Neriman Polat İstanbul, Turkey, b. 1968
Neriman Polat (b.1968, Istanbul) focuses on socio-political issues in her works. Critically analyzes phenomena such as gender, public space, urban transformation, and forms of power from a feminist perspective. In her productions, which explore personal and collective memory, she creates works that span the fields of photography, video, installation, text, and, more recently, ready-made textile materials with interventions.
She completed her BA in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in the Painting Department. Her recent solo exhibitions includes: Groundless (Zilberman Berlin, 2025), Çatısız (Zilberman İstanbul, 2023), Mührü Kırmak: A Selection 1996–2019 (curators: Derya Yücel, Mahmut Wenda Koyuncu, Depo, İstanbul, 2019), Merciless (Merdiven Art Space, Istanbul, 2018), Threshold (Disambigua Art Space, Viterbo, Italy, 2015). Selected group exhibitions include: IN BETWEEN (1997–2003): Fooling Around With Documents (Istanbul, 2025), We Jest with Documents (curator: Nergis Abıyeva, Depo İstanbul, 2025), Vasiyetimdir (curator: Beral Madra, Mine Sanat Galerisi Deneysel, Istanbul, 2024), Guest (curator: Nazlı Pektaş, Meyman Mardin Sanatevi, Turkey, 2024), Everything Will Be Just Like Now -Only Slightly Different (curator: Derya Yücel, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Austria, 2023), the 50th Venice Biennale Turkey Pavilion, In Limbo (curator: Beral Madra, 2003) and the 6th Istanbul Biennial, Passion and Wave (curator: Paolo Colombo, 1999).
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