Diren Demir

Diren is a backpacker interdisciplinary artist who follows the guidance of the journeys in their life and artworks, as being impressed by Beat Generation. During their travels, they invented an anti-elitist gallery concept in a guerilla way, its called “Art Space Project”. Since Diren started this Project in a village of Fethiye in 2016, more than 30 art spaces have been established. Diren takes these paintings to the next city in their backpack, sets up new street exhibitions and gets new drawings, Art Space Project is an interactive exhibition that works for the accessibility of art and grows constantly. Diren has also presented an Online Exhibition for everyone else.

As being impressed by the process they had spent in Ancient Greek department at University of Istanbul in 2016, Diren left the school and hichhiked to the ancient cities and temples. Then they started to study Sculpture at Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts and Philosophy at the University of Istanbul as a second degree in 2017. Therefore “Paganism” and “reinterpreted ritual” concepts have been evident themes on Diren’s artworks. Because of the political situation, most of their artworks are also based on activism and disclosure practices.

In 2018 th...

Education:
2021-2022: Pallas University of Applied Sciences, Estonia - Sculpture Department (Erasmus Exchange)
2020 – continues: Anadolu University, Photography and Camera (Associate degree)
2017 – continues: Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts - Sculpture
2017 – continues: Istanbul University AUZEF – Philosophy (Second degree)



Certificates:
2010 – Theatre Certificate – Sarıyer Culture Center
2017 - Access Consciousness Bars Certificate
2018 – 200 Hours Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training - Hara Yoga Vedanta Center / Yoga Alliance
2019 – 200 Hours Multistyle Yoga (Hatha/Vinyasa/Kundalini/Ayurveda) Teacher Training - So Shanti Yoga, India 2019 – Sound Healing Theraphy Course – Kaliash Yoga School - Dhramshala, India
2019 – Robotic Coding Teacher Training – Marmara University
2019 – Art Direction – Bahcesehir University (BauArt)
2020 – Contemporary Art and Curatorship – Akbank Art Center, Open Dialogue Istanbul
2021 – Cinematography – Anadolu University

Exhibitions:
1 August 2020 / 1 September 2020: “Remains of a walked path” Online Solo Exhibition at the Art Newspaper (Gazete Sanat)
15 October 2020 / 21 November 2020: “38th Today’s Contemporary Artists Exhibition” Group Exhibition at Akbank Art Center (Akbank Sanat)
24 June 2021: Through The Window Online Group Exhibition
28 October 2021 / 12 November 2021: “Leftovers of a Body” Solo Exhinibiton, Center424 Belgrade, Serbia
9 November 2021 / 13 November 2021: “On the Road” Solo Exhibition, Magacin Culture Center, Belgrade
11 December 2021 / 17 December 2021 : “Arcade”, Group Exhibition, BantMag Havuz Gallery