İrem Çoban
MEDIA ARTIST & ACADEMIC
I opted to take my Bachelor’s Degree at 1st rank and Master’s Degree in Cinema at Galatasaray University. I have participated in group exhibitions, festivals, and workshops in various countries such as the USA, Greece, Japan, UK, Canada, Italy, South Korea, Bulgaria, Germany, and Türkiye. In the Art Woman 2020 Geo-Graphies exhibition organized by Primo Piano LivingGallery in Lecce Italy, I was awarded the best technical practice award and the Silver Certificate. My short film “Hear” has been selected for the official screening selections of various international film and art festivals. My proficiency in art thesis work received the Doctoral Thesis Research Scholarship on Women in March 2020 at the festival organized by Shenema International Short Film Platform.
I'm one of the 7 resident artists of Immensiva 2022 by Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture in Barcelona Spain and one of the mentors of İstanbul XRArt Residency 2022. In May 2023, I gave Gravity Sketch workshops as a visiting professor at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland. I took place as artistic coordinator and Gravity Sketch workshop mentor at META SPARK HACKATHON held at Facebook Maslak Station on 17 and 24 June 2023.
I live in İstanbul where I work as Assistant Professor at İstanbul Bilgi University. I'm also one of the artists of the London-based Sedition Art Platform. I have 3 artwork collections titled "Chasing the Hidden", "Spiritual Purification" and "Unbound Selves".
Recent art events:
Journey to Roots - İstanbul Türkiye - 2024
Universal Sci-Fi & Fantastic Film Festival - İstanbul Türkiye - 2024
From Sketch to Pixel Digital Art "Anatolia Edition" - Cappadocia Türkiye - 2024
Breath - CICA Museum - Seoul South Korea - 2024
The Wrong Biennial - Adam meets Eve Pavilion - Spain - 2023
Universal Sci-Fi & Fantastic Film Festival - İstanbul Türkiye - 2023
NFT Biennial - Anamnesis Pavillon - 2023
Apparatus - Galatasaray University - İstanbul Türkiye - 2023
LOA - Solo Exhibition Maltepe University Mehmet Özen Art Gallery - İstanbul Türkiye - 2023
ADAF 18th Athens Digital Art Festival - Athens Greece - 2022
Immensiva Residence - Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture Barcelona Spain - 2022
Agora Digital Art Residency - “Women in Proverbs” Solo Exhibition - London UK - 2021
Venice Art Fair - Venice Italy - 2021
Worldview: Anthropology of eco-vision Palmieri’s Foundation Primo Piano LivingGalllery - Lecce Italy - 2021
Creative Code Art Festival - NewYork the USA - 2020
30secondsmuseum - Shibuya & New Media Art - Tokyo Japan - 2020
Art Woman 2020 Geo- Graphies Primo Piano LivingGalllery - Lecce Italy - 2020