SEDA USLU
Art Design Craft
Initially designing clothes for children, Seda turned to fabric design later in her career. Disappointed at the prevalent human rights and environmental abuses associated with the production methods at textile factories, Seda left the textile industry. In addition to her conventional college education and training in design and fine arts, she mastered traditional handicraft techniques (filigree, pearl inlay and copper relief) working with seasoned jewelry artisans for four years in the world renowned Grand Bazaar of Istanbul. Recently, she has been focusing on art and academic studies.
Seda's technique focuses on primitive traditional crafts. She continuously aspires to bring together pioneering works that merge ancient production methods with art-design-craft concepts. Her craft draws largely from archeology and philosophy against the grandiose aim of transcending knowledge and labor through time and space.
Born in Bursa, 1987, lives and works in Istanbul.
Education
2024- D.A. Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
Institute of Fine Arts,
Art and Design
2024 MA, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
Institute of Fine Arts,
Art and Design
2015 BA, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey
Faculty of Fine Arts
Textile and Fashion Design
Projects
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Metalwork, Group Exhibition, (27 June - 14 August 2022) Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Kültürpark Art Gallery, Izmir
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Necklace from the “I am the ocean collection” Legnica Silver Festival. Holownia Group Exhibition. (5 May – 20 June 2021) Gallery of Art in Legnica, pl. Katedralny 1, Legnica
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“Spoken Words” Ring Collection, The first edition Istanbul Jewellery Week (Online 7-10th December 2020) Istanbul
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“Haunt The Legends” Jewelry Collection, The first edition Romanian Jewelry Week (22-27th September 2020) Bucharest, Romania
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“Mèrdiné Filigree” Jewelry Collection, 4th International Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition National Museum of Decorative Arts Madrid (7 February - 29 March 2020) Madrid
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“Mythological Things” Jewelry Collection, BACHT Showroom, AA-Collected Group Exhibition (14 November 2019 - 15 January 2020) Vienna
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“Mèrdiné Filigree” Jewelry Collection, CKM Art Gallery, Group Exhibition (19 April-10 May 2018) Istanbul
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“Asemic Writing” Handkerchief Collection, Tasarım Bakkalı 'Tailor made dreams' with Mehmet Yılmaz (1-30 June 2016) Istanbul
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“ Vagabond State” Experimental Jewelry Collection, Ayşe Jewelry Gallery, Group Exhibition (8-29 February 2016) Istanbul
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“Shahmaran”Turkey Innovation Week, Exhibition of projects that have won awards in Design Competitions (2013) Istanbul
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“Shahmaran” 3. Turkey Home Textiles Design Competition, Second Prize (2013) Bursa
Publication/Conference/Congress
“Postmodern Art and Postesthetics: Indifference”
Culture and Art in a Changing World Conference, Istanbul Bilgi University, 2-3 June 2023
“Nudity and The Theology Of The Nudity in Kiki Smith’s Works”
3rd Internatıonal Congress Of Women In A Global World (Wgw2022), Istanbul Topkapı University
01-02-03 December 2022
“The Fascist Language of Fashion” Genç Sanat Magazine, January issue, 2018