Didem Yazici
Didem Yazıcı is an Istanbul and Karlsruhe-based curator and writer. She has been working as Director of Exhibitions at Yapı Kredi Culture and Arts in Istanbul since 2022. Her curatorial work is inspired by thinking across disciplines in and outside of art as well as engaging socio-political dynamics. She has worked in institutions such as Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (2017-18); Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg (2015–16); 11th Shanghai Biennale (2016); Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (2014); and dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel (2012–13). She was Curator-in-residence at the Goethe-Institut Cairo in 2016, and took part in the Curatorial Workshops by the ICI in New York and A-Desk Barcelona in 2013. She studied Art History at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul (2008) and completed her M.A in Curatorial and Critical Studies at the Städelschule and Goethe University in Frankfurt (2012). Selected exhibitions include; “Together: Sena Başöz/Noor Abuarafeh” (YKY, İstanbul 2023), “Care As Resistance” (Stadtpalais Stuttgart, 2023); “Life, Death, Love and Justice” (YKY, Istanbul, 2022) and “Unconquered Spirits” (Sumac Space, 2020) and “Freedom is a State of Mind” (The 11th Shanghai Biennale, 2016).
Didem Yazici
Didem Yazıcı is an Istanbul and Karlsruhe-based curator and writer. She has been working as Director of Exhibitions at Yapı Kredi Culture and Arts in Istanbul since 2022. Her curatorial work is inspired by thinking across disciplines in and outside of art as well as engaging socio-political dynamics. She has worked in institutions such as Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (2017-18); Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg (2015–16); 11th Shanghai Biennale (2016); Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (2014); and dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel (2012–13). She was Curator-in-residence at the Goethe-Institut Cairo in 2016, and took part in the Curatorial Workshops by the ICI in New York and A-Desk Barcelona in 2013. She studied Art History at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul (2008) and completed her M.A in Curatorial and Critical Studies at the Städelschule and Goethe University in Frankfurt (2012). Selected exhibitions include; “Together: Sena Başöz/Noor Abuarafeh” (YKY, İstanbul 2023), “Care As Resistance” (Stadtpalais Stuttgart, 2023); “Life, Death, Love and Justice” (YKY, Istanbul, 2022) and “Unconquered Spirits” (Sumac Space, 2020) and “Freedom is a State of Mind” (The 11th Shanghai Biennale, 2016).