SENA
1982 Istanbul / Turkey
www.hellosena.com ︎hellomesena@gmail.com
Education
2003–2006 – University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins, BA Graphic Arts and Design, United Kingdom
Self-Directed / Non-Profit Projects
2005–2006 – ARTI Project — A project raising awareness for street children in Turkey.
2006–2008 – Tershane — Platform for Contemporary Art and Ideas.
Projects held by Tershane:
• 2006–2008: Tershane Factory Days I–II–III, group shows at the former Tuzla Brick Factory
• 2007: Tershane Bienal Parallel, group show at the former Tuzla Brick Factory
• 2008: Tershane Box Heads, group show in a private flat, Beyoğlu
• 2008: Tershane – Art Is My Playground, group show at Küçükçiftlik Park
• 2008: Tershane – We Need Fresh Brains, group show at Sirkeci Train Station
2012–2017 – Signs of the Times — an artist-led initiative supporting independent artistic production.
• 2013 – Zamanın İşaretleri, Galerist, Istanbul
• 2014 – Outer / Dream (Dış / Düş), Adahan, Istanbul
• 2015 – Cross the Earth, Her Head Is on the Balcony, Pi Artworks, Istanbul
• 2017 – BAHAR (Spring), Off-site project for Sharjah Biennial 13, Abud Efendi Mansion, Istanbul signsoftimeblog.tumblr.com
Solo Exhibitions
2008 – ONE, Private Space, Istanbul
2009 – 2, x-ist, Istanbul
2010 – 3 Angle, x-ist, Istanbul
2011 – Fantastic 4, x-ist, Istanbul
2014 – 5, The Empire Project, Istanbul
2016 – 6, Dowry, The Empire Project, Istanbul
2016 – Debut, Sleep Center, New York
2019–2020 – 7 – DİP, Müze Evliyagil, Istanbul (Curated by Beral Madra)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005 – Best 10!, St. Bride Library, London (ARTI Project selected among the best 10 works of 2005 at CSM)
2006 – Six Faced Mirror, Westbourne Studios, London (Video Installation)
2006 – CSM Graduate Show, The Old Truman Brewery, London
2008 – 1st International Tehran Biennial, Tehran, Iran
2008 – Young Istanbul, Färgfabriken, Stockholm
2013 – Bashibazouk Vol. II, The Empire Project, Istanbul
2013 – ,At the Crossroads 2: Contemporary Art from Istanbul to Kabul Sotheby’s London
2014 – Booklab: City – Treasure Map, The Booklab Project, Istanbul
2017 – Decadence, DAS Art Project, Pera Palace, Istanbul
2018 – Bashibazouk Vol. III, The Empire Project, Istanbul
2018 – İlk Raunt, Çarmıklı Collection, Greek School, Istanbul
2018 – 5 Letters, EKAVart Gallery, Istanbul (Curated by Döne Otyam & Yasemin Bay)
2018 – Bir Kelime, Bin Mesele, Galeri BU, Istanbul (Curated by Burçe Saraçoğlu)
2018 – Kek Sever Misiniz?, The Women’s Library and Information Center Foundation, Istanbul
2019 – Ormanda Yürüyenler: Sanatçı/Hikaye Anlatıcısı, Hallarts Gallery, Istanbul (Curated by Bala Gürcan)
2019 – Artweek Akaretler, Büro Sarıgedik, Istanbul (Curated by Esra Sarıgedik)
2022 – Womanhood and Sustainability, CerModern Ankara / BarınHan Istanbul (Curated by Burçak Fakıoğlu & Carole Kambli)
2022 – Artweeks Istanbul , X Edition ( Curated by Begum Guney )
2023 – May Your Soul Be at Home Where There Are No Houses, BeContemporary, Urla (Curated by Sezgi Abalı)
2023 – From Another World (Başka Bir Dünyadan), Müze Gazhane, Istanbul (Curated by Begüm Güney)
2024 –Bir Koleksiyoner Hikayesi : Taviloğlu Koleksiyonu , Tarihi Likör Fabriskası , İstanbul
2024 – Suppose You Are Not (Farzet ki Sen Yoksun), Arter, Istanbul (Curated by Selen Ansen)
2025 – FOLIA, Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion, Istanbul (Curated by Selen Ansen & Eda Berkmen)
Art Fairs & International Projects
Contemporary Istanbul (2006–2011, 2013, 2014)
Start–2009 (14th European Contemporary Art Fair, Strasbourg)
VIP Art Fair (2012)
Art Dubai (2012)
SCOPE Basel (2012)
Biography Summary
SENA (b. 1982, Istanbul) graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2006. Her works have been shown at major international fairs and institutions such as Arter and Müze Gazhane. In 2025, a selection of her eleven works are featured in FOLIA, curated by Selen Ansen and Eda Berkmen at Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion, Istanbul.
SENA lives and creates in her studios in Istanbul and Datça.