Selda Asal

Selda Asal is a video artist from Turkey. After studying musicology and art, Asal became one of the pioneering figures of Istanbul’s expanding contemporary art scene in the 1990s. Her projects, based on films, sound installations, and music videos, explore the social and psychological aspects of loss and trauma, as well as the mechanisms and politics of memory. Based on her inclination towards collective work, she launched Apartment Project in 1999 as one of the first artist-run exhibition spaces in Istanbul, focusing on the interdisciplinary exchange, teamwork, and process-oriented production. The extensive group projects and also Selda’s personal projects have been presented in international art institutions such as nGbk Berlin, Istanbul 10th Biennial, Intercultural Museum Oslo, Depo Istanbul, 21er Haus in Vienna, Museum Weserburg in Bremen, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen, (CIC) Cairo, Transmediale/Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, Istanbul Modern Museum, First Balkan Biennial of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, Neue Galerie Graz, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, and Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.

Selda is a member of nGbK (2017), and Network Project Spaces (2021) as well as artist collectives SIS (2015–2019), FUNKE (2020–22), and Akıs Collective.