Defne Tutus - CV

Exhibitions

  • upcoming: solo show @Lagoon Brooklyn - August 2022

  • The Bone That Sings Was Mine @ChaShaMa 340 E. 64th st. NYC - curator - July-Aug 2022

  • Cats & Dogs curated by Yasmeen Abdallah & Robert Goldkind @ChaShaMa space 320 W 23rd st. - April 2022

  • Passing Notes - co-founder of an art writing journal https://www.wannapassnotes.com/issue-01 - March 2022

  • Dappled Things; Katherine Earle and Defne Tutus, curated by Kathie Halfin @AOSJ - Fall 2021

  • Every Woman Biennial London @Copeland Gallery curated by Eddy Grattan-Bellew - July 2021

  • Thirst - fundraiser in association with No More Deaths curated by Cassandra Kehoe - May 2021

  • ABC No Rio - Unartisanal curated by Yasmeen Abdallah & Vandana Jain - May 2021

  • theshapeofthingswecreate.com a soft site with Incredible Incubator Conversations - Oct 2020

  • Asunder - online exhibition curated by Laura @ Tussle Projects - Fall 2020

  • Votive - a fundraiser of Textile Artists for Movement Voter Project - September 2020

  • Touching Without Touch curated by Kathie Halfin @the_hive_community performance space - August-September 2020

  • WIP - Women in Paint - curated by Anita Trombetta & Claudia Santiso of Meeting House AIR - February 2020

  • Open Source Gallery Benefit Auction, Saturday, December 7th, 2019

  • Dinner TN + WWW Art Swap @dinner.tn - Hosted by: Ana Vasquez, Kelly Xi, and Corinne Beardsley - November 2019

  • Nested @in.passing.nyc curated by Julia Blume - opening November 2019

  • My Kingdom for Baked Alaska Meeting House Air at 71 Mill St, Troy, NY - August 2019    

  • Two Silences Leaning Together @In Passing NYC - August- September 2019

  • Movement Adjacent, NYC Crit Club pop up show - May 2019

  • Every Woman Biennial curated by C. Finley @222 Bowery NYC - May 2019

  • The Body curated by Benjamin Sutton @Site: Brooklyn - March-April 2019

  • Textile Utopia - School of Visual Arts Continuing Education Student Show NYC - March 2019


Education

  • BA in Art History from Tufts, 2003

  • draping, pattern making, fashion design Continuing Education classes at FIT

  • art theory & art history classes, fiber art, digital embroidery Continuing Education classes at SVA

  • art critiques & writing and theory seminars with NYC Crit Club, 2019-2022