Nihâl Martlı
© Nazım Serhat Fırat
Residences
2020 La Maison de Barbara, Ayvalık, Turkey.
2015 Aspat Art Symposium, Bodrum, Turkey.
2010 Artist in residence at the French Institute of Lomé, Togo, Africa.
2009 Artist in residence, “Chansons à l’Hôpital” Joseph Ducuing Hospital and BBB Art Center, Toulouse, France.
2008 Artiste in résidence, Sommer Dialog, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria.
Art Books, Catalogues and Theses featuring the Artist
2024, Artwork Beyond Being An Object, Aytuna Cora, Doctorate in Art Thesis, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
2021, Narration in Nihal Martlı’s Painting, Tansu Güler, Master’s in Art Thesis, Trakya University, Institute of Social Sciences, Edirne, Turkey.
2021, Border_less PAPER #3, Istanbul
2018, Exphrasis, Çağdaş Sanatta Bireyleşmeler I, Barış Acar, Corpus Editions, Istanbul. (ISBN 978-60-58171-40-4)
2011, ARTISTANBUL, Christa Frieda Vogel, Contemporary Artists From Istanbul, Seltmann+ Söhne, Berlin, Germany. (ISBN 978-3-934687-95-0)
2011, Headache, Éditions du Livre, France. (ISBN 979-10-90475-00-7)
2009, Nihâl Martlı Grands Portraits, Mathieu Provansal : Nihâl Martlı Quatre portraits Dont un Auto, édition Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes, France. (ISBN 2-912241-18-9)
Workshops
2014 Peinture et Musiques, École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, moderator.
2005 SummArt Chisinau Painter’s Campus II, Chisinau, Moldova
2004 Accademia Ligustica di belle arti Genova, Genoa, Italy
Collections
Diverse public and private collections
Selected group exhibitions
2024-2025 ‘A collector’s Story’ Taviloğlu Collection, The Old Liqueur Distillery, Istanbul
2022 Nude/ Covered, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2021 Yours Truly, Space Debris, Istanbul
Contemporary Istanbul (Art Fair) C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2020 Hiç Boyun Eğer Mi İnsan, Nazim Hikmet Culture Center, Istanbul
2019 Step Istanbul (Art Fair) C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
Herstory, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2018 99 Kare, ArtOn, Istanbul
Meat/ Stage one, Orjin Art, Space Debris, Istanbul
2017 Aksinin İddiasi/ A reflected Assertion, Siyah Beyaz Gallery, Ankara
Mise en Abyme, Nihal Martli & Seyhan Musaoglu, an interactive studio dialogue, Space Debris Art, Istanbul
Imago Mundi - Mediterranean Routes, Cantieri Culturali Alla Zisa - ZAC - Zisa Zona Arti Contemporanee, Palermo, Italy
Imitating History…, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
Contemporary Istanbul ‘17 (Art Fair) C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2016 Until It Turns Slightly Pink, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2015 Things that count... Things that don’t, The Abrazo Interno Gallery at The Clemente, New York, NY
Pagina, Antica Libreria Cascianelli, Rome, Italy
Start ‘Art within Reach’ vol. III, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
Winterwonderland, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
Contemporary Istanbul ‘15 (Art Fair)
2014 Contemporary Istanbul ‘14 (Art Fair)
Dedicated to Nazim Hikmet, Nazim Hikmet Culture Center, Istanbul
2013 On paper II/ Start ‘Art within Reach’ vol.I/ Summertime, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2012 Contemporary Istanbul ‘12 (Art Fair)
Priene Halı Benefit Show, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2011 Imagine, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
Contemporary Istanbul ‘11 (Art Fair)
2010 Que Reste-t-il? , Centre d’art le BBB, Toulouse, France
Contemporary Istanbul ‘10 (Art Fair)
2009 20 ans c’est une fête, Museé Estrine, Saint Rémy de Provence, France
Skopje Biennal, Çifte Hammam, Skopje, Macedonia
Üsküp 0909, Sabancı University Kasa Gallery, Istanbul
Ukde, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2008 À suivre III, BBB regional centre of initiatives for Contemporary Art, Toulouse, France
Istanbul Art Affairs, Gallery Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
Sommer Dialog, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria
Lineart, art fair, Menart Gallery (Saint Rémy de Provence), Gent, Belgium
On paper, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2007 Previews, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2004 4th Turkish-Korea Friendship Exhibition, Incheon, Korea
5th Meeting of the schools of Fine Arts from countries of the Mediterranean, ECUME, Genoa, Italy
2003 I am too sad to kill you, Proje4L, Istanbul
NİHÂL MARTLI
1982, Born in Posof, Turkey. Lives and works in Ankara and Istanbul.
Education
2006-2008 Master degree, École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, France. DNSEP in 2008, with felicitations of the jury.
2004-2006 Master degree, Hacettepe University Institute of Social Sciences, Painting department, Ankara, Turkey.
2000-2004 BA Hacettepe University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting department, Ankara, Turkey. Graduated with highest honors, ranking first in the Faculty of Fine Arts, 2004.
Solo exhibitions
2024 All Is Well/ Tout va bien, Fikret Otyam Art Center, Ankara, Turkey
2021 Art de Vivre, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2017-2018 Pastiches, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2014 Soleil de Provence, Espace sur cour, École d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France
2013 Vagabonde, Hub Art Space, CerModern, Ankara
2012 Romantique, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2010 The Bell Jar, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2009 Grands Portraits, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France
Chansons à l’hôpital, Hôpital Joseph Ducuing & Centre d’art le BBB, Toulouse, France
Sans y penser, Galerie Tampopo, Avignon, France
2008 Persona, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2006 Sodade, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul
2005 Nihâl Martlı, Helikon Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
Master’s Theses
2006 “Personal Mythologies”, Hacettepe University, Institute of Social Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.
2008 “Notre Propre Histoire”, (Paper) École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, France.
Grants / Awards
2006-2008 Received grants from Embassy of France in Ankara, Excellence Grant.
2008 Award of City of Aix-en-Provence, France.
2004 Hacettepe University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement_ ‘First Rank in Faculty’.
2004 Hacettepe University, İhsan Doğramacı Award, ‘First Rank in Painting Department’.
Publications
2011, To lose, Chansons à l’hôpital, textes, paintings: Nihal Martlı, Conception graphique: Nadia Ehrmann, le BBB, Toulouse, France. (ISBN 978-2-9532053-4-3)
2011, HJD: 10 Ans!, le BBB, Conception graphique: Nadia Ehrmann, Toulouse, France. (ISBN 978-2-953-20533-6)
2012, Gordana, story: Marie-Hélène Lafon, paintings: Nihâl Martlı, Les Éditions du chemin de fer, Nolay, France. (ISBN 978-2-916130-41-5)
2007, Nihâl Martlı, Cahier de dessins, les editions Copie-Carbone, Avignon, France. (ISBN 978-2-916761-01-5)