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Upcoming Exhibitions, Fairs & Workshops
- Unlock Book Fair Munich 2024, Abguss-Museum, Munich, DE (18-19.05.2024)
- Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair, Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien (10-12.05.2024)
- Comics & Fan/Zines: Imprints of the Future and Why They Still Matter (Talk), Suuuper Samstag, NextComic Festival, Ursulinenhof 2 OG, Linz, AT (16.03.2024)
- Istanbul Comics & Art Festival, Müze Gazhane, Istanbul, TR (22.-24.12.2023)
- D*sign Week Linz 2023, Kulturverein Schießhalle, Linz (Talk) (25.11.2023)
- Academy geht in der Schule, In Zines We Trust – Ein Zine-Making Workshop Mit Deniz Beser, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, WUK, Vienna (17.11.2023)
- In The Open, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, WUK, Vienna, AT (4.11. – 25.11.2023)
Wohlmut is hosting Deniz Beşer’s second solo exhibition in Austria. Beşer, who will be exhibiting his recent paintings, drawings, videos and fanzines, will also be transforming the gallery into an art studio….
Works
Beser’s practice could be defined as working within a space between painting, zine, video, and ready-made.
Curatorial
- Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair – Online Edition 2021, Director: Deniz Beser
- Open Studio Days Istanbul, since 2014, Director: Deniz Beser
- Zine Matters: Self Publishing From Prague to Vienna, Curators: Deniz Beser & Frantisek Kast
- Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair 2019, Co-Directors: Deniz Beser & Deniz Güvensoy
- Heyt be! Chronology: Mini Zine Archive From Turkey, 2018-2019, Curator: Deniz Beser
About Deniz Beser
Deniz Beser (b. 1986) is a Vienna and Istanbul based visual artist, curator and independent publisher. He received his BA degree in Ceramics and Glass Design at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and studied in Painting at University of Sevilla. He is the director of Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair, Open Studio Days Istanbul and Fanzineist – Zine Fest Of Istanbul. Besides, Beser is the co-founder of the publication & art collective Heyt be! Fanzin.
Beser has exhibited throughout Europe, Asia and Canada including shows at New Jörg, Vienna in Austria and Kunsthalle Zürich in Switzerland. His work has been reviewed in Canon Europe, Schwäbisch Tagblatt, The Bridge Magazine and featured in Artribune, renk magazin and Augustin. In 2021, Beser received a grant from READ (Goethe-Institut Skopje & Center for Balkan Cooperation – LOJA) for his solo exhibition and artist residency program in Tetovo, North Macedonia.
At the same time, Beser’s art works are in private collections in Austria, France, Germany, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey. Public Collections include British Library (England), Universität Bern Library (CH) and the University of California (US). He is currently working on painting, zine, video and performance projects.
Press
- The Bridge Magazine, ”DOSSIER: EXCHANGING CREATIVITY”, January, 2022
- Kitaptan Sanattan, Bir Sanatçı Bir Eser: Deniz Beşer ‘Ist-Vie’, January, 2022
- Artfulliving, ”Bağımsız Sanat Alanında Sürdürülebilir Bir Proje: Açık Stüdyo Günleri, January”, 2022
- Kreatif Stüdyo, Radyo Bir, Konuk: Deniz Beşer, October, 2021
- Portalb.mk, Tetovë, u mbajt ekspozita e artistit turko-austriak “Ngjashmëritë e Dallimeve, September, 2021
- und.Athens, ”Fanzineist Vienna is an online celebration of zine and art book culture”, August,2021
- Nom Studios, Interview with Deniz Beser, August 2020
- Canon Europe, ”Little Printed Passions: Zines & Culture”, May, 2019
- Augustin, ”Wirf den Kopierer an”, May, 2019
Shop
Deniz Beser’s zines, books and designs are available in the Heyt be! Fanzin Web Shop, and his artworks can be purchased from Saatchi Art.
Please contact to have information about works that you want to purchase and for further details.
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