Deniz Sözen
Deniz Sözen is of mixed Turkish-Austrian heritage and grew up between Turkey and Austria. She studied Fine Art at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and at Goldsmiths, University of London and completed her practice-based PhD at the Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media (CREAM), the University of Westminster (2019).
Her works have been shown in various contexts internationally. Recent exhibitions include 'The Moon Museum' at MAC Birmingham (2019), ‘Hyphen’ at Ambika P3 in London (2019), ‘The Art of Un-belonging’ (solo) at London Gallery West (2018) and ‘ResponseABILITY’ at < rotor > center for contemporary art in Graz (2018). She has presented and performed her work at Kunsthalle Exnergasse Vienna, VbKÖ Vienna, Ars Electronica Center Linz, MAK Center for Art and Architecture LA, Landesgalerie Eisenstadt, x:hibit Vienna, Lust Gallery Vienna and at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London.
Deniz has received numerous awards and residencies, including, ‘West Balkan Calling’, Public ROOM Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (2016), the MAK Schindler scholarship Los Angeles (2013/14), Cité des arts in Paris (2014), the CREAM research scholarship (2014-2017) and the Marianne.von.Willemer.Prize for digital media (Ars Electronica Center, 2014). Her recent multilingual online exhibition project Maker Unknown (2022) received funding via the Arts Council England Project Grant.
Her video installation Surya Namaz was awarded the runner-up prize in the 2019 BAFTSS (The British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies) Practice Awards, Best Practice Research Portfolio (Audio visual and installation). Deniz has been invited to take part at the 4thiteration of InDialogue UK (2019), curated by Dr Rhiannon Jones and Dr Heather Connelly. She has presented her research in numerous conferences and her writings have been published in print and online.
Deniz has taught and held workshops at art colleges internationally, including the University of Westminster, the University of Reading, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the University of Art and Design Linz, UCA Farnham and Central Saint Martins, UAL. She is currently teaching at the University of Birmingham, department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies.
EDUCATION
University of Westminster, Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media
London, United Kingdom
Goldsmiths College
London, United Kingdom
University of Applied Arts
Vienna, Austria
JURY
Sabeth Buchmann
Selva Gürdoğan
Friedemann Malsch
Simon Starling
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
FINAL PROJECT
