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*1985 |
born in Istanbul |
Eda is a London based artist from Istanbul. Since graduating from Central Saint Martins in 2007, she has been working as a freelance illustrator. Editorial illustration has been a major outlet for her work, her style of mixing traditional printmaking techniques with digital collage has led to commissions for a range of clients including the Telegraph, Laurence King Publishing, Creative Review, Time Out, Australian Financial Review, Photoshop Creative, and Cent. She has been exhibited at D&AD New Blood, London Design Week, and Illustrative Zurich 08 where she was one of 20 young illustrators selected from a worldwide pool of submissions. More recently her magazine and editorial work got shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Awards 2009. Eda is currently enrolled in a masters degree at Central Saint Martins and is a founding contributor to Nobrow, a new illustration publishing venture based in East London.
- Exhibitions / Press
February 2009- Shorlisted for Victoria & Albert Museum Illustration Awards in the Newspapers, Magazines and Comics category, London, UK
September 2008- Illustrative 08, Exhibited as part of the Young Illustrators Award, Zurich, Switzerland
September 2007- 5th Annual London Design Festival , University of the Arts Davies Street Gallery, London, UK
September 2007- ‘Biennial Parallel’ 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
July 2007- D&AD New Blood Graduating Creatives Exhibition, Congress 07, London, UK
June 2007- Central Saint Martins Degree Shows 2007, BA Graphic Design at Back Hill, London, UK
March 2007- Central Saint Martins Illustration Work in Progress Show at Elms Lester Painting Rooms, London, UK December 2006- Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair (as part of the Tershane initiative), Turkey
October 2006- Featured in Noise Online Multimedia Festival
June 2006- Central Saint Martins 2nd Year Work in Progress Exhibition as part of the Free Range Art and Design Showcase, Studio 95 Brick Lane, London, UK
