b. 1978, Istanbul, Turkey. Lives and works in Westchester County, New York.
Education
MFA, Northern Illinois University, 2004
Museum Studies Certificate, Northern Illinois University, 2004
BFA, Mimar Sinan University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey, 2001
Residency
Bischoff Inn Micro-residency, Tamaqua, PA, April, 2024
Explor-Art: 2010 Edition, AreaOdeon, Monza, Italy , 2010
School of Visual Arts, New York, Summer Studio Residency, 2003
Solo Exhibitions
2023 813 Microgallery, Ann Arbor, MI.
2021 Windmills of your mind, Virtual Exhibition, Laura A. Sprague Art Gallery, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL.
2019 Untethered, curated by Eileen Jeng Lynch, The Yard:City Hall Park, NYC.
2011 Impromptu Whereabouts, Mooney Center Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY.
2010 From My Home Page, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
2008 Encounters, Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, NY.
Perhaps it's Better This Way/ Belki Boylesi Daha Dogru, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
2007 My Ongoing Travelogue, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL.
2006 Synthetic Lands, an exhibition of paintings and drawings, The Gallery at The Marmara-Manhattan Hotel, New York, NY.
2004 Never Land, an exhibition of paintings and mixed media installations, Graduate Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
2002 An exhibition of paintings, Glass Gallery, Northern Illinois University, Holmes Student Center, DeKalb, IL.
Group Exhibitions
2024 'Scapes, Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY.
2023 Community Art Benefit, KinoSaito, Verplanck, NY.
The Collective, curated by Visionary Projects NYC, Highline Nine Galleries, NYC.
Holiday, Small works Show, LABSpace Art, Hillsdale NY.
Tightly Knit, Loose Fit, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY.
Small Works, curated by Kendra Bulgrin, James May Gallery, WI, virtual exhibition via Artsy.
18, Janice Charach Gallery,West Bloomfield, MI.
2022 Holiday, Small works Show, LABSpace Art, Hillsdale NY.
Ephemeral/Eternal, curated by Alicia Puig, Virtual Exhibition, Visionary Art Collective, Brooklyn, NY.
Razom for Ukraine, Virtual Benefit Exhibition, organized by Far x Wide Project, Brooklyn, NY.
2021 Holiday, Small works Show, LABSpace Art, Hillsdale NY.
Not Just Another Anthropocenic Love Story, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Geometric Gestures, virtual exhibition, Dodomu Gallery (online).
Together in Isolation, Outdoor exhibition On-Site, RE Institute, Millerton, NY.
The Vision of Care, juried by Robert Shane, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY.
Group Show 3, Virtual Exhibition, Shrine Gallery, New York, NY.
2020 From Light to Dark: A Holiday Celebration, presented by Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC, online on Artsy.
HOLIDAY, Small works show, LABspace Art, HIllsdale, NY.
Congruence, Virtual Exhibition curated by Bridgette Mayer, hosted by I Like Your Work Podcast.
Drawing Challenge VI, responses to 'Up on the Roof' by Carole King and Gerry Coffin, online, curated by Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC.
Willing The Season, Virtual Exhibition supporting the Campaign Against Hunger curated by Jessica Cannon, Far x Wide Project, Brooklyn, NY.
ART in PLACE (self- Isolation), Virtual Exhibition, curated by Theo Coulombe, Standard Space Gallery, Sharon, CT.
Painting at Night, juror Allison Reimus, hosted by Artist/Mother Podcast, Fort Houston, Nashville, TN.
You Are Here, juror Charlotte Schulz, Rockland Art Center, West Nyack, NY.
Small Works Exhibition, juror Gianna Commito, Kent State University, Kent, OH.
2019 Fragile Waterways-Protecting What You Love, Teatown Lake Reservation Gallery, Ossining, NY.
Habitats, juror Ellyn Weiss, Target Gallery at Torpedo factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA.
Small Works Online Exhibition, Trestle Gallery, NY.
Summer in the City, Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY.
Tabula Rasa, Plain notebook project, curated by Guy Morag, Gallery on the Cliff, Netanya, Israel.
2018 Landscape: Real and Imagined, curated by Eileen Jeng Lynch, Site:Brooklyn, NY.
PaperWorks, juror James Lancel McElhinney, Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY.
Threadworks, juror Arle Sklar-Weinstein, Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers NY.
Small Work Show, juror Julian Kreimer, Mamaroneck Artist Guild Gallery, Larchmont, NY.
Affordable Art Fair New York City
2017 Journey Around The World, Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY.
2016 12th National Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY.
Closer, juror Jae Won Lee, Scene (Metrospace), Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
2015 Structurally Speaking, Main Street Arts Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY.
Aqua Art Miami Fair
2014 Structured Spaces, Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY.
Global Perspective, Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY. & The Design Studio, Bridgehampton, NY.
2013 Terra Incognita, The A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC.
Affordable Art Weeks at C.A.M. Gallery, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
2012 Affordable Art Fair New York City
2011 Gifted, Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY.
Contemporary Istanbul, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Imagine, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Plain "an educational art project", curated by Guy Morag, Gymnasia Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Siena Italy.
Art and Technology, Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY.
Affordable Art Fair New York City
2010 ArtHamptons, Elisa Contemporary Art, Bridgehampton, NY.
Affordable Art Fair, Elisa Contemporary Art, New York, NY.
Westchester Biennial, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY.
Red Dot Art Fair, Elisa Contemporary Art, New York, NY.
Colored Glasses, Da Gallery, New York, NY.
2009 Space Jam, Union Editions Gallery, New York, NY.
One World, Many Voices, Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY.
The Halpert Biennial, juror Jeffrey Grove, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Crossing Lines, juror Darsie Alexander, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE.
2008 Present Perfect Continuous, curated by Denise Wong, NurtureArt Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Painting Pink Pajamas, curated by Heather Brammier, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Peoria, IL.
SAFE, juror Laura McPhee, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA.
Small Works Show, curated by David Humphrey, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Gelecek Program, C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
2007 The 20th Drawing Show: Drawing the Line, juror Magdalena Campos-Pons, The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, MA. Reconfigured, The Basement Gallery, Knoxville, TN.
New Directions '07, juror Jose Luis Blondet, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY.
10th Annual National Prize Show, juror Thomas W. Lentz, Kathryn Schultz and University Place Galleries, Cambridge, MA.
Emergence, curated by Hadieh Shafie, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
The Square Foot Show, Art Gotham Gallery, New York, NY.
2006 26th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, juror Tricia Paik, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT.
2005 Dorothy's Red Shoes, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL.
11th International Exhibition of Women's Art, juror Feresteh Daftari, Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY.
Juried "It's a small world" Exhibit, Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, VA.
7th Annual All-Media Exhibition, juror Britta Konau, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC.
2004 MFA Exhibition, NIU Museum Art Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Emerging Illinois Artists Exhibition, juror Staci Boris, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL.
Women’s History Month Show, DeKalb Area Women’s Center, DeKalb, IL.
NIU Graduate Group Exhibition, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, IL.
2003 New Beginnings/ False Starts Exhibit, juror Holly Hutto and Denise Bronson Allen, HotHouse Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Inaugural Exhibition, Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, IL.
Sixth Annual Chicago Art Open Student Show, Third Floor Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Juried Chicago Women’s Caucus for Arts Members’ Exhibition, DeKalb Area Women’s Center, DeKalb, IL.
Women’s History Month Show, DeKalb Area Women’s Center, DeKalb, IL.
NIU Graduate Group Show, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, IL.
2002 Fifth Annual Chicago Art Open Student Show, Third Floor Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Juried Inaugural Mixed Media“Impressions from Diversity” NIU Affirmative Action and Diversity Resources, Glass Gallery.
NIU Graduate Group Show, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, IL.
TACA Turkish-American Cultural Alliance Chicago Area Artists’ Group Exhibition, TACA Building, Harlem, Chicago, IL.
Printmaking Group Exhibition, Expression Graphics, Oak Park, IL.
2001 Juried What Will be the Condition of This Country? Cekirdek Art Group, Bilim Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
2000 Juried Painting Exhibition, Turkish Heart Foundation, Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Istanbul, Turkey.
Student Exhibition -1 & 2, Mimar Sinan University Painting Department, Istanbul, Turkey.
Juried Painting Exhibition, Ipek-Ahmet Merey Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey.
14th Annual Major Textiles Culture and Art Fair, Sile Municipality, Sile, Turkey.
Juried Chaos and Future, Cekirdek Art Group, Naval Museum Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
1999 Juried Painting Exhibition, Turkish Heart Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey.
1997 Painting Exhibition, Foreign Ministry Women’s Association, Ankara, Turkey.
Flat Files
2023 Trove, Online Flat-files, curated by Deanna Evans Projects, NY.
2020-2021 Collar Works, Flat File Program curated by Jessica Cannon of Far by Wide.
2021 Deanna Evans Projects, Brooklyn, NY/Online.
Honors and Awards
2018 1st Prize, Juror's Choice Award, Small Work Show, Mamaroneck Artist Guild Gallery.
2008 Curator's Choice Award, Small Works Show, 440 Gallery.
2006 Moon and Stars Project, Visual Arts Department 2006 Exhibition Award.
2004 1st Prize, Juror’s Choice Award, Emerging Illinois Artists Juried Exhibition, McLean County Arts Center (MCAC).
2002 2002-2003 Jack Eleanor Olson Art Scholarship Award, Northern Illinois University.
2001 Awarded second in rank upon graduation from the Painting Department of Mimar Sinan University, sponsored by Sabanci Foundation.
2000 1st Prize, Ipek-Ahmet Merey Painting Competition. Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey.
1993 1st Prize in the “Environment Consciousness and Sensitivity” titled Painting Competition. SOS Environmental Magazine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Artist Registries
All She Makes, global curated online directory for contemporary womxn artists, guest curated by Pooja Pittie.
ArtsWestchester visual artists online directory.
The Viewing Program, The Drawing Center curated artist registry archive, New York, NY.
NurtureArt Registry, Brooklyn, NY. now closed
Artists Space, Irving Sandler Artists File Online, New York, NY. now closed
Press and Publications
2024 Art Habit Blog, online interview by Lauren Rice, https://art-habit.blogspot.com/, Wednesday, June 26.
2023 Friend of The Artist, Issue 16, pg. 68-71.
2022 New Visionary Magazine, work on paper featured in the Visionary Exhibition section, issue 3.
2021 Zoom Artist Talk, in conjunction with online solo exhibition at Laura A. Sprague Gallery, Joliet Junior College, moderated by Suzanne Gorgas.
Artist Praxis Podcast, Episode #9, interview by Debora Faccion Grodzki and Sarah Arriagada.
https://anchor.fm/artist-praxis/episodes/Yasemin-Kackar-Demirel-e14nlkl
2020 Dovetail Magazine, Issue 2, curated selections by Elizabeth Denny of Denny Dimin Gallery.
Curated Studio Visit with Deanna Evans Projects.
https://www.deannaevansprojects.com/curated-studio-visits
Pikchur Magazine, Issue VIII.
2019 The Riverdale Press, Summer in the City exhibition, article by Tiffany Moustakas, Section B Living, June 27, 2019.
2017 The Woven Tale Press, digital fine arts and literary magazine, Vol.#8, October Issue.
2015 Fresh Paint Magazine, April Issue.
Closer Exhibition Catalog, (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing, MI.
Interview by Zeynep Sagir Bilkent University's (Turkey) Online Press, http://www.gazetebilkent.com/tag/yasemin-kackar-demirel/
2012 INPA 2: International Painting Annual, Manifest Gallery.
2011 http://newrochelle.patch.com/articles/impromptu-whereabouts-art-exhibit-at-college-of-new-rochelle, article by Sara B Caldwell, January.
2010 Maison Francaise, interview by Nilufer Artunc, May issue. (Turkish press)
Marie Claire, interview by Berrak Surucu, April issue. (Turkish press)
2008 Present Perfect Continuous, NurtureArt Exhibition Brochure, by Denise Wong, November.
Eve, interview by Leyla Emadi, October issue. (Turkish press)
The 20th Drawing Show: “Drawing The Line”, Exhibition Catalog, Mills Gallery, BCA.
Artist Actual, review by Gulgun Basarir, April issue. (Turkish press)
Milliyet Sanat, review by Zeynep Sanlier, February issue. (Turkish press)
Para- Weekly Economy Magazine, interview by Bensu Kaya, 13-19 January. (Turkish press)
2007 Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL. Wednesday, Date: May 16, 2007. D5
‘Emergence’ Exhibition Catalog, essay by Robert Jason Fagan, Current Gallery.
2005 New American Paintings, No. 59 2004
Painting Published in Juried Emerging Illinois Artists Exhibition Brochure, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL.
Painting Published in Graduate Group Exhibition Catalog, Northern Illinois University.
2003 Painting Published in Towers Magazine, Northern Illinois University, Date: 2003, no: 83.
Painting Published on the cover of Live It Up! and p:2, Daily-Chronicle, DeKalb, Date: March, 6, 2003.
2002 Painting Published in Northern Star, Date: February 5, 2002, vol: 102, no: 87. Painting Published on the back cover of Kane County Chronicle Weekend, Date: February, 23, 2002.
2000 Painting Published in Art Environment Magazine (Sanat Cevresi), Date: July-August 2000, Issue no: p:261-262.
Collections
Montefiore Children's Hospital, NY.
Ipek-Ahmet Merey Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey.
