“ ... As I said before, work recalls work

and I am in constant movement, but where and how …

I like to be able to control this process.

I like the artist to be the person to say the last word;

after all with each exhibit he is offering a part of himself”.

(Selim Birsel in conversation with Beral Madra, 2007)

'... The tv set is like a window opening to our homes and the images some how a hollywood movie. y feel that those images are entering our home like parazite ...'

(Selim  Birsel,  2007) 

SELEZIONE ESPOSIZIONI PERSONALI/SELECTED SOLO SHOW:

2010, Tète-è-tète:in Solitude project, Selim Birsel and Ovul Durmusoglu, curator writer, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, D

2009, Section, DSM, Diyarbakır . Backyard, Apel Galeri, Istanbul .

2002, Bir GÖrne Mesafesinden, Macka Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul .

2002, Nesneler alemine ve Baska dyarlara, Galeri Apel, Istanbul .

2000, Objects and drawings, Nowa Oficyna, Gdansk, Polonia .

1996, Asya, siyah, Beyaz Galeri, Ankara .

1994, Bu Aksam evde yemek yok yarin da yok, Galeri Zon, Ankara (there is no food at home for the evening, nor for tomorrow) .

1991. Blind, invisible, BM Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul

SELEZIONE GROUP SHOW DAL 2004/SELECTED GROUP SHOW BY 2004:

2011, A Conceptual  Heritage - Vanguard Installations . 12th Istanbul Biennale  .  Arsiv - I ikilikler, Acikekran, Istanbul

2009, Interpose Line/Linea Interposta, change + partner habitat concept contemporary art, Bracciano . Interpose Line/Linea Interposta, Auditorium Comunale, Bracciano . Backwords 1, C. A. M. Galeri/Nisantasi, Istanbul . Seriously Ironic - Positions in Turkish Contemporary Art, Centre PasquArt, Kunstverein, Biel. CH . Archivio Change + Partner 2009, change + partner habitat concept, Bracciano . 2008, In and out of Iitanbul, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia . index – symbols from everyday life, Palais Porcia, Vienna . Save as…, Contemporary Art from Turkey, Milano Triennale Bovisa, Milano . Kaleidoscope II, Ram, Rotterdam . Works, objects and attachments, Change + Partner, Roma . Archivio Change + Partner 2008, Change + Partner, Roma . 2007, Open artist studios, Cabinet Karaköy BM Suma, Istanbul . Time present time past, hightlights from 20 years of the international Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul . Modern and beyond, Santralistanbul, İstanbul . Out of the loop, Brooklyn Industrise Contemporary Art, New-York . Archivio Change + Partner 2007, Change + Partner, Roma . Induzione critica 1, Change + Partner Contemporary Art, Roma . 2006, Kopyakatil/Copykiller, Akbank, Kültür ve Sanat Merkazi Beyogiu, Istanbul . 2005, Free KCK/Serbest Vurus, Sth istanbul Biennial, Hospitality Zona, Antrepo 5, Istanbul . Waiting Foom/Bekleive Odasi, apartment Project, Istanbul . The 1^st international Artistic Flags Festival, The Golden Eye Centre Serbia-Montenegro . Alis Alis'e Karsi/Alice vs Alice, K2 Sanat Merkezi, Izmir . 7 CotÜ Sanat Festival M .E .T.U. Cultural & congress Center, Ankara . Bu Sizin Icin, Imsg, Istanbul . TÜrkiyeden GÜncel Sanat, Kazakistan . 2004, Du Bosphore a la Mone, Musèe d'Art et d'Historie, Choist . ÜstÜ degil Kendisi, K2 Sanat Merkazi, Izmir . Saman Güncesi, Bayburt Baksi Müzesi, Proja 4L, Istanbul . The Ghost Line, Akbank Kültür ve Sanat Merkezi Beyoglu, Istanbul ...

COLLABORAZIONI/COLLABORATIONS:
2009, Interpose Line/Linea Interposta, in ambito della rassegna internazionale PorteAperte, performance with M. Turkyilmaz, Auditorium Comunale di Bracciano . 2004, Convivialite, Intervention on Structure Multifunction of Nicholas Floc’h with Muruvvet Turkyilmaz, French Cultural Centre, Istanbul; . Boz-yap doseme, Bir dukkan: Art Space, Istanbul. with M. Turkyilmaz Residency Programmes.

WORKSHOP, RESIDENZE/RECIDENCY:

2008, Aiwa, Artists International Workshop: Aley, Lebanon.