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Original cloth bdg. HC. 4to. (32 x 25 cm). 144 p. Color ills. In Turkish and English. Fine. Leyla Gediz biography: "Born in 1974, Leyla Gediz grew up in ¿stanbul. She moved to the UK to study art where she first took a foundation course at the Chelsea College of Art and Design. She then went on to study at the Slade School of Fine Arts, finally receiving her MA in Visual Arts from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Gediz is renowned for her narrative paintings and installations, inspired by her memories and experiences about growing up and living in ¿stanbul. Her first solo exhibition opened in ¿stanbul in 2002 followed by other various solo exhibitions in ¿stanbul and abroad such as Roberts & Tilton Gallery in L.A. and Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie in Zurich. Gediz also participated in national and international exhibitions such as the ¿Egofugal¿, 7th ¿stanbul Biennial, ¿stanbul (2001); ¿Where? / Here?, Turkish Art Today¿, The Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Saitama (2003); ¿Art For¿¿, Garanti Platform Contemporary Art Centre, ¿stanbul (2005); ¿Eindhoven ¿ ¿stanbul¿, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2005); ¿Urban Reality: Focus ¿stanbul¿, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (2005); ¿Save As¿, Triennale Bovisa, Milan (2008); ¿Last Things¿, Westfaelischer Kunstverein, Münster (2008). She was also the curator of several exhibitions in ¿stanbul between 2008 and 2009 and attended the HIAP Helsinki artist-in-residence program in 2010."