Woman’s Touch
January - October 2022
MARDİN
The Woman's Touch project focused on site-specific artistic interventions in the "defective" public spaces of Mardin by female artists from various art disciplines and with different experiences. Within the scope of the project, permanent or temporary artistic interventions by women was realised in the problematic public spaces, which are the result of rent-oriented and/or rushed practices of the construction companies. The Woman's Touch project brought art to the public sphere and enabled those living in the city to interact with art. In addition to supporting the production of artworks by women artists living in Mardin, the project problematised the established gender roles socially and historically, thus contributed to the visibility of women artists in Mardin and their presence on art platforms.
Canan Budak
She completed her undergraduate education at Atatürk University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture in 2006. In 2017, she completed her Master's Degree in Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Mardin Artuklu University with the thesis titled "A Glance at the Representation of Women in Mardin within the Scope of Performance Art". She has been coordinating the exhibition projects of the International Mardin Biennial since 2010. Between 2012 and 2017, she restored works in the Restoration and Conservation laboratory of the Mardin Museum and also worked as the coordinator of exhibition projects in the art gallery of the Mardin Museum. She is a founding member of Mardin Cinema Association, Merkezkaç Art Collective and 13 Square Meters Art Collective. She was the coordinator of 13 Square Meters Art Collective's projects "Before and After Photography" in 2019, "Unregistered" in 2020 and "On Record" in 2021. Living in Mardin, Canan Budak has participated in national and international exhibitions and produces performances and site-specific works.
This page is published on 10 January 2022.
