NAZLı EDA NOYAN

Born in Izmir, 1974. Earned her BA and MFA degrees in graphic design on scholarship from Dokuz Eylül University, Bilkent University and University of Florida. Her master thesis topics include posters of Turkish melodrama and graphic design for social good. Worked as an intern designer in UNICEF, Ghana. Received her PhD degree from Istanbul Technical University with her thesis on film title design in Turkish cinema. She’s an assistant professor in Faculty of Communications, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul. She has been working as a freelance illustrator, designer and writer in various magazines and books.

Her artistic and design background consists of diverse form and content with an emphasis to social issues in urban life and the explorations of interactive graphic mediums. Works (such as Map of Awareness and Home Truths) are designed as tools to create awareness and debate on human rights and disasters through narrative strategies, curiosity, humor and interactivity. They are investigations of how to utilize interactivity & participatory narration, accessibility, perceptibility, play and strategy in design and public space.
Her work also consists of moving images such as animations and videos like The Children of the Other Lands, which won Best Animation award in Istanbul Short Film Festival, 2006 and screened worldwide. It’s a 2D animation made up of collages from illustrations, drawings, etchings and photographs about favorite moments and nightmares from childhood. Her video Finely Embroidered is a personal reaction to various disorders taking place in Turkey. The video consists of drawings inspired from the daily Turkish newspaper photographs. These are combined with the fine embroidery made by her grandmother. In the recent years, her main body of work has moved from socially charged projects to very personal ones. She continues her research on graphic design and her art and design projects in different mediums.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2010, “Map of Awareness”, “Home Truths”, “Finely Embroidered”, Istanbul Next Wave, Akademie Der Kunst, Pariser Platz, Berlin
2008; “Finely Embroidered” video, Zig Zag (Independent Drawing Gig 4, Istanbul) International Group Exhibition, Hafriyat Karaköy, Istanbul
2008; “Finely Embroidered”, Captivated by Bakhchisaray, International Group Exhibition, Bakhchisaray State Historical and Cultural Reserve, Ukraine
2007, “The Means By Which We Find Our Way” exhibition, Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand.
2007, Substance: Diverse Practices from the Periphery Exhibition, Denver, ABD
2006, “Global_WaterCloset”, 25th Contemporary Artists Istanbul Exhibition, Aksanat, Istanbul
2005, “Girl’s Story”, Berliner pool Video Screening -1, Focus Istanbul, Martin Gropius Bau.
2004, “Getting to Know Istanbul Tours #1 Gate 7” with Heterotopia, 1st Istanbul Architecture Festival, Darphane-i Amire, Istanbul.
2004, “Temporariness of Permanency”, Urban Flashes, Garanti Gallery, Istanbul.
2000, “Map of Awareness”, "A Monograph of :18Beyoglu2000" 'Feature Presentation Coming Attractions: Artists Landing on Beyoğlu", Istanbul, Turkey.
Solo Exhibition
2007, “Tales for the Kids of Istanbul”, solo exhibition, Crowne Plaza Istanbul
Selected Screenings
    2009, “Finely Embroidered”, 46th Antalya Golden Orange National Short Film Competition, Antalya
2009, “The Children of the Other Lands”, Filmmor Women’s Film Festival, İstanbul, Manisa, Urfa, Trabzon
2009, “Finely Embroidered”, !f Istanbul and !f Ankara (8. AFM International Independent Film Festival), !f Shorts Selection
2008, “Children of the Other Lands”, IV International Short And Animation Film Festival Open Cinema, Competition Section, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2008, “Children of the Other Lands”, and “Girl´s Story & Who am I?”, 1. bild-rausch-videofestival, Saarbrücken, Germany
2007, “Children of the Other Lands”, Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival, Competition Section, Istanbul, Turkey
2007, “Children of the Other Lands”, 9. New York Turkish Film Festival. NY, USA
2007, “Children of the Other Lands”, 19th International Istanbul Short Film Festival, Competition Section, Istanbul, Turkey
2007, “Children of the Other Lands”, Magma Film Festival, Competition Section, Sicily, Italy
2007, “Children of the Other Lands”, 14th Golden Boll Film Festival, Golden Boll Selection, Adana, Turkey
2007, “Children of the Other Lands”, Cannes Film Festival, Turkish Selection
2007, “Children of the Other Lands”, Hisar Short Film Festival, Out of Hisar Compilation Section, Istanbul, Turkey