Sevil Alkan (1979) is a
self-educated photographer and an architect. She graduated from
Middle East Technical University in 2004 and received her master
degree in Urban Studies at Bauhaus University, Weimar in 2007. She
currently lives and works in İstanbul. Her photographic approach is
to unveil the complexity of everyday scenes and arouse emotions
through the images she creates.
She is
an enthusiastic supporter of
the collective creation and
one of founders
of H-artcollective, a
Turkey based
photography collective
founded in 2015. Her
works, so far, have
been exhibited internationally
at
various institutions such
as Akbank Gallery,
Porec Museum and Russian Museum of Photography. Her
work has
been featured in
several magazines and publications. She is the author
of the book Urban
Animal.
Exhibitions
Urban Animal, No 238, İzmir, 2020
Stray Dog, Lensculture Discoveries Exhibition, Paris, 2019 Touching the Time, Russian Museum of Photography, Nizhniy Novgorod, 2019
Stray Dog, Porec Museum, Croatia, 2018
Find Me, Group Exhibition, Akbank Sanat Gallery, 2017
Exposed City, Foto İstanbul Festival 2016
Mobile, İstanbul Photographer Gallery, 2016
Limited, İstanbul Photographer Gallery, 2016
Awards
LensCulture Street Photography Awards, 1st Place, Series, 2019
DotArt Urban 2018 Photo Awards, Honorable Mention, Porec Museum Exhibition Award, 2018
Monovisions Photography Awards, Street Series of the Year, 1st Place, 2018
Publications
Urban Animal
Self-Published
ISBN 978-605-031-743-5
64 pages
500 copies
Printed by Ofset Yapımevi
Talks
Urban Animal in Making, Fotoğrafevi, December 2019