ABOUT
Zilan İmşik (b.1996) is an artist interested in telling stories that revolve around space and memory, focusing on historical events that are often ignored or erased. She combines installation art, photography, video, and sound in her work.
She is a visiting lecturer at University of Roehampton.
AWARDS & GRANTS
Prince Claus Seeds Awards Recipient; Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2021
The Alexia Student Grant Runner-Up; New York, USA, 2020
International Photography Grant Finalist; USA, 2020
RESIDENCIES
Air InSilo: Non-Utterance, Hollabrunn, Austria, 2024
Unidee Residency: Neither on Land not at Sea, Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy, 2023
Studio Vortex Artist Residency by Antoine d'Agata, Arles, France, 2019
COLLECTIONS
The UAL Art Collection, 2022
PUBLISHED WORKS
British Journal of Photography, Keeping Alive Turkey’s History of Enforced Disappearances, 2023
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Newington Green Meeting House, Hauntings, London, 2023
London College of Communication, Current Obsessions, London, 2022
Peckham Safe House, Variations; London, 2022
Karl & Ein Gallery, Hangi Gelecek?, Istanbul, 2019
Voice Off, Studio Vortex 2019: Arles, 2019
Base İstanbul, Bu Ben Olabilir Miyim?; Istanbul, 2018
Activa, Activa 2017; Aviles, 2017
SCREENINGS
Tbilisi Photo Festival, Tbilisi (Georgia), 2019
Angkor Photo Festival & Workshop, Siem Reap (Cambodia), 2019
Scream but Not Cry Film Screening, Sediment Arts, Virginia (USA), 2016
GUEST SPEAKER
London College of Communication - MA Documentary Photography, 2024
University of Roehampton London - BA Photography, 2022
WORKSHOPS
Magnum Photos, How To Be a Working Photographer by Cloe Kerhoas & Emin Ozmen (Full Scholarship), 2021
VII Photo, 12 Weeks Documentary Photography Seminar by Mary Gelman & Maciek Nabrdalik (Full Scholarship), 2021
Angkor Photo Workshop by Sohrab Hura & Antoine d'Agata, Siem Reap (Cambodia) (Full Scholarship), 2019
EDUCATION
University of the Arts, London, MA Documentary Photography, 2021-2022
Istanbul Bilgi University, Film and Tv. 2014-2018