Eda Aslan (b. 1993, Istanbul) studied sculpture at Marmara University’s Fine Arts Faculty and graduated in 2017. Currently, she is continuing her graduate studies in the Department of Painting of the same university. Aslan’s production is shaped around the axis of history, space and memory, and situated on a mode of production driven by an obsession of recording. Aslan’s works were shown on various platforms including The Clandestine Life of Objects (2019, Evliyagil Dolapdere, Istanbul), Recollections of Twilight (2019, Krank Art Gallery, Istanbul), 4th Mardin Biennial (2018, Mardin, Turkey), Red Bull Art Around (2018, Istanbul), You Left Behind (2017, Kasa Galeri, Istanbul). The artists who won the Siemens Borders Orbits 18 prize (2017, DEPO, Istanbul), was selected for and exhibited as part of many competitions like Young Fresh Different VII (2016, Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul), Mamut Art Project (2017, KüçükÇiftlik Park, Istanbul), Base (2017, Galata Greek Primary School, Istanbul). The project “The garden of (not) Forgetting” she has been running together with architect Dilşad Aladağ was granted with SALT Research Funds in 2018 and Ministry of Culture Documentary Support Fund in 2019. Aslan lives and works in Istanbul.

Selected Exhibition
2019, Young, Fresh, Different 10th Edition; One must Continue, Curated by Burçak Bingöl, Gallery Zilberman, Istabul
2019, Recollections of Twilight , Krank Art Gallery, Istanbul
2019, The Clandestine life of objects, Curated by Beral Madra, Evliyagil Dolapdere, Istanbul,
 2019, Green Mold, Mixer Gallery, Istanbul
2019, War Horse III, Aydın, Turkey
2018, 4th Mardin Biennial, Beyond Words 4, Mardin, Turkey
2018, Ghosts, Red Bull Art Around, Curated by Collective Cukurcuma, Istanbul
2018, Remote Memory, Abud Efendi Mansion, İstanbul, Turkey
2018, ODTÜ, A New World, Ankara, Turkey
2018, Sketch State, Galeri 5, Istanbul, Turkey
2018, War Horse II, Blogspot, Balıkesir, Turkey
2018, Unerlöst, Corpus Gallery, Curated by Cagri Saray, Istanbul, Turkey
2017, War Horse, Canakkale, Turkey
2017, BASE Istanbul, Galata Greek School, Istanbul, Turkey
2017, You Left Behind, Curated by Derya Yücel, Kasa Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2017, Future Past, 4th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art Parallel Programme, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2017, Mamut Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2016, Siemens Art Borders Orbits 18, DEPO, Istanbul, Turkey
2016, Young, Fresh, Different 7, Gallery Zilberman, Istanbul, Turkey
2015, Cities of Freedom, Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey
2015, Familiar, Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
2014,The Future is Not What it Used To Be, 2nd Istanbul Design Biennial Parallel Programme, Istanbul, Turkey
2014, Papergirl, Istanbul, Turkey

Grants
2019, Cultural Ministry of Turkey Republic (Received Documentary Production)
2018, SALT Research Fund, Istanbul, Turkey (The Garden Of (not) Forgetting)
2016, Siemens Art Borders Orbits 18, DEPO, Istanbul, Turkey (Achievement Award)

Publications
2019, One must Continue, Exhibition Book, curated by burcak Bingöl
2018-2019, Many Places on the trail of a place, written with Dilşad Aladağ, ongoing project 
 https://manifold.press/indeks/bir-yerin-izinde-pek-cok-yer
2019, Box in Box Idea – Interview
2018, Artist Portfolio – Published in Istanbul Art News

2018, Alfred Heilbronn Botanical Garden, Understanding the Current Situation on the Layers of History – A compilation of the current situation I – Published in Arkitera
2018, Alfred Heilbronn Botanical Garden, Understanding the Current Situation on the layers of History- A compilation of historical process II – Published in Arkitera
2018, Mardin’de “Sözün Ötesi”nde Bir Bienal, Published in K24
2018, Mardin Biennial – Published in Istanbul Art News
2018, MARDIN BIENNIAL 4: BEYOND WORDS – Art Asia Pasific
2018, Hayaletleri Gun Yüzüne Çıkarmak, Published in Sanatatak
2018, Painters of Forty Years and Under – Published in Istanbul Art News 
 2017, M-est , Implied Bodies – Written by Merve Unsal
2017, Forewords to Unmade Exhibitions – Written by Murat Alat, Published in Art Unlimited 2017, 11 Young Artist – Published in Timeout
2017, Notes for Mamut Art Project – Published in Art Unlimited
2017, Ardında Bıraktığın: Farkındalığımızı sağlayan şey gitmekten geciyor – Published in Yeşil Gazete
2017, Oblivion Garden – Published in Istanbul Art News, Interview
2016, Notes on the Borders and Orbits – Published in Artfull Living
2016, Siemens Sanat’ta Genç Sanatçılar Üretiyor – Published in Gazete Duvar
2016, Secrets and Dreams: Eda Aslan – Published in LeCool

Presentations and Lecture, Artist Talk
2019, Artist Talk, with Beral Madra, Evliyagil Dolapdere, İstanbul
2019, Escape From The City, Take Shelter in The Garden, SALT Beyoğlu
2018, The Garden of (Not) Forgetting, The Memory of Place and the Topography of Destruction, SALT Galata
2017, Alfred Heilbronn Botanical Garden, Kadir Has University
2015, Cities of Freedom, Atelier 2, Chamber of Architects of Turkey

Residency
2020, Cité des Arts, Paris, France
2019, Misi Village, Bursa, Turkey

Symposium and Workshop
2019, National Botanical Gardens, Arboreta, Herbaria and Botanical Museums, Duzce University, Turkey
2019, Archeology and Art History Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey
2015, Cities of Freedom, Chamber of Architects of Turkey