Esra Nesipoğulları, 1991 Turkey, architect / multidisciplinary artist, born and raised in Turkey. Currently resident in Italy. She accomplished two residency programs in Toulouse and Marseille during the period of her BA. In 2013, she had been granted to travel to Cuba for research about the use of semi-public spaces in the socialist context, the research output became a political discourse and academic material later on. Along with working over three years in several architectural design studios, in London, Istanbul, and continually in Mantua, since 2019 she has stepped into studio practice and artistic research. Her works often respond to personal stories in cultural and political contexts through mining visual archives on the internet. She has also been part of a Think Tank that focuses on culture politics and museum studies in active collaboration with Amal Muntaser.
Education
2017-2020 Architectural Design and History, Master’s Degree, Politecnico di Milano, Mantua, Italy
2009-2015 Architecture, Bachelor’s degree, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University,Istanbul, Turkey
Grants / Residencies
2021 TRACCE A.U.T. Rezidenza Artistica (3rd edition), Bari, Italy
2013 EAAB (Emre Arolat Researching Scholarship)
Research case: Changing in the use of semi-public spaces in the scope of the period from 1951 until USSR’s disintegration Santa Clara, CUBA
2011 Mamak Housing Design Competition (2nd Mention)
Presentations / Publications
2022 Viafarini Milano Corvetto NZSD Workshop
Presentation | Spatial organisations of socialism / an alternative design
https://www.viafarini.org/470/corvetto-nzsd/
2021 Archive MILANO Practices of rupture. Toward a reparative justice.
Presentation | Ambaradan Think Tank : Museology as a Multidimentional Phenomenon
https://www.archivesites.org/2021/11/18/practices-of-rupture-toward-a-reparative-justice/
2020 Makoko | The Amphibian City
Official entry to SEOUL Biennale’21, a collaborative to delve into acknowledging and constructing strategies for future cities. This was a project done in collaboration with various architects, urban designers, artists, and researchers based in India, Italy, Iran, and the US.
2014 Presentation | Karaburun Science Congress
Spatial Organisation of Socialist Public Squares- Case study: Santa Clara, Cuba
kongrekaraburun.org/tam-metinler/esra-nesipogullari
2012 Presentation | Karaburun Science Congress
Urban Transformation, Urban Identity and Perception of Space
kongrekaraburun.org/category/gecmis-kongreler/kongre-2012/
Exhibition in Group
2022 1989: The Postcollapse in Art and Culture, Cerritos Collage Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2020 Monaco Art Fair Art3f – Represented by Van Gogh Gallery, Monaco, France
2020 In 24-Hours , The Wall Space Gallery, Scotland, UK
2020 In Isolation Together, Artcore Gallery, UK
2014 Red Cube, CYME Association Art Center, Miramas, France
Reviews / Interviews
2021 PUK podcast | episode 6 spotify.com/episode6/esra_nesipogullar
2021 Mişar art | Yetişkinler İçin Genç Sanat youtube.com/mişarart
2020 Gazetta di Mantova | esra-ha–ricostruito-ilmisterodellasoffitta