Thug Life Painting

Deniz Beser (b.1986) is an Istanbul and Vienna-based interdisciplinary artist, curator, and independent publisher. He received his BA degree in Ceramics and Glass Design from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, and studied Painting at the University of Sevilla, Spain. He is the founder and director of Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair and Open Studio Days Istanbul and the co-founder of the independent art publication Heyt be! Fanzin. His practice revolves around various mediums including painting, installation, zine, art book, music, video, and ready-mades. In his installations, he often combines these different mediums of art. He took part in numerous exhibitions throughout Europe and Asia. Beser's works are in private collections in Austria, France, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey, and his art books are in the collections of the British Library in England, Ocean Side Library in the USA, and the University of California, Los Angeles, and Universität Bern library in Switzerland. Contact: .beser