Didem Özbek, Turkey
is an artist and designer, and lives in Istanbul. She gained her Masters of Arts in Communication Design at Central St Martins College of Art & Design, London. She uses printed material and photography, and also holds performances. Her work has been exhibited at Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, Umetnostna Galerija Maribor, International Design Center Nagoya., Museo MADRE, Naples, Frieze Art Fair, London and PiST/// Istanbul. She is the co-founder of PiST/// Interdisciplinary Project Space, a non-for-profit, independent artist-run space in Istanbul. Since 2006 she co-directed and co-curated PiST projects such as Reserved ’06 exhibition series, PiST/// 7-24 window display exhibitions, Turkish Pavilion, PiST/// PARK and PiST stand at Frieze. Art Fair 2008. She also developed and created other conceptual projects for PiST such as Artist Information, Tea Stand and White Sugar Cube Book. Özbek writes articles for all PiST publications and also designs them. Since 2007, PiST publishes LiST, Istanbul’s contemporary art list, and Özbek is the designer and co-editor of this free guide with a map listing bimonthly Istanbul’s contemporary art events. Turkey.