SAHA has launched a collaboration with de Appel in Amsterdam as part of their Curatorial Programme. This collaboration supports the participation of a curator from Turkey to the program, which accepts participants through an open call. The program comprises research trips and courses, and brings together six curators for a period of 10 months, culminating in a collaborative curatorial project to be presented.

SAHA supported participants of the programme

2019-2020: Naz Kocadere

About de Appel

de Appel is a contemporary art institution that brings together people, objects and ideas. With an experimental, open-minded and inclusive focus, the program serves the intellectually and emotionally curious, (non-)specialized art enthusiast. 

About Naz Kocadere

Naz Kocadere is a curator and writer based between Amsterdam-Istanbul. Since September 2019, with SAHA Association’s support, she is a participant of the Curatorial Program organized by Amsterdam based contemporary art institution De Appel. She previously curated the group exhibition “Meditations on self-togetherness” at Bilsart in Istanbul (2019). In 2018, she assisted the program dedicated to managing the archive, research and discussion on the cases in Turkey, which was conducted in collaboration with Asociación de Arte Útil platform at the Office of Useful Art at SALT in Istanbul. In 2017, she co-organized the group exhibition “Utilitarian efforts, non-utilitarian works” at MARSistanbul. Between 2014-2016, Naz served as an artist liaison and gallery coordinator in Öktem&Aykut where she contributed to the production and research procedures of gallery’s exhibitions. She received her MA in Cultural Management from Istanbul Bilgi University and BA in Graphic Design from Izmir University of Economics. Her writings have appeared in Art Unlimited Magazine, Borusan Contemporary Blog and SALT Online Blog among others.