
ABOUT

Ayşe Özaydın
(b. 1984, Istanbul, Turkey) is an independent artist, specializing in art photography. After completing her BA in film, she focused on photography and received her Masters of Art. She concluded the Proficiency in Arts Program at Marmara University, Department of Photography. She has worked as a lecturer in the Radio, TV and Cinema Department at Istanbul Nisantasi University for 2,5 years. She works with photographer Gültekin Çizgen. She is also a part of the Phoenix Archeological Project's Contemporary Art Program.
In her practice, she's interested in the paradoxical relation and contradiction between photography and reality. She contemplates on
external versus subjective reality through her art. Her creative approach relies on curiosity, exploration and experimentation. Her recent work is centered on creating with a strong emotional intensity, intending to evoke a shift in perspective.
Publications
- Out Of The Phone - The Mobile Photo Book, 2014 Edition, ISBN 979-10-92741-02-5 Dépôt légal Décembre - 2014
- Istanbul State Opera and Ballet - International Dance Day Performances Leaflet - 2015
Exhibitions
- Altınbas University, "100th anniversary of our Republic" events, "Fine Arts and Design Faculties and Fine Arts Education Departments Academic Staff Exhibition", Istanbul - October 2023
- "Wisdom of Sufism", Villanova University Art Gallery, Villanova, PA - November 2023

