Aslı Seven is an independent curator and writer based between Istanbul and Paris. She holds a doctoral level degree on Artistic Research from ENSA Bourges and EESI Poitiers-Angouleme and a Research MA in Political Science from Université Paris 1 – Sorbonne. She is a member of AICA, C-E-A (French Association for Curators) and an alumni of Independent Curators International (ICI).
Her research and curatorial projects focus on infrastructure, landscape, pedagogy and performativity of documents, with an emphasis on fieldwork, ficto-criticism and co-creation. In 2020 she was the recipient of CNAP and Cité des Arts grant and residency for curators in Paris. Since 2014 she has collaborated as curator and writer with Arter, Protocinema, The Pill, Pi Artworks, Galerist and Bilsart in Istanbul; and CNAC Magasin, Grenoble, thankyouforcoming, Nice and Galerie La Box, Bourges, in France. Since 2018 she has lead workshops and taught as guest lecturer at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London; Arter Research Program, Istanbul; ENSA Bourges and MOCO Montpellier.
Aslı Seven provides mentoring support for Alev Ersan.