Bio
Yeliz Yorulmaz Kocaballi was born in 1983 in Turkey and studied Psychology, Fine Arts, Sculpture and Ceramics at Middle East Technical University. She has worked as an artist and her works have been featured in many exhibitions and festivals throughout Turkey and Australia. In her artworks Yeliz often plays with traditional elements of different cultures and resituates them in modern life context through collages and assemblages. She makes use of contemporary techniques including computer tools and internet based anonymous visual databases. As an unceasing synthesizer, Yeliz is currently continuing to blend cultural signs with personal clues or vice versa in one+2 artist studios in Balmain.
CV
EDUCATION
2007-2008 Sabanci University (Graduate Diploma)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design
2002-2007 Middle East Technical University (4-year Bachelor’s Degree)
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Psychology
2005-2007 Middle East Technical University (Minor Degree)
Department of Music and Fine Arts
Fine Arts
AWARDS
Special Award by Jury, “METU in Photographs”, Competition, 2008
S’nek Short Film Competition, Movie-Hic, Finalist/10, 2007
EXHIBITIONS
OYP Universities National Exhibition, 2004, group, ceramic, Konya, Turkey
METU 05 Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, 2005, group, ceramic, Ankara, Turkey
Contemporary Art Workshop Exhibition “TALE”, 2005, group, video, Ankara, Turkey
METU 06 Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, 2006, group, ceramic and installation, Ankara, Turkey
OYP Universities National Exhibition, 2004, group, installation, Kayseri, Turkey
Contemporary Art Workshop Exhibition “ERROR”, 2007, group, installation, Ankara, Turkey
Project Studio Exhibition, 2007, group, photography and installation, Istanbul, Turkey
17th Int. Congress of Aesthetics: Aesthetics Bridging Cultures, 2007, group, video, Ankara, Turkey
Gallery Splendid, “You in the World”, 2009, group, 2D collage, Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul Culture University, “Mekanar”, 2009, group, 2D digital collage, Istanbul, Turkey
Vibewire November ArtCycle, “Trampa”, 2009, solo, mixed-media collages, Sydney, Australia
Horaley, “Domestic Existence, Issue 25”, 2009, drawing and photography, online exhibition http://www.horaley.com/en/sayilar-issues/2009/25-evcil-varolus-domestic-existence/
Horaley, “Settledness, Issue 26”, 2009, photographic collages, online exhibition
http://www.horaley.com/tr/sayilar-issues/2009/26-settledness/
Ifade Festivali-Words Up Festival, 2010, group, drawings, Istanbul, Turkey
Horaley, “Seriousness, Issue 30”, 2010, photographic collage, online exhibition