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Seze Devres, of Turkish descent, was raised in New York City. By age 12 she decided to pursue fine art, and started anatomy drawing at The Art Students League. She graduated from Bard College (double major in Photography and Sculpture), and completed her Master′s degree in Photography & Related Media at the School of Visual Arts, where she was awarded the Aaron Siskind Scholarship/Chairman′s Grant in 2001. While studying at Bard College, Devres started to create camera-less photographs (photograms) that explore the potentials of light and color through abstraction. She has exhibited her unique camera-less process in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States, Turkey, and France. Her photograms gained worldwide recognition and were highlighted in the photo textbook “Exploring Color Photography.” Devres has taught photography at Kutztown University, The International Center of Photography, and 3rd Ward. In June 2007, Devres curated an exhibition on contemporary psychedelic art called “Love’s Secret Domain” in Brooklyn.
In addition to her artistic endeavors, Devres works as a commercial photographer producing promotional material for small businesses and musicians. Currently her professional focus is on wedding photography and portraiture, most of which she creates in her Brooklyn studio. Her photography has appeared in The New York Times, Time Out, The Village Voice, and New York Magazine. Her passion for electronic music has influenced many collaborative projects: including special limited-edition releases for sound artists and press photos for DJs and musicians. Since 1993 Devres has been photographing parties, concerts, and social events in New York City on a regular basis. From 2006-2010, she photographed the hugely successful museum parties for the PS1/MoMA Warm Up summer events in Long Island City, NY. Every month, she co-hosts and occasionally photographs the guests of The Bunker, a world-renowned weekly techno party in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She also hosts a vintage dance party called Kiss & Tell, which has a unique dress-up theme each time. Seze’s images and designs have graced dozens of galleries, record covers, posters, flyers, magazines, galleries, and sites. Devres currently continues her work in New York.
Solo exhibitions:
2003, Studio 19/JHB Gallery, Studio 19, Marseille, France
2002, Elle Magazine Young Collector′s Series & Downtown Arts Projects, Emanuel Ungaro Boutique, New York, NY curated by Simon Watson
1999, Eclipse - AS220, Providence, RI
1998, The Day Science Clipped Its Wings - AS220, Providence, RI
1997, Fluid - Isvicre Sigorta Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
1997, Monas Hieroglyphica - Artisan Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
opening night pix
1997, Extinct Anatomies - Fisher Arts Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (catalogue)
1997, Luminous Bodies - Fisher Arts Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (catalogue)
1996, Persephone - Kendall Art Gallery, Hudson, NY
1996, Metamorphos - Falez Gallery, Antalya, Turkey
Selected group exhibitions:
2008, Tricks of Light: Experimental Photography by Seze Devres & Julian Shereda-McKenna, Charles Merritt Gallery., Brooklyn, NY
2007, Love′s Secret Domain, 3rd Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curator)
2007, Innuendo, Art Space MCV/NYC, Brooklyn, NY
2006, Faculty Exhibition, International Canter of Photography, New York, NY
2004, Faculty Exhibition, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
2004, Contemporary Photography From JHB Gallery, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA
2003, All That′s Red, JHB Gallery, Bergdorf Goodman, NY, NY
view invite - view installation
2003, Prima Facie, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2003, Photo LA - The 12th International Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition, Los Angeles, CA
2002, Armory Photography Show - Photo Art Book Art Gallery (New Haven), New York, NY
2001, Mad in Pursuit - White Columns, New York, NY
2000, Moving Image: Ten Years of Video at the School of Visual Arts - screening at Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2000, Turkish Artists - Gallery X at Asia Minor, New York, NY
2000, Coriolis - Metro 971 Gallery, New York, NY
Reference: sdphotography.net, seze.net |
