about

Ece Yalçın (b. 1995, Istanbul) studied visual arts in New York and Istanbul. Through painting, installation and digital 3d, Yalçın conceptualizes materials and spatiality.

In her practice, Ece Yalçın reorganizes in situ materials and forms through mediums. The artist places site–specificity and painting discipline at the center of her practice, reconsidering spaces related to her working area through the binding concepts of the two. As a result, her works take shape as echoes of various spaces such as exhibition sites and installments, gallery storage areas, and studio spaces. Yalçın shows/copies inactive or non-working elements in these spaces or renders them non-functional via choice of material in the opposite direction of their intended use, gathering her chosen mediums with a minimalist approach.

Ece Yalçın pratiğinde mekânlara ait malzeme ve formları, mediumlar üzerinden yeniden düzenliyor. Sanatçı mekana özgülüğü ve resim disiplinini merkeze koyup ikisinin bağlayıcı kavramları üzerinden kendi çalışma alanıyla ilişkili mekanları yeniden düşünüyor. Böylece çalışmaları; sergi mekanları ve kurulumlar, sanat depolanan alanlar, üretimhaneler gibi çeşitli alanların izdüşümleri olarak biçimleniyor. Yalçın, kullandığı medium ve malzemeleri, bu alanlardaki inaktif ya da çalışmayan şeyleri göstermesi üzerine ya da malzemesinin aksi yönünde, işlevsizleştirme üzerinden minimalist bir tutumla bir araya getiriyor.

Education

MA Visual ArtsSabancı University / Istanbul / Sep 2021 - Dec 2023

Home Workspace ProgramAshkal Alwan / online / 2021

BA Visual ArtsIşık University / Istanbul / 2017 - 2020

BFA Fine ArtsSchool of Visual Arts / New York / 2013 - 2016

Projects & Exhibitions

2025 – Network Nihilism: Soft Infrastructures
Pasaj - Barın Han / İstanbul / group show curated by Evagoria Dapola
2025 – Thank You for Your Time Kasa Gallery / İstanbul / 2 Person Exhibition

2024 – Mamut Art Project

İstanbul / https://mamutartproject.com/ece-yalçın

2024 – Material Relocated : MA Thesis Exhibition

FASS Art Gallery, Sabancı University, Istanbul / Solo Graduation Show

2023 – Capriola Art Week / edition IV

Lecce, Italy

2023 – Borderless Artbook Days

Arter, Istanbul

2023 – Occupation / Meşgale

Barın Han, Istanbul / 2 Person Exhibition

2022 – Broken Octave / Kırık Oktav

5533, Istanbul / 3 People Exhibition

2022 – Open Studio Week

MA studio space, Sabancı University, Istanbul / Two Person Open Studio

2021 - 22 – Cure / Online space for developing projects in contemporary art practices.

https://www.cure.ist offline / documented

Publications

Manifold - Kadraj / published 16 September 2023

https://manifold.press/kadraj-ece-yalcin-bekleme-odasi

Waiting Room / self published 20 editions / April 2023

Awards

2021 - 2023 – Sabancı University Masters Scholarship

Work Experience

Teaching Assistantfor Selim Birsel, Meltem Işık, Wieslaw Zaremba

September 2021-June 2023 / Sabancı University, Istanbul

Artist assistantfor Dilek Winchester - Attending the Void

August - September 2019 / Depo, Istanbul

Photography and Rights DepartmentFall 2015 (4 months) / Morgan Library & Museum, New York