Ahu Sahin (NL/TR), is an Amsterdam based contemporary visual artist. Sahin studied law (LLM) at the University of Amsterdam and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
Sahin reflects on modern day society. She believes in the strength of silence and aims to make committed art without giving up poetic sophistication. Sahin is interested in power structures (power in general), in the role of individuals within changing social environments, in alienation, autonomy and conformism. Her art is rooted in film but covers a wide range of mediums. Her installations are a combination of film and sculptural objects which have an intense colour (luminous, fluorescent) and a trace of movement.
︎ info@ahusahin.com
Sahin reflects on modern day society. She believes in the strength of silence and aims to make committed art without giving up poetic sophistication. Sahin is interested in power structures (power in general), in the role of individuals within changing social environments, in alienation, autonomy and conformism. Her art is rooted in film but covers a wide range of mediums. Her installations are a combination of film and sculptural objects which have an intense colour (luminous, fluorescent) and a trace of movement.
︎ info@ahusahin.com
“Everything is about Power. Absolutley everything.”
“Do you know the difference between what is True and the Truth?”
“The language of my art is silence. Art can transmit a message and evoke emotions without a written explanation or even a title, because art is an overall physical experience, not just a visual one, and you can only physically experience art based on what is true for you, based on your own discourse. You give meaning to an artwork.”
“I aim to transfer emotion, because understanding the work is not enough to truly grasp it.”
- Ahu Sahin
Exhibitions
2022 Ever Emerging Mag, publication, The Body Says No, 2018, performance, video stills.
2020 Graduation Show Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.
2020 The wrong degree show, featuring 1000+ graduates & curators of schools and univerities around the world.
2020 Hasta la vista, graduation exhibition Dogtime 2020, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.
2019 Si.si.spex. #9 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.
2018 Thunder high on the mountain, Vrij paleis, Amsterdam.
2017 Seeking Terrain, NDSM fuse, Amsterdam.
“Do you know the difference between what is True and the Truth?”
“The language of my art is silence. Art can transmit a message and evoke emotions without a written explanation or even a title, because art is an overall physical experience, not just a visual one, and you can only physically experience art based on what is true for you, based on your own discourse. You give meaning to an artwork.”
“I aim to transfer emotion, because understanding the work is not enough to truly grasp it.”
- Ahu Sahin
Exhibitions
2022 Ever Emerging Mag, publication, The Body Says No, 2018, performance, video stills.
2020 Graduation Show Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.
2020 The wrong degree show, featuring 1000+ graduates & curators of schools and univerities around the world.
2020 Hasta la vista, graduation exhibition Dogtime 2020, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.
2019 Si.si.spex. #9 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.
2018 Thunder high on the mountain, Vrij paleis, Amsterdam.
2017 Seeking Terrain, NDSM fuse, Amsterdam.