Banu Cennetoğlu
Banu Cennetoğlu is an artist based in Istanbul. Her practice incorporates methods of collecting and archiving, and enquires into the politics of the production, classification, and distribution of knowledge. In her cross-disciplinary practice, she contemplates the impossibility of giving form to absence and how the process of attempting to do so deepens our understanding of loss. Between 2007-2020, in collaboration with art workers and institutions, she has facilitated up-to-date and translated versions of The List in several countries using public display structures such as ad-boards and newspaper supplements. Compiled by UNITED for Intercultural Action, The List is a growing document that traces information related to the deaths of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants within or on the borders of Europe since 1993. Cennetoğlu had solo exhibitions at institutions including Void, Derry; K21 Ständehaus, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf; Sculpture Center, New York; Chisenhale Gallery, London. Along many group shows, she has participated in the Berlin, Istanbul, Liverpool, Gwangju, Athens and Venice Biennials, as well as Manifesta 8, Murcia; documenta14, Athens/Kassel. She is the founder of BAS, an artist-run space in Istanbul dedicated to artists’ books and printed matter.