EŞREF YILDIRIM
b. 1978, Bursa, Turkey
Lives and works in Istanbul.

EDUCATION

2009                MFA, Painting, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey
1999 - 2005    BFA, Painting, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey
1996 - 1998    Associate Degree, Ceramics, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018    Diary of Defeats, Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2014    Prison for Minor Offenses, Zilberman Projects , Istanbul, Turkey
            Salute!, Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2012    Nobody’s Death, Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2009    Bride, Tevfik Ihtiyar Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
            düsüncesidegilkendisi, Ubu Cafe-Bar, Istanbul, Turkey
2005    amabelkisadece, Başka Kültürevi, Istanbul, Turkey

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018    House of Wisdom, curator: Collective Çukurcuma, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK
            Night: Collaborative Performance Proposal, Eski Datça Hotel, Datça, Turkey
2017    Confusion, Organized by: Kopuntu, Milano Macao, Milano, Italia
            House of Wisdom, Curator: Collective Çukurcuma, Istanbul, Turkey
            Berlin-Germany and Amsterdam, The Netherlands
            Survival Kit, Istanbul, Turkey and Yekatering, Russia
2016    THE RED GAZE, Curated by: Shulamit B.Çoruh, Zilberman Gallery, Berlin, Germany
            After Alexandria, the Flood, curator: Naz Cuguoğlu, Proto 5533, Istanbul, Turkey
2015    Transparency of Evil or Looking to the Other, Kare Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
2014    Prison for Minor Offenses, Sinopale 5, Sinop, Turkey
2012    Figure Out: Turkish Contemporary Art, Artsawa, Dubai, UAE
2011    1st Istanbul Summer Exhibition, Antrepo 5, Istanbul, Turkey
            Rogue Element: New York-Istanbul, Rh+ Artgallery, Istanbul, Turkey
            Magic Moods, Cep Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2010    They lived and worked in Istanbul, Sanat Limanı, Istanbul, Turkey
            In Between-Arada-Tra, Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture, MSGSU Tophane-i
            Amire Culture Center,  Istanbul, Turkey
            Urban Trials, Kadırga Art Production Center, Istanbul, Turkey
            Cross Sections, MKM, Istanbul, Turkey
            Embracing the Solitude, YellowFishArt, Montreal, Canada
            Young Artists, MKM, Istanbul, Turkey
2009    Borders Orbits 6, Siemens Art Space, Istanbul, Turkey