Serpil Odabasi

Serpil Odabasi is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist working across drawing, painting, collage, and illustration. Her practice explores memory, displacement, and the quiet resilience that emerges in the aftermath of personal and collective rupture.

She has participated in over 30 solo and group exhibitions in Istanbul, Athens, Switzerland, Berlin, Erbil, Ankara, Diyarbakir, Izmir, and Toronto. Her work has also appeared on book and magazine covers, as well as posters for theatre and film festivals.

Odabasi holds a BFA in Fine Arts from Gazi University in Ankara and studied Graphic Design at Toronto Film School. She currently works as an art instructor while continuing her studio practice.

Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts Gazi Univeristy
Toronto film School Graphic

Selected Exhibitions
• 2023 – Things Told by Us!, 2+2KURDSTN Exhibition, Forum Hôtel de Ville, Lausanne, Switzerland. Curators: Barış Seyitvan, Serdar Mutlu.
• 2023 – Axîna Sed Salî (100-Year Curse), Rebstockpark, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Curator: Barış Seyitvan.
• 2022 – Inclusive Arts Fest 2022, Scarborough Civic Centre, Toronto, Canada.
• 2020 – Delicate Interventions (Hassas Müdahale), Kıraathane Istanbul Literature House, Istanbul, Turkey. Curator: Ahmet Ergenç.
• 2011 – Take Care of Yourself (Kendine Dikkat Et), Sümer Park Amed Art Gallery, Diyarbakır, Turkey. Curators: Hüsnü Dokak & Samet Aydın.
• 2011 – The Body and Its States, Asma Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey. Curator: Özlem Ekin Teker.
• 2010 – Family Salon, Sanatorium, Istanbul, Turkey. Curator: Milen Nae.
• 2010 – My Absence to Your Presence (Yokluğum Varlığına…), Karşı Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey. Solo Exhibition (at a key contemporary art space).
• 2010 – My Absence to Your Presence (Yokluğum Varlığına…), Contemporary Arts Center, E Gallery, Ankara, Turkey. Solo Exhibition.
• 2010 – Yet You Loved Us So Much (Oysa Siz Bizi Ne Çok Sevmiştiniz), Cegerxwin Cultural Center, Diyarbakır Arts Festival, Turkey. Solo Exhibition.
• 2010 – Concentration (Temerküz), Ista...