Leylâ Gediz lives and works in Lisbon / PT
She is represented by The Pill Contemporary Art Gallery in Istanbul / TR and Purdy Hicks Gallery, London / UK
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Stagehand, The Pill, Istanbul / TR
2024 Curtain Call, Curated by Orsola Vannocci Bonsi and Mattia Tosti, CAC - Cosmos, Lisbon / PT
2023 Missing Cat, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London / UK
2022 Cosa Mentale, L'Atlas convite The Pill, L'Atlas, galerie des mondes, Paris / FR
2022 Layer from Background, Produced in partnership with Tecla PLAY, Supported by The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Edifício EPUL de Bartolomeu da Costa Cabral, Martim Moniz, Lisboa / PT
2021 A Solo Presentation: Leylâ Gediz, The Digital Space of the Community, ARCO E-Exhibitions
2021 Nocturne, Aç Yazı 13, Aç Yazı için 32 kapak, Norgunk, Dirimart, Istanbul / TR
2019 Denizens, The Pill, Istanbul / TR
2018 ANAGRAM, OJ Art Space, Istanbul / TR
2017 Parabéns, AKINCI, Amsterdam / NL
2017 Serpilen, The Pill, Istanbul / TR
2014 Kilimli Konak, Topağacı Ihlamur Yolu, Istanbul / TR
2012 Reverb, Kulüp Külah, Istanbul / TR
2011 Coming Soon, Rampa, Istanbul / TR
2010 Under Construction, Curated by Marita Muukkonen, Kaapelin Galleria, HIAP, Helsinki / FIN
2010 Subject: Free, Galerist (dir. Murat Pilevneli), Istanbul / TR
2009 noa noa, Galerist / Tophane (dir. Murat Pilevneli), Istanbul / TR
2009 Follower, Österreichisches Sankt Georgskolleg, Istanbul / TR
2008 Perfect Moment, Galerist (dir. Murat Pilevneli), Istanbul / TR
2007 It Takes Two, Fabian-Claude Walter Gallery, Zurich / CH
2006 Passenger, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles / USA
2005 Uniform, Galerist (dir. Murat Pilevneli), Istanbul / TR
2003 Keep it a Secret, Galerist (dir. Murat Pilevneli), Istanbul / TR
2002 Fake Freedom Show, Galerist (dir. Murat Pilevneli), Istanbul / TR
Group Exhibitions
2024 Painting Today, Curated by Didem Yazıcı and Burcu Çimen, Yapı Kredi Culture, Arts and Publishing, Istanbul / PT
2024 Eu Estou Aqui - Leylâ Gediz, Luisa Cunha and Raija Malka, Curated by Isabel Carlos, 119 Marvila Studios, Lisbon / PT
2024 Walking within Memories - 4th Austrian High School Artists Exhibition, Curated by Melike Bayık, Metrohan, Istanbul / TR
2024 Suppose You Are Not, curated by Selen Ansen, Arter, Istanbul / TR
2023 Winter Exhibition - curated by Purdy Hicks Gallery, London / UK
2023 The 2023 Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon / PT
2023 Porta Entreaberta, Curated by Francisca Valador, Supported by The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Ajuda, Lisbon /PT
2023 Collective Healing, Curated by Ayça Okay, Metrohan, Istanbul / TR
2023 7 Collectors 7 Artists, Ferda Art Platform, Istanbul / TR
2022 ThisPlay, Curated by Emre Baykal, ARTER, Istanbul / TR
2021 Kartografya, Curated by Ali Akay, Beyoğlu Kültür Yolu Festivali, Istanbul / TR
2021 Women: Navigating Presence and Absence - Power of the Word III, Curated by Shahd Wadi, Coordinated by Jessica Hallett, Diana Pereira and Susana Gomes da Silva, Islamic East Gallery, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon / PT
2020 Hybridish, Curated by Alistair Hicks, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna / AUT
2019 Words Are Very Unnecessary, Curated by Selen Ansen, ARTER, Istanbul / TR
2019 Almost There, Curated by Seyhan Musaoğlu, Teona Burkiashvili, Tatiana Kochubinska, British Council, London / UK
2018 I Caught A Rat, We Caught Some Air, Curated by Patrick C. Haas and Joans Schenk, Mélange, Art Düsseldorf / DE
2018 Positive Space, Curated by Alper Turan, Operation Room, Amerikan Hospital Art Gallery, Istanbul / TR
2017 Doors Open to Those Who Knock, Curated by Károly Aliotti, Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion, Istanbul / TR
2017 Home, Curated by Derya Yücel, Evliyagil Museum, Ankara / TR
2017 Surreal House, The Pill Contemporary Art, Istanbul / TR
2017 There is no Rhinoceros in the Room! Leyla Gediz, Deniz Gül and Ali Taptık, Ariel Sanat, Istanbul / TR
2017 The New Normal, Organized by Murat Adash and Hiba Farhat, The Hangar, Beirut / LB
2016 Freundschaftsspiel Istanbul : Freiburg, Museum Für Neue Kunst, Freiburg / DE
2016 Ohne, mekân68, Vienna / AUT
2016 States of Portraits, Curated by Ali Akay, açıkekran Levent, Istanbul / TR
2015 Self-Help, İnci Furni and Leyla Gediz, Produced by Bige Örer, Elhamra Han, Beyoğlu, Istanbul / TR
2015 Every Inclusion is an Exlusion of Other Possibilities, Salt Beyoğlu, Istanbul / TR
2015 Middle of the Path, Schau_Raum, Curated by Didem Yazıcı, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Freiburg / DE
2014 The Moving Museum, Istanbul / TR
2014 Summer Resort for a Song, Curated by Borga Kantürk, Depo, Istanbul / TR
2014 Skeptical Thoughts on Love, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Artistic Director: Misal Adnan Yıldız, Stuttgart / DE
2014 Trocadero, Curated by Nazlı Gürlek, Nesrin Esirtgen Collection, Istanbul / TR
2013 Kirli Çıkı, bantmag mekan, Moda, Istanbul / TR
2013 BiennaleOnline, hosted by ART+ / artistic director: Jan Hoet
2012 Istanbul Eindhoven-SALTVanAbbe: Post ’89, SALT Beyoğlu, Istanbul / TR
2012 Gerçeklik Terörü (Periferi), Depo, Istanbul / TR
2011 Dream and Reality – Modern and Contemporary Women Artists from Turkey, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul / TR
2011 Confessions of Dangerous Minds Contemporary Art from Turkey, Phillips De Pury & Company Rooms, Saatchi Gallery, London / UK
2010 Second Door, Curated by Elif Varol Ergen, İpek Zeynep Aran, CER Modern, Ankara / TR
2010 Fantasy & Island, Curated by Anne Alessandri, Çelenk Bafra, Adnan Yıldız, FRAC Corsica / FR
2010 A Dream…but not Yours: Contemporary Art from Turkey, Curated by Esra Sarıgedik Öktem, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington / USA
2009 Seriously Ironic, Curated by Dolores Denaro & Isin Önol, Centre Pasquart, Biel / CH
2009 On Connait La Chanson, Curated by Ali Akay, Aksanat, Istanbul / TR
2008 Made in Turkey © 1978- 2008, Paulskirche, Frankfurt / DE
2008 Save As.. , Triennale Bovisa Museum, Curated by Derya Yücel in collaboration with Santral Istanbul, Milan / I
2008 Last Things, Westfaelischer Kunstverein, Münster / DE
2008 Sampling, Curated by Locus Athens, Museum of Folk Art, Athens / GR
2007 Flat Tyre, K2, Izmir / TR
2006 Mixed with Pain, Garanti Platform Contemporary Art Centre, Istanbul / TR
2006 Istanbul, Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery, TelAviv / IL
2006 Works on Paper, Galerist (dir. Murat Pilevneli), Istanbul / TR
2005 Eindhoven – Istanbul, Van Abbemuseum, Curators: Eva Meyer-Hermann, Charles Esche, Eindhoven / NL
2005 Urban Reality: Focus Istanbul, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin / DE
2005 Hot Spots: Istanbul, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Off Corso, Rotterdam / NL
2005 Art for…, Curated by Vasif Kortun & November Paynter, Garanti Platform Contemporary Art Centre, Istanbul / TR
2004 The Ghost Line, Curated by Ali Akay & Levent Calikoglu, Aksanat, Istanbul / TR
2003 The Power of Language, Curated by Ali Akay, Keçiburcu, DSM, Diyarbakır / TR
2003 Organized Conflict, Curated by Fulya Erdemci, Proje4L, Istanbul / TR
2003 Where? / Here?, Turkish Art Today, curated by Vasif Kortun - Fulya Erdemci - Emre Baykal, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama / J
2002 Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions 1, Curated By Fulya Erdemci, Nişantaşı, Istanbul / TR
2002 Istanbul Asyakası, Selected By Galeri Nev, Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul / TR
2001 Egofugal, 7th International Istanbul Biennial, Curated By Yuko Hasegawa, Beylerbeyi Palace and Imperial Mint, Istanbul / TR
2001 Chaos and Communication, 10th Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean, Sarajevo / BIH
2001 Winds to the Future, Sabancı University Kasa Gallery, Istanbul / TR
1999 Cool, Coordinated by Giacomo Picca, London / UK
Curatorial Projects
2014 I have a feeling, solo exhibition of works by Murat Şahinler, Curated by Leyla Gediz and Misal Adnan Yıldız, Pilot Gallery and Co-Pilot, Istanbul / TR
2012 Portfolio / İrem Günaydın, solo presentation (eski studio), Nişantaşı, Istanbul / TR
Artist: İrem Günaydın
2010 Leyla’nın Pop-Up Galerisi, Issues 001-006, XOXO The Mag
Artists: Can Ertaş, İrem Günaydın, Aslı Özdemir, Kemal Özen, Mine Sübiler, Onur Uyar
2008 Galeri Splendid, September 2008 – April 2009, Art Gallery initiated and run by Leyla Gediz and Derya Demir, Beyoğlu, Istanbul / TR
Artists: Levent Aygül, Gökçen Cabadan, Nazım Hikmet Richard Dikbaş, Erdem Ergaz, Selim Eyüboğlu, Erdem Helvacıoğlu, Meriç Kara, Sefer Memişoğlu, Sevgi Ortaç, Arzu Oto, Ardan Özmenoğlu, Elçin Poyraz, İlhan Sayın, Tayfun Serttaş, Güneş Terkol
2008 Uyuyan ID / The Bitch is Sleeping, Co-curated by Leyla Gediz and Derya Demir, various locations along İstiklal Street, Istanbul / TR
Artists: Neşe Çoğal, Özgür Çift, Paula Delgado, Brice Dellsperger, Barış Doğrusöz, Murat Ertel, Erdem Helvacıoğlu, Kaan Karacehennem, Ali Kazma, Emel Kurhan, Bruce LaBruce, Arzu Oto, Serkan Özkaya, Laura Parnes, Oliver Pietsch, Elçin Poyraz, İlhan Sayın, Tayfun Serttaş, Richard Van Loot
2008 Metaphysics / Erdem Ergaz, solo show curated by Minna L. Henriksson and Leyla Gediz, studio, Nişantaşı, Istanbul / TR
Artist: Erdem Ergaz
2008 People Are Made To Steal, group show curated by Minna L. Henriksson and Leyla Gediz, studio, Nişantaşı, Istanbul / TR
Artists: Osman Bozkurt, Antonio Cosentino, Emre Değer, Leyla Gediz, Minna L. Henriksson, İnci Furni, Kaan Karacehennem, KOP-ART, Erden Kosova, Gül Kozacıoğlu, Ferhat Özgür, Elçin Poyraz, November Paynter & Cengiz Tanç
2007 Sobe! Curated by Leyla Gediz, Bilsar Building, Istanbul / TR
Artists: Melis Ağazat, Semiha Balcı, Banu Birecikligil, Gökçen Cabadan, Çınar Eslek, Karolin Fişekçi, İnci Furni, Minna Henriksson, Gözde İlkin, Burçak Kaygun, Gülşah Kılıç, KOP-ART, Gül Kozacıoğlu, Tamsin Morse, Ceren Oykut, Gökçe Suvari, Güneş Terkol, Elif Uras, Nalân Yırtmaç, Pınar Yolaçan
2007 Air Pocket, Curated by Leyla Gediz, Galerist (dir. Murat Pilevneli), Istanbul / TR
Artists: Levent Aygül, Tufan Baltalar, Gökcen Cabadan, Sefer Memisoglu, İlhan Sayın, Aslı Sungu, Wolfgang Tillmans, Uygur Yılmaz, Bashir Borlakov
Residencies
2010 Helsinki International Artist-in-residence Programme (HIAP), Helsinki / FIN
2010 Artist-in-residence FRAC, Corsica / FR
Education
1999 MA Visual Arts, Goldsmiths College, London / UK
1998 BA Fine Art, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London / UK
1997 Erasmus Exchange, Staedelschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt am Main / DE
1994 Foundation Course, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London / UK
Prizes
2023 The 2023 Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize, Public Vote Prize, Lisbon / PT
1997 Still Life Competition, First Prize, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London / UK
1996 Steer Medal for Painting, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London / UK
1996 Still Life Competition, First Prize, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London / UK
1995 Summer Composition, Second Prize, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London / UK