Suzan Batu

Goddess of the Splashing Waters Awakens Nature, 2019, acrylic on canvas, ethnic

2019

Suzan Batu (b.1954, Istanbul, Turkey) works and lives between Istanbul and New York. After studying the science of translation at the University of Graz in Austria Suzan Batu moved to the United States. The artist lived in New York from 1983 to 2004. She completed her undergraduate degree at the California College of Arts in 1981 and her master’s degree in painting at the City University of New York in 1990. Suzan Batu’s works have been exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions in the United States, Turkey, Belgium, and the Netherlands. She has worked also as a curator for many exhibitions including Fashioned at White Box Gallery, New York (1998), and Philadelphia (1999) in collaboration with Bill Doherty. Selected solo exhibitions include; Goddess of The Bosphorus, The Phatory, New York, USA (2019); Try to do a man’s job: The Cycle, Baris Manço Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey (2019); The Sumerbank Goddess, The Phatory, New York, USA (2018); long term installation, John Jay College, New York, USA (2017); Elevator Music, Newark New Jersey, USA (2017); Experimental Intermedia, Gent, Belgium (2016); Untitled, The Phatory, New York, USA (2015); Untitled, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey (2014); Medals, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey (2010); Chocolate – Peanut Flavors, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Untitled, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey (2006). Selected group exhibitions include; Tamarisk/The Hinterland, Kumeart, Istanbul, Turkey (2018); Light Sleep, Ark Kultur, Istanbul, Turkey (2017); What Are We Doing Now? Piramid Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey (2015); 20 Angles for the Future (AÇEV aid project), Swissotel Istanbul, Turkey (2011); Pattern Recognition, Space Gallery, Beijing, China (2010); Dirimart Presents, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey (2010); Slippery When Wet, Metaphor Contemporary Art Gallery, New York, USA (2010). Suzan Batu’s artworks have been also exhibited in international art platforms such as Contemporary Istanbul, The Armory Show New York, and Dubai Art Fair.