☁︎ Marina Papazyan is an artist and writer living in Istanbul. They mostly write about the skin, monsters and eggs; edges, transitions and disguises. ☁︎ Lately, they have been interested in how monstrousness appears in gothic +/ pulp literature and cinema—searching for more embodied interpretations of the ghost: monsters and creatures whose stories evoke questions on health and sickness; misdiagnoses, pain and pleasure; dysphoria and envy. ☁︎ Currently, they work at Depo and co-run BAS, and were recently part of BAK's Fellowship for Situated Practice 2021-22.

b. 1996, Istanbul
[they/them]
marinapapazyan [at] windowslive [dot] com
 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023   Trou de loup [Wolf hole], 5533, Istanbul
2021   Haemoglobins & Ants, poşe, Istanbul
 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022   All Water Falls into Language, Kıraathane İstanbul Edebiyat Evi, Istanbul
2022   The Hauntologists, BAK, Utrecht
2021   I heard it from the valleys, Haus N Athen, Athens
2021   This Place, Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat, Istanbul
2021   Finding a Cure in Istanbul, Karşı Sanat - Yaklaşım Tüneli, Istanbul
2019   Flesh and Bone, Operation Room, Istanbul
2018   Young Blood Awards 2018, GOGBOT Festival 2018, Enschede
2018   Graduation Show 2018, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2018   Named After Vegetables, M4 Gastatelier, Amsterdam
2018   New Found Land, RADION, Amsterdam
2017   Elias & the Fine Arts Department, Overschiestraat 188, Amsterdam
2017   Underrated Understanding, BG2, Amsterdam
2016   Borders and Migration, RADION, Amsterdam
 

CONTRIBUTIONS + PUBLICATIONS

2023   Kültür sığınağına yerleşmek, in Sanat Dünyamız 192: Kesişimsellik ve Sanat
2022   edible guts, in On the Edge of Seeing — Sevil Tunaboylu
2022   Bloody Shadows from Afar (a translation), in 06.2022-13-dergi
2022   Beyoğlu'nun yeni failleri, in 1+1 Express — with Eda Hisarlıoğlu
2021   Eşikte Vücut Bulmak: Canavarın Queer Etiği, in Kaos GL 179
2021   minor-K, in On Celestial Bodies — Arter Background
2020   The Skin is an Organ Subject to Interpretation, in Trance Magazine II
2019   Dear Inflamed Follicle, There is a Commemoration in My Skin, in Trance Magazine I
2019   Culture & Arts pages throughout September-November in AGOS
2019   Scalp Itch, in border_less PAPER/MECMUA #1
2019   Sweating Milk, in Abstract Lies (Chapter 1)
2018   Martyr-Bodies Martyr-Images, self-published, 67 pages
 

TALKS + PUBLIC EVENTS

2022   talk (with Begüm Özden Fırat), Kültüraltı Buluşmaları: İktidarın sanatı, sanatın siyaseti, istos, Istanbul
2022   artist talk, Kurt çukuru — Trou de loup, The Hauntologists: Istanbul Gathering, Istanbul
2020   panel (with Alper Turan, mod. by Seçil Epik), Sanatta Beden, TAPA, Istanbul
2020   workshop (with Kevser Güler), Between Forgetting and Remembering, Arter, Istanbul
2019   book launch (with Huo Rf, Aslı Seven, Asena Doğan, Nora Tataryan, Vardal Caniş), Abstract Lies (Chapter 1), Bilsart, Istanbul
2019   reading and talk (with Şima İmşir), Flesh and Bone (Public Programme), Operation Room, Istanbul
 

RESIDENCIES + OTHER PROGRAMS

09.21 – 06.22   BAK Fellowship for Situated Practice
10.18 – 06.19   Istanbul Biennial Production and Research Programme, Istanbul
 

AWARDS + NOMINATIONS

2018   Nominee, Young Blood Awards 2018, GOGBOT Festival, Enschede
 

EDUCATION

2014 – 2018   BFA Fine Arts, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
 

LINKS

☁︎ cogito 109: Sesli Düşünmek | Yapı Kredi Yayınları
☁︎ Naming the unnamed: The Hauntologists at BAK | Metropolis M
☁︎ Su Akar Dilini Bulur / All Water Falls into Language | Açık Radyo
☁︎ Bir gece bahçesi deneyi: mâzîk | Açık Radyo
☁︎ Queer sanatçılara ilham veren isimler | Argonotlar
☁︎ Η σύγχρονη τέχνη έχει περισσότερα κοινά με τη λαογραφία απ' ότι νομίζουμε | αθηνόραμα
☁︎ BAK Fellowship for Situated Practice 2021/2022 | BAK
☁︎ Vampir ve hayaletler arasında: Hemoglobinler & Karıncalar | Argonotlar
☁︎ Haemoglobins & Ants | poşe
☁︎ Mourning the future | border_less
☁︎ Between Forgetting and Remembering | Arter
☁︎ Kitap Lansmanı – Abstract Lies (Chapter 1) | Bilsart
☁︎ Bedenin coğrafyası | unlimited
☁︎ Sergi analizi: etten, kemikten - Amerikan Hastanesi Operation Room | çok iyi işler
☁︎ Bedenlere inanır mısınız? | 1+1 Express