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SEMA ÖZEVİN
Multi-Award Winning Photo and Video Artist
Exploring the Artistic Vision
Sema Özevin, an acclaimed artist, blends photography and video art, exploring memory and storytelling through
innovative techniques, while navigating the challenges of the
SEditor’s Desk , London
digital art landscape.
ema Özevin has made a sig- nificant mark in the realms of photography and video art since 1996, producing works that res- onate on international platforms.
further at semozevin.com.
Beyond photography,
Özevin is actively engaged
in video art, documentary
short films, and fea-
ture films, serving
as both director
and cinematog-
rapher. Her
notable
works
inc-
lude
the
short
films
“Ba-
bam’a,”
“Davut
Dedem,” and
“Pişmaniye,” as well as
her cinematography in the feature film “Shelter.” She also produces video clips for Amselcom Music Production in Berlin, with her video works available on her YouTube channel, Sema Özevin Art TV.
Her projects, including the Choronotope series, Womans Aura, Kinesthetic, Cosmos, Cocoon, Paradoxical Loop, Space, Parallel Universe, and Ouroboros Loop, showcase a diverse range of styles—fictional, experi- mental, figurative, and abstract. Özevin’s ability to intertwine abstract time with concrete space is a hallmark of her artistry, often employing experimental techniques
“I describe the subject with a special technical and aesthetic photographic language that I have created with my perspective on life and art.” – Sema Özevin
that involve image ma- nipu- lation, decon- struc- tion, and form distor- tion.
In addition to her artistic endeavors, Özevin has contributed to industrial documentaries, star- ting with her project on the Pişmaniye dessert, which highlights local labor through the stories of various industries. Her work in corporate communication and sustainable brand communi- cation complements her teaching role at several universities, where she imparts her knowledge in the field of art. Her portfolio can be explored
Özevin’s academic background is impres- sive; she graduated at the top of her class from Kocaeli University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, specializing in Photography, and later completed her master’s degree at Gazi Uni- versity, focusing on video art’s paradoxes and cycles. Currently, she is pursuing
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her doctorate in Radio, Television, and Cinema.
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