Ece Nada is a visual artist, curator, and researcher. She embarked on her journey as an artist toward the end of her BA in English Literature. During her MA in Comparative Literature, as part of her thesis, she came up with the concept of the exhibition Animal Gaze. She finished her MA with the thesis “Defamiliarization (Ostranenie) of Other Animals in Literary and Visual Narratives” She is currently a doctoral student in Interdisciplinary Humanities, specializing in Culture and Aesthetics. After 2020, she shifted the focus of her artmaking, curatorial work, and research towards post-anthropocentric ways of seeing, thinking and making.
Exhibitions:
- Animal Gaze, Kıraathane İstanbul Edebiyat Evi, İstanbul / Türkiye (curator and one of the artists)
- The Other Wall, pre- (previewarts) , İstanbul/ Turkey (solo exhibition) 2018
- Unearthly Blockade, Kare Art Gallery, İstanbul/ Turkey, 2018
- Don’t Tell Me Stories, Bayan Yanı Gallery, İstanbul/Turkey, 2018
- ::rise||dusk , Hush Gallery, Istanbul / Turkey, 2017
- Showcase Exhibition, Camden Arts Centre, London / UK, 2017
- Open-Studio Exhibition, Slade Research Centre, London / UK, 2017
- Open-Studio Exhibition, Slade School of Fine Art, London / UK, 2016