Gözde Ju
Born in Adana/Turkey in 1992.
Following her graduation from a Fine Arts High School in 2009, Gözde Ju started studying in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Anadolu University. She graduated from the Printmaking and Painting departments (double major). In 2018, she obtained her master's degree with the thesis on “Spatial Searches in Contemporary Printmaking Art”. Her master thesis focused on the evaluation of Printmaking in the context of space and contemporary art. Furthermore, she completed the course period of the Proficiency of Art Program (PhD).
The artist took part in various exhibitions in different countries. She continues to work at her studio in Frankfurt am Main,
Germany.
Solo / Duo Shows
2024 “Pride,Wisdom and Garden ” Solo Show, 1ShanthiRoad Gallery /Goethe Institute, Bangalore, India
2024 “ Tu,Tu,Tu!” Duo Show, Project Raum- Basis e.V, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2024 “Uprooted” Solo Show, Altán Klamovka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2024 “Life Among Us” Solo Show, Kunstverein EULENGASSE e.V, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2024 “Sakın” Duo Show, PASAJ @ Barın Han, Istanbul, Turkiye
2023 “Yüzünde Bir Ev-A Home On the Face” Solo Show, Eldem Art Space-FIRIN, Eskisehir,Turkiye
2023 “What Tangled Threads We Spin” Duo Show, Bok Galerie, Offenbach, Germany
Selected Group Shows / Art Fairs
2024 212 Photography Istanbul “Findig the Way Back Home” StudioKaraköy Istanbul, Turkiye
2024 Supermarket Art Fair “On the Urgency of Dreaming” Curated by Cristiana Tejo, Stockholm, Sweden
2024 “Crossroads” Art On Istanbul Gallery, Istanbul,Turkiye
2023 Museu Textile “Natural Impressions” Curated by Rodrigo Franzao, New Orleans, United States of America
2023 The Platform Project International Art Fair 23 - EULENGASSE, Athens, Greece
2023 The Museum of Škofja Loka, Bien Textile Art Biennial 2023, Kranj, SIovenia
2023 “Enable”, Presented by Eulengasse, Supermarket Art Fair Stockholm, Sweden
2023 “Reconsider”, Municipal Gallery of Gjilan, Gjilan, Kosovo
2023 “Home Coming” Group Show, Kairos Gallery, Embassy of Ireland, Istanbul,Turkiye
2023 “An und Ab Wesenheit”, Atelierfrankfurt e.V - Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany
2022 “They Belong To Me” Bureau D`Art Et De Recherche, Roubaix, France
2022 The Platform Project International Art Fair “Stranger To”, Athens, Greece
2022 “Here We Are” Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany
2021 The Platform Project International Art Fair 21 - Presented by Eulengasse, Athens,Greece
2021 “Hut ab-Kopf An- Beuys 100” Feuilleton Frankfurt-Eulengasse, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2021 “Die Arbeitswelt und Industrialisierung Anatoliens” Kunsthaus Schwarzer Adler, Stühlingen, Germany
2020 6th Contemporary Art Project Competition for Youth, Tarik Zafer Tunaya Kültür Merkezi, Istanbul, Turkiye
2019 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Art Exchange Week, Nanjing, China
2019 5th Contemporary Art Project Competition for Youth, CerModern Museum, Ankara, Turkiye
2018 Anadolu University Department of Printmaking,School of Art Changzhou University, Changzhou, China
2017 Arbeitswelt und Undustrialisierung Anatoliens, LVR Museum, Solingen, Germany
2017 Arbeitswelt und Undustrialisierung Anatoliens, Porzellanikon Museum, Selb, Germany
2016 Artists For Nature, Society of Wildlife Artists, Mall Galleries, London, United Kingdom
2016 From Today To Tomorrow, CerModern Museum, Ankara, Turkiye
2016 Exhibition of 73th State of Paintings and Sculptures Competition, Trabzon, Turkiye
2016 V. International Printmaking Competition, Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Istanbul, Turkiye
2014 Calligraphy Exhibition, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland
2014 Anadolu University Department of Printmaking,School of Art Changzhou University, Changzhou, China
2014 International EgeArt Young Art Competition Exhibition, Izmir, Turkiye
2012 12.Şefik Bursalı Paintings Competition, Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Ankara, Turkiye
Artist Residency /Project
2024 BangaloREsidency / 1Shanthi Road Studio/Gallery, Goethe Institute, Basis e.V, Bangalore, India
2024 PASAJ Istanbul @ Barın Han/ Small Things Residecy Program in Istanbul, Turkiye
2023 SIS Artists Residecy Program in Ordu, Turkiye
2018 Learning Through the Arts Inside and Outside of the School System In Turkiye and Germany - Education As Co-production Workshop: In collaboration with: Deutsch-Türkische Jugendbrücke, IKSV - Istanbul Kültür ve Sanat Vakfı BAG Siel und Theater BKJ Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung e.V. Nesin Art Village
2016 Artists for Nature - Designed with the partnership of The Nature Conservation Center (DKM) and Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) and supported by EU Civil Society Dialogue Program “Artists for Nature“ is a project in which artists from England and Turkey gathered and produced together which was followed
by exhibitions in Turkiye and England.
2016 ART in Village - A project which was supported within the scope of European Commission and Turkish National Agency (Ministry of European Union) develops projects to realize and emphasize disappearing arts in small settlement areas with Turkish and Greek participants.
Artist Talks and Lectures
2024 Tokyo University of Art, Critique, “Global Society and Art” Tokyo, JAPAN
2024 Eskisehir Technical University, Department of Architecture, “Body, Space, Experience” Eskisehir, Turkiye
2022 Eskisehir Technical University, Department of Textile and Fashion Design “Artistic Visualisation” Eskisehir, Turkiye