Ipek Duben (born 1941) is a contemporary visual artist based in Istanbul, Turkey.
She graduated from Arnavutköy American College for Girls in 1961. After studying philosophy and art history at Agnes Scott College in the US in 1963, she completed her master's degree in political science at the University of Chicago (1965). He continued his doctoral studies in the same department until the thesis stage. In 1971, he studied drawing and anatomy with
Robert Hale at the Art Students League in New York. Between 1972 and 1976, he studied at the
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture at 8 West 8th Street, in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York State is an art school formed in 1963 by a group of students and their teacher, Mercedes Matter, all o ...
.
She produces artist books, poetry, installations, video, painting and sculpture. Her work deals with identity,
feminism
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, and migration with a strong emphasis on social and political criticism. Besides actively producing and exhibiting art, Duben also has numerous published essays and books on art and criticism.
Exhibitions
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (2022); Kunstraum Keuzberg/Bethanien (2022); Social Works, Frieze London (2018);
Brighton Festival
Brighton Festival is a large, annual, curated multi-arts festival in England, first held in 1967. It includes music, theatre, dance, circus, art, film, literature, debate, outdoor and family events, and takes place in venues in the city of Brig ...
(2017); Fabrica, Brighton, UK (2017); SALT Galata, Istanbul (2015);
British Museum
The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human cu ...
, London (2014); 13th
Istanbul Biennial
The Istanbul Biennial is a contemporary art exhibition that has been held biennially in Istanbul, Turkey, since 1987. The Biennial has been organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) since its inception. Istanbul Biennial p ...
(2013);
Istanbul Modern
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, colloquially referred to as Istanbul Modern (), is a contemporary art gallery located inside the Galataport complex in the BeyoÄŸlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. Inaugurated on December 11, 2004, Istanbul Modern was ...
(2011, 2009); the
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openi ...
, Washington, D.C. (2010); and
Akademie der Künst, Berlin (2009). In 2015,
SALT
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published a collection of her essays on art and criticism written between 1978 and 2010.
Her book ''Ä°pek Duben: The Skin, Body, and I'' was published in 2024.
Education
Ipek Duben earned her BA at
Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott College is a Private university, private Women's Colleges in the Southern United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Decatur, Georgia. The college enrolls approximately 1,000 undergra ...
(1963), MA (1965) and ABD (1969, all but the dissertation) in
Political science
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at the
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...
.
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Collections
Ipek Duben's works are held in the collection of the British Museum
The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human cu ...
.
References
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1941 births
Living people
20th-century Turkish women artists
21st-century Turkish women artists
University of Chicago alumni
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture alumni
Agnes Scott College alumni