After graduation from the Department of Architecture at TOBB ETU, Zeynep Demirhan completed her master’s thesis in the Department of Cinema and Television at Istanbul Bilgi University.
Her article titled “Urban Environments and Agnès Varda’s Genius loci” co-authored with Kennedy Karpat, was published by Bloomsbury, England in the book “The Sustainable Legacy of Agnes Varda.”
Institutions such as the Sony Photography Awards, Humble Arts Foundation, Lens Culture, the Royal Photographic Society, F-stop Magazine, and LaboCine have recognized her photography and video works.
They have been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Beymen Art Collection, ShopigoArt, Mamut Art Project, Simbart Projects, Base Istanbul, Artweeks Istanbul, and Art Ankara.
In February 2025, she held a solo exhibition titled Anatomy of a Fleeting Rush at Bilsart, a non-profit video exhibition space.
WORKING EXPERIENCES
Creative Lead, Director, Video Editor, Barnathan Istanbul, Social Media Creation 2025
Director, Video Editor, NETFLIX Istanbul Encylopedia Behind-the-scenes Documentary, 2025
Backstage Photographer & Videographer NETFLIX Istanbul Encylopedia TV Series, 2025
Video Editor, Invisible but Perceivable yet Unspokable, Short Dance Film, 2024
Producer Assistant, PTOT Film and Production Studio, 2023
Director, Music Clip Bugra Baran- Entity, 2022
Director, Music Clip, Ludwig Van Beethoven Cello Sonata No.5 in D Major (Op.102 No.2), 2022
EXHIBITIONS
Anatomy of a Fleeting Rush, Solo Exhibition, Bilsart, 2025
Meronomy, Group Exhibition, Simbart Gallery , 2025
Uncanny Thresholds, Minimal Issue F-stop Magazine Group Exhibition, TMMOB Chamber Of Architects Istanbul, 2025 Agenda Photo Contest, 2024
Meronomy, Photography Series, Artweeks Istanbul, X. Edition, 2024
Adaptation to Relation, Video Exhibition, CoBAC Workspace, 2024
Pac-man, Single Image, Venice Biennale, 18th International Architecture Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Venice Turkey Pavilion, 2023
Imprint, Single Image, ShopigoArt Group Exhibition, Tavern/ Istanbul, 2023
There, Photography Series, Group Exhibition, Mamut Art Project, Bomontiada, Istanbul, Art Ankara & Cathan Art Hotel, 2022
Faces, 8’ Short Documentary, Group Exhibition, Base Istanbul, Akaretler, Istanbul, 2022
Labyrinth 3, Group Exhibition, KA Atelier, Ankara, 2019
Representing Itself (Getty Keeping It Modern Project Team), Group Exhibition, METU Faculty of Architecture, Ankara, 2029
AWARDS & SHORTLISTED
Shortlisted, Sony World Photography Awards (Object & Architecture Categories)
Shortlisted, Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition 165,
Shortlisted Prague Music Video Awards 2022, Entity, Bugra Baran Music Clip
Included Beymen Art Collection, Meronomy Photography Series
Short Film Jury in 42. Istanbul Film Festival, Cali Koy Short Film Festival, Altin Safran Documentary Film Fest.
Article about Anatomy of a Fleeting Rush Solo Exhibition
Faces (Short Documentary, 2022) — Screened and won prizes at 15+ national and international festivals including Istanbul Film Festival, Adana Golden Boll, Documentarist.
Featured “Urban Environments and Agnès Varda’s Genius loci” by Demirhan & Kennedy-Karpat article published in “The Sustainable Legacy of Agnes Varda”, Bloomsbury London
ATELIER, WORKSHOP, JURY
Artist, Architectural Mapping | Summer School, TIME³, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, 2025
Instructor, 212 Photography Festival, Dance/Photography Atelier, Control and Fall, 2024
Director, Istanbul Cinècollective, 2024
Jury 42. Istanbul Film Festival, Short Film Category Jury, 2024
Jury, Cali Koy Short Film Festival, Short Film Category Pre-jury, 2023
Jury, Altin Safran Documentary Film Festival, Short Film Category Jury, 2023
Lecturer, FTV 539 - Filmic Philosophy and Practice, Istanbul Bilgi University, 2023
Lecturer, METU ARCH 190 Model Making Workshop Summer’22 “Presentation on Architectural Model Photography”, 2022
Lecturer, METU ARCH 190 Model Making Workshop Summer’21 “Presentation on Architectural Photography”, 2021
Attendees, Gender Equality and Sustainability: Agnès Varda’s Sustaining Legacy Conference, Istanbul Bilgi University , 2020
PUBLICATIONS
Video, Continual, Labocine, 2025
Article about Anatomy of a Fleeting Rush Solo Exhibition, 2025
Een Magazine, Summer in Stills 2024, Lens Culture, Portfolio, 2024
F-stop Magazine, Minimal Issue Exhibition, 2024
Sony World Photography Awards, 2023
Bloomsbury UK, Article, “Urban Environments and Agnès Varda’s Genius loci” by Demirhan & Kennedy-Karpat, 2022
Manifold Kadraj, Photography series, “Olduğu Yer”, 2022
Times UK, Photography, Sony World Photography Awards 2022