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