Site-specific solo show of Ceren Oykut titled "What Is My Name?" will be at the Present / Future Section of ARTISSIMA, Torino between November 8 - 10, 2013.
Present / Future has been a launch pad for talented young artists and a highly significant platform for new visions and approaches for thirteen years. A group of emerging artists including Ceren Oykut, have been selected by a team of young curators and will be presented by their galleries in the Present / Future exhibition area of Artissima. During the fair a jury of international curators and museum directors including Defne Ayas (Witte De With Center of Contemporary Art, Rotterdam), Matthew Higgs (White Columns, New York), Beatrice Merz (Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Rivoli) and Joanna Mytkowska (Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw) will award the “illy Present / Future” prize to the artist exhibiting the most remarkable project. Since 2012, the award consists in the production of an exhibition by the winning artist/s in the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art.
Ceren Oykut, one of the most exquisite drawers in Turkey, brings together painting and cartoon in her work where she combines her personal memories with everyday scenes from the city. These meticulously drawn black and white miniatures reflect her subconscious while reconstructing social events and contain symbols that refer to the urban life as well as the artist herself. Her work have been shown in many exhibitions in Turkey, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, France, Poland, Austria, Ireland, Belgium, Egypt including Lyon Biennale (2009) and Istanbul Biennale (2007)