Born in Istanbul, Duru Dinç's practice builds itself on the concepts of healing and recovery. For the last few years she has been working mostly on video-performance, photography and found objects. She focuses on the physical and cognitive impact of everyday life, especially life in Turkey. She shares the common feelings that we intuitively encounter as a society; by dealing with social issues such as being stuck, in-between, closure-opening, etc. She proceeds by creating installations and compositions that focus on the repetitive motifs and objects we encounter in our daily lives and abstract these objects, which have a certain use, from their assigned purpose. These selected materials are generally objects that have a direct connection with the body. Even if there is no direct body form in her works, a body image is created. Body perception, which is itself a politicised issue in every sense, is actually an experience we all share. She analyses the reflections of everything that surround the body and their conscious or unconscious affects on the body. These reflections can be scars, diseases or the healing period that comes with diseases. The production process, which constitutes a closed analysis, in a way offers an alternative healing that can be called cathartic to this oppressive biopolitics that has been going on for years.
Education
2024/today - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon /
Art - Diplôme National Supérieure d'Expression Plastique
2023 - Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti di Torino / Erasmus Program
Communication and valorisation of the contemporary artistic heritage
2020/23 - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon /
Art - Diplôme National d'Art