Hera Büyüktaşcıyan

In her multidisciplinary practice, Hera Büyüktaşcıyan (b.1984 Istanbul) unfolds the ways in which memory, space, identity, and knowledge are shaped by deeply ingrained yet constantly evolving waves of history. The artist often references nature, archeology, mythology and iconography, as well as architectural structures as the foundation for her works, closely observing their genealogies and the ways in which they shift and evolve over time. Through her site specific interventions, sculptures, drawings and film, Büyüktaşcıyan dives into the terrestrial imagination by unearthing patterns of selected narratives and timelines that unfold the material memory of unstable spaces and the hybrid nature of things embedded within.

Her selected solo and group exhibitions include; The Siren Song, Villa Medici, Rome, (2024); Flying too Close to the Sun, Schwarz Foundation, Samos (2024); Defending Ancient Waters, CCC OD, Tours (2024); Women Together, EMST, Athens (2023); Resonant Grounds, CIAP Vassiviere (2023); Earthbound Whisperers, TATE St. Ives (2023); 14th Gwangju Biennale(2023); Ancestral Weavings, TATE Modern, London (2022); Matter of Art Biennale, Prague (2022); 23rd Biennale of Sydney (2022); New Museum Triennial, New York (2021); 3rd Autostrada Biennial, Prizren (2021); 2nd Lahore Biennial (2020); 6th Singapore Biennial (2019); 1st Inaugural Toronto Biennale (2019); Gigantisme, FRAC, Dunkirk (2019); Dhaka Art Summit (2018); Istanbul: Passion, Joy, Fury, MAXXI Museum, Rome (2016); EVA International Ireland's Biennale, Limerick (2016); 56th Venice Biennale, National Pavilion of Armenia (2015), 14th Istanbul Biennale (2015); Fishbone, State of Concept, Athens (2015); A Century of Centuries, SALT Beyoğlu, Istanbul, (2015);  Jerusalem Show VII, (2014); Envy Enmity Embarrassment, ARTER, Istanbul (2013).