İnci Furni is the second guest of Cite des Arts for 2012

İnci Furni is participating in the art residency program at Cité International des Arts from May-August 2012. The selection of the artists who are invited to the residency program is done by a committee of seven, which consists of Banu Dicle, Bige Örer, Çelenk Bafra, Görgün Taner, İnci Eviner, Leslie Riggs and Selda Asal with the coordination of IKSV and is conducted with an open call system. The residency program will continue until 2029.

İnci Furni, who was born in 1976, is an artist living in Istanbul. In 2007 she had a solo exhibition in Apartment Project, in 2009 in Masa Project, in 2010 in Vienna, Krinzinger Project and in 2011 in Artsümer Gallery. She has also attended the 10th and 11th International Istanbul Biennial and took place in 2007's Hafriyat group exhibition. Between 2008-2010, Furni has been a resident artist in several residency programs, which are "Iaab International Exchange and Studiı Program Basel", Platform Garanti, Villa Waldberta in Munich, Krinzinger Projekte in Vienna. Since 2006 İnci Furni has attended several group exhibitions in the major galleries of Istanbul and in Germany, Sweden, Croatia, Austria and Denmark.

Located in Paris, Cité Internationale des Arts gives 350 artists, whom it accommodates at the same time, the chance to stay at individually assigned workshops from two months to one year. With its exhibition halls, rehearsal studios, concert and performance venues, along with its various workshops, Cite des Arts gives the artists the opportunity to improve themselves and actively create. In the institution, which accommodates artists from various countries and disciplines, Germany, Switzerland, China, Japan and Iran have 20,17,16,14 and 4 workshops, respectively.
 

Further info:
İKSV - International Projects
(0212) 334 07 54
(0212) 334 08 35
citedesarts@iksv.org