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Sedef Gali - Artist & Creative Consultant

“If there's one thing every city shares, it's constant change. Yet as change breeds novelty, novelty breeds seclusion. Do any of us belong—in our cities, our bodies, our minds? Or are we all just outsiders looking in? These are the stuff of private conversations—conversations with a loved one, with a friend, with the self.”

Sedef Gali, artist, designer and creative consultant born in Istanbul, 14 of March 1990. Graduated from Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in New York - Brooklyn, leading art and design university in the USA where she studied Interior Design and Painting. Her international academic background is supported with International Baccalaureate Diploma and Art & Design diploma from Central St. Martins in London. She is a multi-faceted artist based in between Istanbul and New York.

 

Sedef Gali, after growing up in cities with clashing cultures, researches different socio-cultural eras, cultural contrasts and suppressed emotions. Her work is a celebration for the colorful and chaotic grime in metropolitan cities and how it is reflected upon society. 

The main technique Gali uses is acrylic and oil on canvas, but all works includes iridescent tricks and illusions supported with spray paint, nail polish, oil based mediums, alcohol and self made powdered pigments. 

 

As an artist with her disco era influenced, impressionist artworks, Sedef Gali had multiple

shows in Istanbul, New York, Miami among other cities, including respected venues such as The Hole

Gallery, Bowery Hotel, Cemberlitas Museum and Manhattan Center in New York City. She has also worked with a number of brands on different projects from curating creative events, designing fashion goods to multiple artistic collaborations with brands including but not limited to Samsung, Beymen, Adidas and Soho House.

Education 

2009 - 2014

Pratt Institute - BFA

Interior Design & Fine Arts - Dean's List

2007 - 2007

Central St. Martins - UAL

Art & Design Diploma Program

2004-2009

The Koc School - International Baccalaureate

IB Art Diploma

Exhibitions 

Group

2021

Selected Works,  Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul

2021

Selected Works,  Art Contact, Contemporary Art Fair, Represented by Istanbul Besiktas Municipality

2018

2018

2016

"Istanbul Gazinosu", Raw Pop-Up, Miami Art Week

"Sky Up" Lighting Installation, Istanbul Design Week

Selected Works, M.A.D Gallery, New York

2015

2014

2009

Selected Works, The Hole Gallery, New York

Selected Works, Pratt Show, Manhattan Center

Selected Works, Cemberlitas Museum, Istanbul

Solo

2021

"Sentimental Wonderland Troupe", ArtHouse by Sedef Gali, Istanbul

2020

"Sentimental Wonderland Troupe", Online Exhibition, Artsy

2018

"Istanbul Gazinosu", Contemporary Istanbul Week, Soho House Istanbul

2017

"Artland", Setup Kabatas

2016

Solo Exhibition, Bagatelle New York

2016

Pop-Up Solo Exhibition, Lucca Istanbul

2015

All That Glitters, Subrosa, New York

2014

Solo Exhibition, Diviera Drive, Brooklyn

2014

Solo Exhibition-Live Painting Show, Bowery Hotel, New York

2013

"In Colors", Lucca Istanbul

2011

Pop!, Lucca Istanbul

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