:mentalKLINIK
Yasemin Baydar and Birol Demir live and work in Istanbul

Education

Yasemin Baydar (1972, Istanbul, Turkey) 1992 Mimar Sinan University,

Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul / Turkey Birol Demir (1967, Ankara, Turkey)

1990-92 M.A. Mimar Sinan University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul /
Turkey

1990 Mimar Sinan University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul / Turkey

Forthcoming Exhibition

2009 Galerist (October), Istanbul / Turkey

Teaching / Lecturing

2009 Undisciplined State of Mind, Ecole Speciale d’Architecture, Paris / France 2009

Present Future, Tent, Rotterdam / Netherlands 2008

Undisciplined Designing; the Theory and Practice of :mentalKLİNİK, Studium Generale Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam / The Netherlands

:mentalKLİNİK, DAI-Week, Dutch Art İnstitute, Enschede / Netherlands DAI-Week, Dutch Art İnstitute, Enschede / Netherlands

Çağdaş Sanat Konuşmaları 2, Çağdaş Sanatta Sivil Oluşumlar ve İnisiyatifler, Yapi Kredi Cultural Center, Istanbul / Turkey

Non-Detail, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul / Turkey Non-Detail – Workshop, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul / Turkey

Bir Çalışma Biçimi Olarak Tasarm, İstanbul Modern, Istanbul / Turkey Güncel Sanat Tartışmaları: Bağımsız Bünyeler, Mimar Sinan University,

Istanbul / Turkey 2004 Chat at Mudam Camp de Base, Musée D’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean / Luxembourg

Exhibitions

2008-09 Tagcloud, Istanbul / Turkey 2007 Binary Occupations Phase1. Surface, Istanbul / Turkey 2007

Converted01, X-CUBE© locker, Tokyo / Japan 2007

Give Joel a Gift, You will be Gifted, 30 and Almost-Dreams Exhibition, Antanarivo / Madagascar 2007

Frozen45, Tomorrow Now Exhibition, MUDAM, Luxembourg 2004

~self, in collaboration with MUDAM (Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean), ExpoVente / Luxembourg 2003

[copy], :mentalKLİNİK, Istanbul / Turkey 2001-02 {game}, :mentalKLİNİK, Istanbul / Turkey 2000

(sleep), :mentalKLİNİK, Istanbul / Turkey 2000 :mentalKLİNİK is opened in Istanbul / Turkey

Yasemin Baydar

1997 Karanfilköy, Right to Shelter, Kültür Group, 5th Istanbul Art Biennial, İstanbul / Turkey

1996 ‘A Gender Project from İstanbul’ Kültür Group, Shedhalle, Zurich/ Switzerland

1994 Artists of Today, Painting and Sculpture Museum, İstanbul / Turkey

1993 Artists of Today, Painting and Sculpture Museum, İstanbul / Turkey

Birol Demir

1993 Group Exhibition Urart Gallery, Ankara /Turkey

1992 Group Exhibition Urart Gallery, Ankara /Turkey

1991 Group Exhibition Maçka Art Gallery, Ankara /Turkey

1992 San-Art Exhibition, Ankara /Turkey

1991 Solo Exhibition Urart Gallery, Ankara /Turkey

1991 Solo Exhibition Çanakkale Gallery, İstanbul /Turkey