which provides a platform for unexpected artistic encounters in the city, welcomes Sena Başöz's work Leap into the Future . Sena Başöz’ project Leap...Read more -
Sena Başöz led the workshop An Evening with the Archive of Sanat Dünyamız
May 2, 2024Can information frozen in the archives be revitalized? In the workshop organised on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Sanat Dünyamız magazine, the participants...Read more -
Sena Başöz at the exhibition Dormant States of the Awakened Movements
February 22, 2024Focusing on video artworks, Bilsart is hosting the exhibition Dormant States of the Awakened Movements from February 22 to May 4, 2024. The exhibition presents...Read more -
Sena Başöz’s solo exhibition Forough at Lancaster Arts
February 8, 2024Sena Başöz's immersive installation Forough , filled the Peter Scott Gallery with birds, marking the launch of Lancaster Arts’ annual theme of Flight. Forough is...Read more -
Sena Başöz talk at Conversations for Truth
January 11, 2024AGOS Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink was remembered on the 17th anniversary of his murder. On January 11th, Ayşe Gül Altınay, Sena Başöz and Neslihan Koyuncu Bali...Read more -
Contemporary Art from Turkey exhibited in Austria
December 2, 2023The contemporary art center Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis in Austria hosted a selection from Turkey's contemporary art. The exhibition Everything will be just like...Read more -
İz Öztat and Sena Başöz at border_less EDITIONS
November 28, 2023The series of border_less EDITIONS , were exhibited at Zilberman Istanbul’s main gallery space, through November 28 – December 2, 2023. Since early 2021, border_less,...Read more -
Sena Başöz at the exhibition Bir Yer Var at Hara Istanbul
October 12, 2023Told You Everything and All That Time by Sena Başöz, are on display in the exhibition Bir Yer Var at Hara Istanbul. Sena Başöz's new...Read more -
Platform 82 will start its activities with a video screening program titled Instances of Erasure
October 8, 2023Platform 82 is a new art space, a platform that aims to bring together artists, curators and institutions from different corners of the world, generating...Read more -
Sena Başöz and Fatoş İrwen at the exhibition Unfair Game
September 8, 2023EXILE participated in this year’s curated by gallery festival with a group exhibition entitled Unfair Game curated by Pınar Öğrenci at the gallery’s Vienna location....Read more -
Sena Başöz and Memed Erdener in the exhibition Yeryüzüne Övgü (Ode to the Earth)
July 8, 2023Ode to the Earth , curated by Sevim Sancaktar, will be on display at Bayetav Sanat, an alternative meeting place for culture, art, and design...Read more -
Sena Başöz at Casa Botter's opening exhibition Dreams, Truths
April 11, 2023Casa Botter Art and Design Center meets art lovers between April 14 - July 16, 2023 with its first exhibition Dreams, Truths . Curated by...Read more -
Sena Başöz at the exhibition Bir Arada at Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat
April 2, 2023Sena Başöz’s solo show Possibilities of Healing is extended until May 31st. Curated by Didem Yazıcı ve Burcu Çimen, the exhibition brings together artists from...Read more -
Memed Erdener participates in 'The Clandestine Life Of Objects' at Evliyagil Dolapdere, Istanbul
June 26, 2019Memed Erdener's Zebella, 2018 is featured in the exhibition 'The Clandestine Life Of Objects' curated by Beral Madra, held at Evliyagil Dolapdere between 25 May...Read more
