Sitki Kosemen

Sıtkı Kösemen
İzmir – Turkey 1955

Exhibited his photographic works in 1978 for the first time

Besides his architectural works, he has participated in 19 solo shows, numerous international mixed shows, published 4 photo diary projects, 2 postcard collection projects and 9 photography project books.

The Golden Horn 1993
Essays on the Bosphorus - Istanbul
The 2000 Book
I Pera
Bodrum Deep
Postcards from Pera
Diaries
Istanbul; Defining Views
Today is Today
Open Door – Best Wishes
Invisible
Landscape Defines Identity
Sanctuary City – Interiors of Istanbul

His work was selected by "Leica Camera" as one of the photographers to be exhibited in
"Leica Diary 2002" in Leica Gallery; in Solms, Germany.
Some of the International exhibitions;
2007 “Istanbul, Defining Views” solo show in the Istanbul Office in Brussels
2008 “7 Hills, 7 Architects” a mixed exhibition in Torino during the 23rd World Congress of Architecture
2008 “I Play Dead” A personal project show parallel with the subjects in the photographs in
“Istanbul Modern” Contemporary Art Museum
2008 “Captivated in Bakchesaray” a mixed exhibition in the State Historical and Cultural Preserve with Turkish, Greek, Russian and Ukranian Artists. Curated by ...

1978 graduate of the School of Architecture Middle East Technical University
Lecturer in Kadir Has University School of Fine Arts

His work was selected by "Leica Camera" as one of the photographers to be exhibited in
"Leica Diary 2002" in Leica Gallery; in Solms, Germany.
Some of the International exhibitions;
2007 “Istanbul, Defining Views” solo show in the Istanbul Office in Brussels
2008 “7 Hills, 7 Architects” a mixed exhibition in Torino during the 23rd World Congress of Architecture
2008 “I Play Dead” A personal project show parallel with the subjects in the photographs in
“Istanbul Modern” Contemporary Art Museum
2008 “Captivated in Bakchesaray” a mixed exhibition in the State Historical and Cultural Preserve with Turkish, Greek, Russian and Ukranian Artists. Curated by Beral Madra
2008 “Artisterium ‘08” Tbilisi, Georgia “International Exhibition of Contemporary Art” in Georgian National Museum, sponsored by “American Embassy in Tbilisi” “Goethe Institut” “British Council” “Centre Cultural Français”
2009 Foto Europa - I am Listening to Istanbul with My Eyes Closed - video show - Reggio Emilia – Italy
2010 “Today is Today” – A photo interview project with the “young ones” within the Istanbul 2010 Culture Capital of Europe cultural affairs, in French Cultural Institute – Istanbul
2011 “Confessions of Dangerous Minds” Contemporary Art from T...